Roll bite gauge and profile measurement system for rolling mills
AssigneeUnited Engineering, Inc.
InventorsGeorge B. Jones, Edward A. Mills
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Abstract
A rolling mill for rolling strip in which one of its rolls serves both as a mill roll and as a gauge and/or profile measuring roll. The one roll has an outer sleeve for deflection under the rolling force and an internal stationary member for carrying a number of axially supported sensors for measuring the deflection of the sleeve and the rolling force to which the sleeve is subject, and control means for receiving signals from the sensors to produce a signal representative of the gauge and/or profile of the strip as it is being rolled in the roll bite of the mill.
Claims5
A rolling mill for processing strip material, said mill having at least two rolls, one of which is arranged to serve as either a work roll or a backup roll and subject to and deflected between its ends by the rolling force of the mill developed in rolling the material, said one roll also serving as a means for measuring certain characteristics of the material, such as gauge and profile, and comprising an outer cylindrical sleeve having an outer surface subject to the rolling force,
- means for rotatively supporting said sleeve at its opposite ends, and
- means arranged in the interior of said sleeve for supporting several sensor means axially along the length of said sleeve to measure said material characteristics of different points transversely of the material as the material contacts said outer surface of said sleeve and is subject to the rolling force.
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