Rolling device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11745234-B2
Application number	US-202017795598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2020
Priority date	Jan 29, 2020
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

A rolling device has an upper and a lower work roll and at least one upper and one lower backup roll. The work rolls and the backup rolls are supported on a common rolling mill stand. The work rolls can be adjusted relative to each other in order to adjust a specified rolling gap. Each of the work rolls is operatively connected to at least one bending device. At least one first bending device is paired with die upper work roll, and at least one second bending device is paired with the lower work roll. The second bending device comprises bending cylinders which are arranged in a vertically fixed manner. The upper work roll can be readjusted or carried by the first bending device, thereby vertically adjusting die height of the rolling gap. The first bending device comprises bending arms that interact with bending cylinders arranged in a stationary manner.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rolling device, comprising:
work rolls, including
an upper work roll and
a lower work roll; and

backup rolls, including
an upper backup roll and
a lower backup roll,

wherein the work rolls and the backup rolls are supported in a rolling mill stand,
wherein the work rolls can be adjusted relative to each other in order to adjust a rolling gap,
wherein each of the work rolls is operatively connected to a bending device,
wherein a first bending device is paired with the upper work roll,
wherein a second bending device is paired with the lower work roll,
wherein the second bending device comprises bending cylinders which are arranged in a vertically fixed manner,
wherein the upper work roll can be readjusted or carried by the first bending device, thereby vertically adjusting a height of the rolling gap,
wherein the first bending device comprises bending arms that interact with bending cylinders arranged in a stationary manner, and
wherein the bending cylinders of the first bending device are supported on an upper crosshead of a housing of the rolling mill stand.

2. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending arms of the first bending device carry the upper work roll if the height of the rolling gap is adjusted.

3. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the work rolls are axially and vertically adjustable.

4. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
further comprising at least one axial displacement device for at least one of the work rolls.

5. The rolling device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the at least one axial displacement device is operatively connected to the bending arms of the first bending device.

6. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending cylinders of the second bending device are arranged vertically in stationary blocks and act on work roll chocks of the lower work roll.

7. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending cylinders of the second bending device are arranged in thickenings of the housing of the rolling mill stand.

8. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending cylinders of the first bending device dip into recesses of the upper crosshead of the housing of the rolling mill stand.

9. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending cylinders of the first bending device are each attached to an outer side of the housing of the rolling mill stand.

10. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending arms of the first bending device engage under work roll chocks of the upper work roll by correspondingly formed thickenings at their ends.

11. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bending arms of the first bending device are provided with recesses that engage around a corresponding contour of work roll chocks of the upper work roll.

12. The rolling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the upper backup roll is supported at each of its ends in a backup roll chock, and
wherein the backup roll chocks are operatively connected to balancing cylinders that compensate for the dead weight of the upper backup roll.

Assignees

• Sms Group Gmbh

Inventors

• Diehl Christian
• Sohler Jörn
• Klein Achim

Classifications

• B21B31/203 Primary

  Balancing rolls · CPC title

• B21B31/32

  by liquid pressure {, e.g. hydromechanical adjusting} · CPC title

• B21B29/00 Primary

  Counter-pressure devices acting on rolls to inhibit deflection of same under load, e.g. backing rolls {; Roll bending devices, e.g. hydraulic actuators acting on roll shaft ends (control devices responsive to roll bending B21B37/38)} · CPC title