the following steps can occur determining a total cooling rate applicable according to the effective power in the rolling gap determining the cooling rate for several areas according to a flatness distribution determined b a flatness measuring system wherein the difference in the cooling rate is determined by comparing the totality of the thus determined cooling rates with a predetermined total cooling rate and is used for determining the components of an additional cooling rate for the areas taking into account the top and lower limits of the cooling rate thereof said procedure is repeated in such a way that the coolant differences remain above a predefinable value application_number US 92258106 A description fig1 shows a roll stand 2 including working rolls 3 and support rolls 4 for rolling a rolled product 1 the rolled product 1 is preferably embodied in strip form having the form of a metal strip such as steel strip or light metal strip e g aluminum in the example shown the rolled product 1 passes through the roll stand 2 in a lengthwise direction x the roll stand 2 has a plurality of working rolls 3 which extend in a widthwise direction y and are essentially arranged one above the other the roll gap 9 through which the rolled product 1 passes during the rolling operation is located between the working rolls 3 cooling nozzles 5 are arranged in a widthwise direction y and are oriented toward one or more of the working rolls 3 and or the rolled product 1 the cooling nozzles 5 are used for applying coolant 8 to the rolled product 1 and or.