Method of and device for exchanging sets of rolls
US7698923B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB21B2013/025
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of and an installation for exchange of roll sets (5, 6) contemplate provision of a number of separate transversely displaceable carriages (9, 10, 11), whereby individual worn-out working roll sets (6) are displaced along a single connection track (14) by a single locomotive (21) in a roll workshop (20), and a new working roll set (6a) is displaced back to an installation position, and wherein during formation of a gap (12) in front of a rolling mill stand (2, 3, 4), a withdrawn backup roll set (5) is transported by a crane in the roll workshop and back.
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