Compact rolling mill
AssigneeMorgan Construction Company
InventorsDavid L. Pariseau, Philip Wykes
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Abstract
A compact rolling mill has a housing structure divided into a plurality of rolling bays by rigidly interconnected posts extending transversally across the rolling line. Each rolling bay has a window facing a common side of the mill. The rolling bays are adapted to contain roll packages, with each such package including a pair of work rolls straddle mounted between bearings arranged in bearing chocks. The roll packages are movable, either singly or as a group, in a common lateral direction through the windows, between operative rolling positions supported by the housing posts within the rolling bays, and extracted inoperative positions on the aforesaid common side of the mill.
Claims15
A rolling mill comprising:
- a stationary housing structure having a plurality of posts extending transversally across and spaced along the rolling line, openings in said posts aligned with the rolling line to accommodate passage of the product being rolled, said posts being rigidly interconnected by fixed bridging members which cooperate with the posts to define a plurality of rolling bays with open windows facing one side of the housing structure;
- a plurality of roll packages each including pairs of work rolls rotatably supported between bearing chocks, said roll packages being adapted for location in said rolling bays in operative rolling positions supported between said posts, with the roll axes of successive roll packages being arranged at 90.degree. relative to each other;
- means for driving the work rolls of each roll package;
- and
- transfer means for laterally shifting said roll packages through said windows between said operative rolling positions and inoperative positions located on the said one side of the housing structure.
A rolling mill, comprising:
- a stationary housing structure having a plurality of rigidly interconnected posts extending across the rolling line, said posts being spaced one from the other and having openings therein which are aligned with the rolling line to accommodate passage therethrough of a product being rolled, the said openings extending laterally across said posts from the rolling line to one side of the housing structure;
- pairs of work rolls in operative rolling positions located between and supported at least in part by said posts, with the roll axes of successive roll pairs being arranged at 90.degree. relative to each other;
- means for driving said work rolls;
- and
- transfer means for shifting said roll pairs in a common lateral direction between said operative rolling positions and inoperative extracted positions located along the said one side of the housing structure, the said openings being arranged to accommodate any accompanying lateral extraction of product from the housing structure.
A rolling mill, comprising:
- a housing structure having a plurality of fixed posts extending transversally across and spaced along the rolling line, said posts consisting of generally C-shaped plate members with openings therein extending from the rolling line to one side of the housing structure, and with fixed bridging members rigidly interconnecting said posts and cooperating therewith to define a plurality of rolling bays with open windows facing the said one side of the housing structure;
- a plurality of roll packages each including pairs of work rolls rotatably supported between bearing chocks, said roll packages being adapted for location in said rolling bays in operative rolling positions supported between said posts with the roll axes of successive roll packages being arranged at 90.degree. relative to each other, and with at least some of the successive roll packages being partially carried by a common post extending therebetween;
- means for driving the work rolls of each roll package;
- and
- transfer means for laterally shifting said roll packages through said windows between said operative rolling positions and inoperative retracted positions on the said one side of the housing structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.