Patent · US Expired

Steel pipe rolling mill

US4444035A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 16, 1982
Grant dateApr 24, 1984
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21B2031/026
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a three-roll Assel mill capable of automatically and rapidly changing the rolls, rails are arranged on an inner housing mounted within each of a fixed housing and a rotary housing to be rotatable along the inner wall thereof, and cradles having rolls mounted therein are placed on the rails, whereby during roll changing the housing proper is shifted and the inner housings are rotated in such a manner that the rails provided on the inner housings are successively aligned with rails laid externally and the rolls are moved in or out of the rolling mill.

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