Manipulator for rolling mill
AssigneeSiftelsen for Metallurgisk Forskning
InventorCarl Sebardt
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Abstract
Manipulator for a rolling mill and particularly for a rolling mill for ingots or billets of steel. The manipulator comprises a pusher for pressing the ingot or billet through the roll-nip of the rolls at the beginning of rolling, and grab means for manipulating the ingot or billet during rolling when the pusher is raised up and the grab means can reach the ingot or billet.
Claims4
Manipulator for feeding ingots or billets to the roll-nip of the rolls of a rolling mill, comprising support means adapted to be maintained in fixed relation on one side of a pair of cooperable rolls, a manipulator head carried by said support means for movement longitudinally and laterally thereof, said manipulator head including a rotatable head and means for rotating same, grab means adapted to releasably grasp one end of an ingot or billet rotatable with said rotatable head, and a pusher means carried pivotably for pivotal movement between an upper rest position above said grab means and in which upper rest position the grab means is movable to a forward position in which it can grasp an end of the ingot or billet and a lower working position in front of said rotatable head and in front of said grab means so as to be engageable with said one end of the ingot or billet to feed same to the roll-nip of the rolls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.