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US 7,024,899 B2Granted
Roll assembly for a rolling mill
AssigneeSMS Meer GmbH
InventorsHerrmann-Josef Klingen, Thomas Winterfeldt, Lothar Lückhof
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Abstract
A roll shaft assembly especially for a planetary cross roll rolling mill for tubing and the like has the roll shaft and mill roll connected by a conical centering arrangement and a screw, preferably coaxial therewith with the torque transfer being effected by tooth rings on the ends of the shaft and roll and having interdigitating teeth.
Claims17
A roll assembly for a rolling mill comprising:
- a roll shaft having an axis;
- a mill roll driven by said roll shaft;
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- a first toothed ring fixed on said roll shaft and a second toothed ring interdigitated and coaxial with said first toothed ring and fixed on said mill roll whereby said toothed rings transmit torque between them, said roll being a roll of a planetary cross-roll mill and said first toothed ring being mounted on an end face of an axial end of said roll shaft and said second toothed ring being mounted on an end face of an axial end of said mill roll, the teeth of said toothed rings extending axially with respect to said axis and perpendicular to said end faces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.