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Steel pipe rolling mill

US4387584A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 20, 1981
Grant dateJun 14, 1983
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21B31/08
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for changing the rolling-mill rolls and disk shoes of steel pipe rolling mills. The apparatus comprises mechanisms for raising and lowering a top and bottom cradle each holding a roll of a rolling mill and a carriage disposed below the bottom cradle and movable transversely, whereby the cradles are moved in and out of the rolling mill housing transversely by the carriage, and a plurality of holding devices each rotatable about a fixed shaft are selectively positioned opposite to a pair of chocks holding a pair of disk shoes for movement in parallel motion thereby changing the disk shoes.

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