Tool changeover system and method

A tool changeover system for changeover of at least one tool disposed in a working position on a roll shaft in a roll support comprising:

• (a) a vertical transport;
• (b) a tool changeover rack;
• (c) a guide support configured separately from the roll support;
• and
• (d) a changeover rack guide configured as a motion link guide between the tool changeover rack and the guide support.

A tool changeover method for changeover of at least one tool disposed in a working position on a roll shaft in a roll stand comprising the steps of:

• (a) using a vertical transport to introduce a tool changeover rack into a guide track guiding the tool changeover rack with reference to the working position;
• and
• (b) moving the tool changeover rack away from the changeover position or to the changeover position along the guide track;
• wherein the tool changeover rack is lowerable from above the guide track into the changeover position or the tool changeover rack is raisable upward from the changeover position until the tool changeover rack leaves the guide track.