Abstract: A rod-shaped material is reciprocated along a conveyance line while being supported by a plurality of rollers. The material is allowed to pass through a rolling device disposed in the middle of the conveyance line a number of times for rolling operation during reciprocation or conveyance. A pair of rotating devices are disposed on both sides of the rolling device for varying the rolling angle of the material so that a desired rolling may be effected to the material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a strip or sheet mill having working rolls, backup rolls and axially displaceable intermediate rolls positioned therebetween. Associated with the rolled strip of the rolling mill is a flatness measuring device (e.g., for measuring the distribution of the strip tension over the strip width), the output signals of the flatness measuring device being fed, together with signals representing the strip width, to at least two different evaluating members, one of these serving to deliver a regulating signal for adjusting the crown of the working rolls, and the other serving to deliver a regulating signal for adjusting the axial positions of the intermediate rolls.

Abstract: A material is allowed to reciprocate along a conveyance line by conveyance systems. During reciprocation, the material is allowed to pass through different shape apertures provided by a rolling mechanism in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance line so that a desired rolling operation may be effected to the material.

Abstract: A rolling mill includes at least one roll carrying a sleeve loosely on the barrel. The sleeve is inclined slightly by applying radially inward forces at two spaced positions along the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve to displace or to restrict displacement of the sleeve in the axial direction. The force applying points are independent of rotational direction of the sleeve, so that only one unit is needed even where there is reverse rotation. By controlling the relative value between the two forces, the mill can be given a powerful crown controlling capacity for workpieces of varying width, and the sleeve guiding unit is sufficiently durable to withstand high speed rolling during mass production.

Abstract: A rolling mill having a pair of intermediate rolls interposed between a pair of working rolls exerting a working roll bending force and a pair of axially displaced in conformity with the lateral length or width of a rolled material and the intermediate roll bending force larger than the working roll bending force is exerted thereto, and the shape of the sheet is controlled by adjusting the axial position of the intermediate rolls and by exerting the working and intermediate roll bending forces thereto.

Abstract: An axial adjustment device for use with a cluster mill stand, including tapered intermediate rolls each of which has a roll neck and a pivot bearing on the roll neck. At least one axial adjusting device is provided which is operable in an axial direction of the intermediate rolls and includes a single shift bar for each pair of intermediate rolls, and a common dog engageable with the intermediate rolls and operable in a direction transverse to the axial direction of the adjusting device, the dog being arranged at the end of the shift bar next to the roll neck for support thereof and for raising and lowering thereof in the direction transverse to the axial direction.

Abstract: A rolling mill in which rolls are displaced in axial direction thereof during operation in dependence on the width, profile and the like factors of a material being rolled. A real rolling load difference is derived by removing a rolling load change components due to a moment produced upon displacement of the rolls from a difference in the rolling load between an operating side and a driving side of the rolling mill, and is utilized for correcting the rolling asymmetry.

Abstract: A pair of opposed corrugating rollers (22 and 24) are supported on a frame (52) for corrugating a metal tape (20). The corrugating rollers (22 and 24) are supported for continuous reciprocating movement laterally of the tape (20) during the corrugating operation to distribute wear evenly over the surface of the rollers.

Abstract: A rolling mill comprising a roll stand which supports rolls provided with roll passes for rolling a blank to be rolled which is fed along a rolling line, the roll stand being supported on a stationary base so as to move in axial directions of the rolls perpendicular to the rolling line, wherein the roll stand is provided with rotatable eccentric rods which have rotatable wheels thereon, the rods being rotated to occupy a non-operation position in which the wheels are separated from the base and an operational position in which the wheels contact with the base so as to rotate on the base, thereby to carry the roll stand in axial directions of the rolls.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a temper-rolled profile of a cold rolled steel strip after continuous annealing, comprising subjecting the continuously annealed cold rolled steel strip simultaneously to temper-rolling and profile controlling by use of a six-high rolling mill of intermediate roll shifting type in the same production line.

Abstract: A rolling mill includes at least one roll carrying a sleeve loosely on the barrel, and a sleeve-supporting-and-guiding unit the restricting point of which, i.e. the point at which force for axially shifting or restricting the shifting of the sleeve is applied on the sleeve, is located somewhere along the second-half semi-circular portion of the sleeve as viewed in the rotational direction of a complete turn of the sleeve ending at the loading point where the sleeve and the associated roll are subjected to loading pressure. The mill has a powerful crown-controlling capacity for workpieces varying widths, and the sleeve-supporting-and-guiding unit is sufficiently durable to withstand high speed rolling for mass production.

Abstract: A new rolling mill configuration providing improved performance and lower cost than is possible for conventional four-high and six-high mills.This mill configuration contains eighteen rolls and may be described as an improved six-high arrangement, the improvement being in the provision of side support assemblies for the work rolls, thus enabling smaller work roll diameters to be adopted than is possible with four-high or six-high mills, resulting in lower separating forces and thus a lighter and less expensive mill construction for a given duty.

Abstract: Apparatus at the operator's side of a rolling mill is used to move the chock for one of a pair of rolls in an axial direction thereof for alignment between roll pass openings in the bodies of the pair of rolls. The apparatus includes a chock extension sleeve having an externally-threaded surface and a flange at one end attached by bolts to the roll chock at the operator's side. Two nut members are jammed together under sufficient torque for a stressed engagement with the threaded surface of the sleeve. The nut members are joined together by a threaded bolt for simultaneous rotation of the nut members. Gear teeth are formed on an outer annular section of one of the nut members to mesh with a pinion gear rotatably supported by a clevis forming part of the keeper blocks supported by the mill housing.

Abstract: A stand of a cold tube-rolling mill is formed by a housing and work rolls. Mounted in pairs on the housing are uprights arranged opposite to the axis of rolling. The work rolls are mounted one above the other in the bearing supports between pairs of lower and upper backup rolls mounted in corresponding bearing chocks. The upper bearing chocks are adapted for vertical setup motions. The stand has a device for ensuring positive contact of the work rolls. The device is a linkage mechanism for each bearing chock of the upper backup rolls that links kinematically the bearing chock with an independent power drive ensuring its vertical setup motion.

Abstract: The invention relates to rolling, and more particularly, to a mill stand roll assembly comprising grooved rolls. A thrust shoulder for each of the rolls, formed on a roll neck, is located inside a thrust hydrostatic bearing placed in a chock secured to a housing. Each thrust has disks each being arranged on both end faces of each thrust shoulder in parallel thereto and forming with the chock a cavity communicating via an orifice in the chock with a source of liquid. Each thrust shoulder having an annular slot coaxial with the corresponding roll for accommodating two washers secured to a chock in a parallel and spacial relationship with one another. A hole in the chock is disposed so as to permit a flow of liquid to pass between the washers. The liquid delivery rate is adjustable with respect to the amount of roll displacement and the roll assembly makes it possible to adjust the mutual arrangement of rolls directly in the process of rolling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a roll assembly comprising grooved rolls. A neck of each roll is provided with a thrust shoulder placed in a thrust hydrostatic bearing mounted in a chock secured to a housing. The bearing comprises thrust disks each arranged on both end faces of the shoulders substantially parallel thereto. The sides of the disks facing the ends of each shoulder are fitted with hydrostatic pockets communicating with a fluid source. The fluid source, designed for adjustable delivery of fluid, communicates with the hydrostatic pockets of one of the thrust disks of a roll and of the other thrust disk facing it. There is another fluid source with adjustable delivery of fluid communicating with the hydrostatic pockets of the other thrust disks. This enables, by varying the deliveries of the fluid sources, the mutual disposition of the shoulders to be adjusted relative to the thrust disks and thereby permits control over the mutual arrangement of the rolls directly in the course of rolling.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling axial positions of rolls of a rolling mill to obtain and maintain desired axial rigidity of the rolls. Pre-stress, the axial load and the axial position of each roll are detected. The detected signals are processed to determine the axial positions of the rolls to achieve the desired rigidity.

Abstract: A roll mill stand has a supporting frame which mounts two housings with at least three work rolls being arranged therebetween, the geometric center lines of the rolls being located in a single plane and set one with respect to another to form a pass. The work rolls are mounted each in a respective shell, the latter being hinged upon one of the housings by a pivot secured in the housing parallel to the work roll and connected to the other housing by a screw-down mechanism intended to adjust the radial gap between the work rolls. At least one of the shells is supported by the respective pivot connecting the shell to the housing, the gap between the work rolls being adjustable transversally with respect to the axis of rolling.

Abstract: A heavy duty axial adjustment mechanism for a rolling mill roll neck which is rotatably supported in a radial bearing contained in a chock. A rolling element thrust bearing has its inner race fixed axially in relation to the roll neck. The outer thrust bearing race is axially confined between separable retainer components which are interconnected by fasteners. The retainer components each have external adjusting threads in engagement with internal adjusting threads on the chock. Rotation of the interconnected retainer components imparts axial adjustments to the roll neck relative to the chock without subjecting the fasteners to damaging thrust forces.

Abstract: A rolling mill having a roll stand with back-up rolls and two cylindrical work rolls. The work rolls have roll-pass grooves associated in pairs with different roll-pass areas. The driving mechanism of the rolling mill is coupled to the back-up rolls which exercise constant pressure on the work rolls during rolling so that these are in hard mutual contact and rotate with the back-up rolls. The work rolls are axially displaceable in the roll stands between the back-up rolls when the latter are open so that a desired roll-pass groove can be positioned with its center line coinciding with the central plane of the rolling mill.

Abstract: A rolling mill stand, particularly for rolling rod, has two roll shafts each carrying a roll. Each roll shaft is carried by an eccentric shaft which also carries a drive shaft aligned with the roll shaft and coupled to it through a drive coupling permitting limited misalignment between the roll and drive shafts. An adjustment drive mechanism acts on the two eccentric shafts to turn them equally and oppositely and to cause the separation between the roll shafts and between the drive shafts to be altered. Each drive shaft has a gear drive consisting of a gear on the drive shaft meshing with a gear on an auxiliary drive shaft and the gears on the two auxiliary drive shafts mesh with one another.

Abstract: A pair of upper and lower work rolls are supported by metal chocks provided with roll bending devices, and backup rolls are supported by metal chocks which may be movable in the axial direction. The backup rolls may be displaced in the axial direction so as to vary the length of line of contact between the work rolls and the backup rolls to control the distribution of rolling pressure transmitted from the backup rolls to the work rolls, whereby the sectional dimension may be controlled jointly using the bending forces of the work rolls.

Abstract: A horizontal or vertical roll stand for a rod or bar rolling mill comprising a pair of work rolls having a plurality of grooves spaced axially along the surfaces thereof, each work roll being journalled between bearings contained in bearing chocks, with the bearings being adapted to accommodate axial adjustment of the work rolls in relation to the bearing chocks. The bearing chocks are supported in a housing with the work rolls in parallel relationship and with the grooves defining a plurality of roll passes. An axial roll adjustment means is associated with each work roll. Both of the axial adjustment means are driven by a common axial adjustment drive. A clutch is connected between one axial adjustment means and the axial adjustment drive. When engaged, the clutch permits the axial adjustment drive to operate through both axial adjustment means, thus axially adjusting both work rolls simultaneously.

Abstract: A method of, and apparatus for, monitoring the alignment of a pass defined between cooperating rolls in a mill stand during rolling bar, rod or section stock. Measurement is effected through eddy current sensors which are mounted in close proximity to the ends of the rolls and provide an output indicative of the amount by which they are spaced from the roll surface. In some instances other parameters e.g. roll wear, are also measured by similar eddy current sensors appropriately located in close proximity to the roll surfaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling arrangement for rolling mills including means for continuously centering the rolls with respect to the product being rolled and for adjusting the pass defined by the rolls. A roll is mounted with its shaft on a cylindrical support which is displaceable within the frame of the rolling unit and comprises an outer threaded portion engaging with an annular threaded element whose rotation causes axial displacement of the support and of the shaft and the roll, thus allowing continuous centering thereof. Setting shims are provided between a cover of the structure supporting the roll and the frame of the rolling unit for adjustment of the pass defined by the rolls. Adjustment of the clearance of the two bearings supporting the roll shaft is obtainable by providing each of the outer rings of the bearings with the outer threaded portion and the threaded annular element and separately actuating the same.

Abstract: An axial preloading device is disclosed for use with axially adjustable grooved work rolls in a rolling mill. The work rolls are axially adjusted by a mechanism which includes relatively rotatable and reactive supporting components, and the preloading device exerts an axial force on the mechanism to eliminate mechanical backlash between the aforesaid components.

Abstract: A rolling mill comprising a device for moving any pair of rolls of various types axially thereof. Various types of rolls, which may be work wolls, intermediate rolls or back up rolls, are mounted in respective roll chocks disposed in a housing, and the roll chocks mounting therein any one of a pair of aforesaid rolls are slidably supported for movement axially of the rolls and in a direction in which pressure is applied to the rolls to effect rolling. The device for moving the rolls axially thereof, which may be a hydraulic pressure mechanism, is mounted in the interior of the housing or on its surfaces for moving the rolls either directly or through the associated roll chocks.