US 4,537,055 AGranted

Single strand block-type rolling mill

AssigneeMorgan Construction Company

InventorsHarold E. Woodrow, Raymond L. Smola

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Abstract

A single strand rolling mill has successive pairs of work rolls arranged to roll rod and bar products in a twist-free manner. The work rolls are carried on roll shafts included as part of roll packages which are detachably mounted to gear housings, and the gear housings contain intermediate drive shafts and intermeshed gears connected via line shaft segments and intermeshed bevel gears to a primary mill drive. The gear housings are carried on a base which is made up of a flat vertically upstanding structural member standing on edge and joined to an underlying base plate. The structural member extends beneath and in parallel relationship to the rolling line. Rib members extend laterally away from and are spaced along opposite sides of the structural member. The rib members are joined on edge to both the structural member and the base plate and have upper support edges on which the gear housings are secured.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A single strand block-type rolling mill having successive pairs of oppositely inclined work rolls arranged to roll products such as bars or rods in a twist-free manner, comprising:

a vertically upstanding structural member joined to an underlying horizontal base plate to form an inverted "T" shaped cross section, said structural member extending beneath and in parallel relationship to the rolling line;
a plurality of rib members extending laterally away from and spaced along said structural member on opposite sides thereof, said rib members being joined on edge to both said structural member and said base plate and having upper support edges;
a plurality of gear housings successively arranged along the rolling line, said gear housings having lower portions alternately arranged on opposite sides of said structural member, each gear housing being carried on and secured to the upper support edges of an adjacent pair of said rib members, said gear housings each containing a line shaft segment with a driving bevel gear which meshes with a driven bevel gear on one of a pair of intermediate drive shafts, said intermediate drive shafts carrying intermeshed gears;
roll packages carried by said gear housings, each roll package having a pair of roll shafts carrying a pair of said work rolls, said roll shafts having gears which mesh with the gears on said intermediate drive shafts;
means for interconnecting the line shaft segments on opposite sides of said structural member;
and
primary drive means at one end of said structural member for driving said interconnected line shaft segments.

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