Rolling mill
AssigneeSMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJoel L. Heffentrager
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Abstract
A rolling mill is disclosed wherein mill housings have an inverted U-shape forming windows that receive chocks for roll assemblies. The windows are open at the bottoms of the housings and chocks for the lower roll assembly have lugs that project into recesses formed in the lower portions of the housing post sections and rest against removable keys supported in slots that are generally parallel to the rotational axis of the roll assembly. A platform supports the rolling mill when processing workpieces. Pad surfaces on the platform engage the lower end faces of the housing post sections and anchors engage the housing post sections at the sides thereof which are opposite the housing windows to resist a component of the rolling load transferred by the keys to the housing post sections.
Claims12
A rolling mill comprising:
- upper and lower roll assemblies each including a roll having a journal at each of opposite ends thereof received in a bearing chock,
- a pair of inverted U-shaped housings each having two housing post sections depending from a top beam section forming a window to receive the bearing chock at one end of each roll for support thereby, each window being open at the bottom of the housing post sections to permit the chocks of at least the lower roll assembly to move into and out of the windows of the housings, by moving the housings relative to the chocks of the lower roll assembly
- load transfer means removably mounted on the lower end portions of said housing post sections for transferring a rolling load from the bearing chocks of said lower roll assembly to the housing post sections, said load transfer means being movable to a position out of engagement with the bearing chocks for the lower roll assembly to allow the roll assembly to pass from the housing windows beyond the lower ends of the housing post sections, and
- first platform means removably mounting said post sections for supporting said housings with said roll assemblies while in a normally operative position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.