Six-high rolling mills

In a side-supported six-high rolling mill of the type having a pair of housings, a pair of small vertically in-line free-floating work rolls and vertically in-line chock-mounted back-up rolls with chock mounted intermediate rolls located in-line and between said work rolls and said back-up rolls, lateral support roll assemblies mounted on each side of each work roll and support means for each of said lateral support roll assemblies, said lateral support roll assemblies being chosen from the class consisting of a single side support roll, and a single side support roll together with a pair of backing roll assemblies, the improvement wherein each of said support means for each of said lateral support roll assemblies comprises a support arm mounted upon said chocks of the adjacent one of said intermediate rolls, said mounting allowing horizontal adjustment of said lateral support roll assembly, a spacer to adjust the horizontal position of said lateral support roll assembly;

• and a stationary side support beam assembly, which provides rigid support for said spacer and said support arm.