Apparatus for conveying rolled stock
AssigneeSchloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHans Kirchhoff
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Abstract
Rolled stock is conveyed from two side-by-side rolling mills to two cooling beds. Stock can be conveyed from each mill to either one or the other of the cooling beds. Two swingable rollerway sections are provided in each rolled stock line connecting the mills and the cooling beds. These sections can be swung out to transfer stock from one rolled stock line to the other.
Claims9
In an apparatus for selectively conveying rolled stock of flexible and relatively bending resistant profiled cross-sections of different cross-sectional shape in continuous high grade steel and medium grade steel rolling trains, wherein two mutually approximately parallel conveying lines each convey rolled stock to a respective cooling bed, each conveying line comprising an inlet rollerway and a downstream outlet rollerway having an upstream end and a downstream discharge end, the respective cooling beds being arranged downstream and laterally of the outlet rollerways for receiving rolled stock discharged therefrom, each outlet rollerway having a conveying surface inclined across the conveying direction towards the respective cooling bed and each outlet rollerway being pivotable about said discharge end so that either both cooling beds are charged simultaneously by both inlet rollerways in approximately parallel conveying directions, or one or the other cooling bed is charged by one or the other inlet rollerway, the improvement comprising providing between the inlet rollerways and the outlet rollerways two tipping rollerways each having an upstream end and a downstream end, the upstream end of each tipping rollerway being fixedly aligned with a respective inlet rollerway, each tipping rollerway being swingable selectively into alignment with one or the other outlet rollerway and being constructed with pivotable support means and being provided at said downstream end with means for swinging said downstream end along an arcuate path about a swing axis which is inclined downwardly in the conveying direction, said arcuate path tracing substantially the surface of a cone along which said tipping rollerway is swingable, each tipping rollerway having a conveying surface having substantially the same inclination in the conveying direction as said conveying surface of the respective outlet rollerway when in line therewith for smooth conveyance of stock from the tipping rollerway to the respective outlet rollerway.
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