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Rolling mill and method for operating rolling mill

US5355707A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 1992
Grant dateOct 18, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21B31/04
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rolling mill in which an upper housing is guided upward and downward along columns, a fluid chamber is formed between the upper end section of each column and a column insertion hole of the upper housing; a fixed piston fixedly mounted on the column is fitted in the fluid chamber; a roll gap rapid widening piston is fixedly installed on the upper end of the column, and on this piston is vertically movably fitted a hydraulic cylinder; the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly mounted in the upper housing; pressure fluid is constantly supplied to an upper fluid chamber on the piston; a fluid chamber is provided in the column insertion hole of the upper housing, and a column clamping sleeve is fitted therein; and the pressure fluid is fed into, and discharged out of, the fluid chamber to move the upper housing upward and downward.

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