Roll-changing apparatus

Roll-changing apparatus for a multi-nip calender, the upright part (10) of the roll-changing apparatus having at least one vertical column (11), to which at least one horizontal beam (12) and, at its lower end, a carrier part (13), that is to say an end carrier, belong, and the roll-changing apparatus (1) including a vertically moveable lifting carriage (14) which is supported on the vertical column and whose vertically moving lifting mechanism (15) is fitted to a vertical column, preferably to its upper part, characterized in that for transporting the rolls (21,22) and the associated equipment and additional devices of the calender (2) in the lateral direction from the calender to the roll store (3) and vice versa, the roll-changing apparatus (1) can be conveyed between calender and roll store, and the lifting carriage (14) of the roll-changing apparatus (1) is immovable in the lateral direction with respect to the vertical column (11).