Abstract: A loading device for loading a roll may be connected without play to a roll shaft and may be supported by at least one bearing in a roll stand for rolling metal rods, bars, wires, or pipes from a roll or stock material, and a roll stand comprising such a loading device. The loading device may be configured to exert a force for calibrating a position of the roll in the roll stand, which may simulate a load on the bearing during rolling by applying the force to the roll or roll shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rack change system for changing of roller racks of a rolling block with a rail system along which change carriages can be moved, wherein the rail system includes a first track and a second track, which extend in different directions and are connected to one another via a switch, wherein the first track runs parallel to the rolling line of the rolling block, wherein a roller rack can be moved from the rolling block to the change carriage or a roller rack can be moved from the change carriage to the rolling block when the change carriage is standing on the first track and/or on the switch.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for moving a roll stand into or out of a roll stand receptacle of a rolling line, comprising a carrier element for entraining an entrainment element of a roll stand and a conveying element, wherein the carrier element is moved along a predetermined curved path.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling mill for rolling stock to be rolled (6), having a planetary cross-rolling mill (20) and a subsequent further rolling mill in the rolling direction, the subsequent mill comprising a mandrel rod (10) having a length that is larger than the distance between the planetary cross-rolling mill (20) and the further rolling mill in the rolling direction.

Abstract: A rolling stand includes at least one roller having a roller journal which is rotatably supported by an eccentric bushing which in turn is rotatably supported by a low-friction bearing unit. An adjusting mechanism exerts an adjusting force on the eccentric bushing for rotating the eccentric bushing with respect to the housing and maintaining the eccentric bushing in a desired position. In order to determine a rolling force in the rolling stand, the eccentric bushing is rotated to a desired position relative to the housing by the adjusting mechanism, and an effective adjusting force in the adjusting mechanism is measured when the eccentric bushing is held in the desired position. The rolling force can then be ascertained on the basis of the measured adjusting force.

Abstract: A rolling stand includes at least one roller having a roller journal which is rotatably supported by an eccentric bushing which in turn is rotatably supported by a low-friction bearing unit. An adjusting mechanism exerts an adjusting force on the eccentric bushing for rotating the eccentric bushing with respect to the housing and maintaining the eccentric bushing in a desired position. In order to determine a rolling force in the rolling stand, the eccentric bushing is rotated to a desired position relative to the housing by the adjusting mechanism, and an effective adjusting force in the adjusting mechanism is measured when the eccentric bushing is held in the desired position. The rolling force can then be ascertained on the basis of the measured adjusting force.

Abstract: A rolling mill for rolling or sizing of metallic pipes, bars and wires has a plurality of rolling units which are arranged on a straight line close to one another and can be exchanged in total, partly or individually, each of the rolling units having at least three rolls which are arranged in a star-like configuration around a rolling mill axis, drive shafts and motors each driving a respective one of the rolls in all the rolling units, a rolling unit housing provided for the rolling units, roll bearings provided for the rolls, and multi-part roll shafts provided for supporting the rolls so that the rolls can be exchanged without dismounting of the rolling unit housing and the roll bearings, the rolling units holding the rolls inside and outside of the rolling mill in their operational positions.