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US 6,546,772 B2Granted
Rolling mill, especially for inclined or Diescher rolling
AssigneeSMS Demag AG
InventorsWalter Höffgen, Paul Koenen
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Abstract
A rolling mill, especially an inclined roll or Diescher roll mill. Its stand is formed by a pair of portal frames on a cast plate on a foundation spaced apart by cassettes holding the upper and lower roll units and tie rods securing the portal frames against one another and the cassettes. The tie rods are spaced apart vertically or horizontally on the portal frames.
Claims12
A rolling mill comprising:
- a foundation provided with a cast base plate anchored in said foundation;
- a pair of spaced apart portal frames affixed to said base plate and disposed opposite one another and forming a mill stand;
- an upper roll cassette and a lower roll cassette receiving upper roll and lower roll units, respectively, received between said portal frames and spacing said portal frames apart, said upper and lower roll units being positioned to roll a workpiece between them;
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- a multiplicity of tension elements spanned between said portal frames and spaced apart from one another and bracing said portal frames against said cassettes and securing said frames and said cassettes together.
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