Multistage rolling mill
AssigneeSendzimir Japan, Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Norikura, Tadashi Tamagawa
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Abstract
A multistage rolling mill includes: four columns 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d linking, in an up-down direction, four corners of each of an upper mill housing 8, a lower mill housing 9, and a base mill housing 10; a press-down section that is provided on an upper side of the four columns 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d in a vertical direction and that is capable of raising and lowering the upper mill housing 8; and a lower mill housing spacer that is provided between the lower mill housing 9 and the base mill housing 10 and that adjusts the position of the lower mill housing 9 in the vertical direction. With this configuration, a compact multistage rolling mill with a smaller installation space than a conventional cluster-type rolling mill is provided.
Claims10
A cluster multistage rolling mill comprising:
- a pair of upper and lower work rolls that roll a metal strip;
- an intermediate roll group that supports the work rolls;
- a plurality of partition backing bearing shafts each including a partition backing bearing, a shaft, and a saddle that support the intermediate roll group;
- an upper mill housing that supports an upper side partition backing bearing shafts in a vertical direction, of the partition backing bearing shafts;
- a lower mill housing that supports a lower side partition backing bearing shafts in the vertical direction, of the partition backing bearing shafts;
- a base mill housing disposed on a lower side of the lower mill housing in the vertical direction;
- four columns that link, in an up-down direction, four corners of each of the upper mill housing, the lower mill housing, and the base mill housing;
- a press-down section that is provided on an upper side of the four columns in the vertical direction and that is capable of raising and lowering the upper mill housing;
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- a lower mill housing spacer that is provided between the lower mill housing and the base mill housing and that adjusts a position of the lower mill housing in the vertical direction.
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