Cold rolling of rolled stock

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11975371-B2
Application number	US-202017626949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2020
Priority date	Jul 17, 2019
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

A rolling device (1), a method and a rolling train (35) for the cold rolling of rolled stock (3). The rolling device (1)-a rolling stand (5), multiple assembly sets for optionally assembling the rolling stand (5) with one of the assembly sets, and a working-roll drive. Each assembly set comprises two working rolls (7, 8), and for each working roll (7, 8) two working-roll chocks (9). A spindle head (11), can be connected to a working roll journal (16) of the working roll (7, 8). The working rolls (7, 8) of different assembly sets have different working-roll diameter ranges, which are determined by a respective minimum working-roll diameter and maximum working-roll diameter. The rolling stand (5) has mountings (19) for a respective working-roll chock (9) of an assembly set. The working-roll drive has two drive spindles (27), each for driving a working roll (7, 8) via the spindle head (11) assigned to the working roll (7, 8) by rotations about a longitudinal axis of the drive spindle (27).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rolling device for cold rolling of rolled stock, the device comprising:
a rolling stand;
a plurality of equipment sets configured for the purpose of selectively equipping the rolling stand with one of the equipment sets; and
a working roller drive, wherein
each of the plurality of equipment sets has two working rollers and, two working roller chocks assigned to each of the two working rollers;
each of the two working roller chocks has at least one working-roller bearing for the working roller, and has a spindle head, which is assigned to the working roller and is configured to be connected to a working roller journal of the working roller in a form-fitting manner;
the working rollers each have a working roller diameter range, and each of the working roller diameter ranges is determined by a minimum working roller diameter and a maximum working roller diameter of the working roller;
the working rollers of one of the equipment sets have the same working roller diameter range, and the working rollers of another one of the equipment sets have respective working roller diameter ranges that differ from one another;
the rolling stand has mounts for a respective working roller chock of one equipment set; and
the working roller drive has two drive spindles each configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis thereof to drive a respective one of the working rollers via the spindle head assigned to the respective one of the working rollers.

2. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the minimum working roller diameter of the working rollers of one of the equipment sets differs from the maximum working roller diameter by 40 mm to 90 mm.

3. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the working rollers of one of the equipment sets have a minimum working roller diameter of 340 mm and a maximum working roller diameter of 385 mm, and the working rollers of another one of the equipment sets have a minimum working roller diameter of 375 mm and a maximum working roller diameter of 460 mm.

4. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the internal diameters (d 1 ) of the working-roller bearings of all the equipment sets deviate from one another by at most two percent.

5. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the working roller journals of the working rollers of all the equipment sets have identical journal diameters (d) and journal shapes.

6. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the working-roller bearings has a diameter ratio of an external diameter (D 1 ) to an internal diameter (d 1 ), and wherein the diameter ratios of the working roller bearings decrease as the working roller diameter range of the equipment sets decreases.

7. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a diameter ratio of an external diameter (D 1 ) to an internal diameter (d 1 ) of the working-roller bearings of at least one of the plurality of the equipment sets is at most 1.41, and wherein a diameter ratio of an external diameter (D 1 ) to an internal diameter (d 1 ) of the working-roller bearings of at least one other equipment set is at most 1.32.

8. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a height (A) of one the working roller chocks to an external diameter (D 1 ) of one of the working roller bearings of at least one of the plurality of equipment sets is less than 1.09.

9. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a minimum wall thickness (W 1 ) of one of the working roller chocks of at least one of the plurality of equipment sets on a side that faces toward the rolled stock is less than six percent of an external diameter (D 1 ) of the working roller bearing of the working roller chock.

10. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a minimum wall thickness (W 1 ) of one of the working roller chocks of at least one of the plurality of equipment sets on a side facing toward the rolled stock is at most as great as a minimum wall thickness (W 2 ) on a side that faces away from the rolled stock.

11. A method for the cold rolling of the rolled stock by a rolling device as claimed in claim 1 ,
the method comprising the steps of
selecting one of the plurality of equipment sets of the rolling device depending on material properties of the rolled stock,
equipping the rolling stand of the rolling device with the one of the plurality of the equipment sets, and
guiding the rolled stock between the two working rollers of the one of the plurality of equipment sets whereby the working rollers are rotated about their respective longitudinal axes by the working roller drive.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising selecting the one of the plurality of equipment sets depending on a position of the rolling device in a rolling train.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising the steps of
setting a bending limit for at least one of the plurality of equipment sets for positive bending of the working rollers as a function of a minimum wall thickness of the working roller chocks on the sides of the working roller chocks that face toward the rolled stock, and
bending the working rollers positively not above the bending limit during guiding of the rolled stock between the two working rollers.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising the step of
negatively bending the working rollers of at least one of the plurality of equipment sets depending on a crown of the working rollers during guiding the rolled stock between the two working rollers.

15. The method as claimed in 11 , further comprising the step of
setting an axial displacement of the working rollers relative to one another for at least one of the plurality of the equipment sets as a function of a width and thickness of the rolled stock during guiding of the rolled stock between the two working rollers.

16. A rolling train having at least one rolling device as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH

Inventors

• Kellermayr Roland

Classifications

• B21B27/021 Primary

  Rolls for sheets or strips · CPC title

• B21B13/02 Primary

  with axes of rolls arranged horizontally · CPC title

• B21B31/02

  Rolling stand frames {or housings}; Roll mountings {; Roll chocks} · CPC title

• B21B31/07

  Adaptation of roll {neck} bearings (bearings in general F16C) · CPC title

• B21B31/10 Primary

  by horizontally displacing {, i.e. horizontal roll changing} · CPC title