US 5,673,583 A · Fast rolling block

Abstract

Fast rolling block (10) employed in a compact rolling line for long products such as bars, round bars, wire rod and analogous products, the fast rolling block (10) comprising rolling mill stands (11) arranged in sequence with pairs of rolls (13) having alternate axes and installed alternately opposite to each other on a base (14), the base (14) comprising at least one horizontal base plate (15) extending parallel to the horizontal plane containing the rolling axis (12) and comprising also transverse plate elements (17) spaced apart and bearing on their upper edge (20) elements (19) for installation of the rolling mill stands (11), there being included longitudinal connecting elements (16), each transverse plate element (17) having a minimum width ("L") equal to 70% of the width of the horizontal base plate (15), the longitudinal connecting elements (16) extending between one transverse plate element (17) and the adjacent one.

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Dependent claims

Fast rolling block employed in a compact rolling line for rolling long bars, round bars, wire rods and analogous products, the fast rolling block comprising:

a base having at least one horizontal base plate extending parallel to a horizontal plane containing a rolling axis and transverse plate elements extending transversely to the base plate and to the rolling axis and being for installation of rolling mill stands, wherein each transverse plate element has a minimum width ("L") equal to 70% of the width of the horizontal base plate;
a plurality of longitudinal connecting elements extending between one transverse plate element and the adjacent one;
and a plurality of rolling mill stands arranged in sequence with pairs of rolls having alternate axes and installed alternately opposite to each other on the transverse plate elements.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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