Rolling stand

Rolling stand and support structure comprising a pair of roll housings disposed in spaced relation, a pair of supporting shafts extending between and supported by said roll housings, said supporting shafts each forming a roll axis with the roll axes extending through said roll housings, a rolling ring for each said support shaft, said rings being removably mounted on said supporting shafts, said supporting shafts each having a pair of opposite ends and the opposite ends thereof being adjustably supported in said roll housings, drive elements connected to one end of each said supporting shaft in one of said roll housings, bearings in each of said roll housings for said supporting shafts, wherein the improvement comprises that the one said housing being secured in a stationary position, said supporting shafts being fixed in the axial direction thereof within the one said roll housing, said bearings in the one said roll housing being spaced in the direction of said roll axes from said drive elements, said supporting shafts are supported directly in said roll housing, means for movably displacing the other said roll housing remote from said drive elements and said bearings therein as a unit in the roll axis direction between a first position supporting said supporting shafts and a second position displaced out of supporting engagement with said supporting shafts, means extending in the roll axes direction between said roll housings and laterally enclosing said rolling rings and including support surfaces located in the axial direction of said roll axes between said bearings in the one said housing and said drive elements with said support surfaces being placeable in contacting engagement with a portion of said supporting shafts located therebetween with said surfaces being arranged on and supported by the one of said roll housings, and means located in the other said roll housing for mounting said rolling rings on the other said roll housing.