Abstract: A flash welding machine welds together a first metal product's tail with a second metal product's head. The machine includes a carriage, a first structure with a first grip, a second structure slidingly supported by the carriage with a second grip. The power group includes an inverter, a transformer, a rectifier, a control unit operating the inverter at frequencies greater than 700 Hz, and conductors connected to the first and second grips. The transformer delivers predetermined nominal power at a predetermined nominal supply frequency. The predetermined nominal power is less than the predetermined operating power and the nominal supply frequency is less than 700 Hz. At frequencies greater than 700 HZ, actual power equal to/greater than predetermined operating power, or the predetermined nominal power of the transformer is at least equal to predetermined operating power and nominal supply frequency is greater than 700 Hz, with actual power greater than predetermined operating power.

Abstract: A system for winding a rolled product includes a winder having a winding spool, a spool rotator, a distributor guiding positioning of the rolled product towards the spool at an instantaneous winding point, and a distributor translator. A control and command unit coordinates the rotator and the translator according to a predetermined winding program which is a function of predetermined reference operating parameters and of real time operating parameters. The detector includes a laser triangulation profilometer diametrically opposite to the distributor, and continuously detects the surface profile of the coil of rolled product at every added turn. A processing and calculation unit feedback adjusts translation speed of the distributor to minimize a difference between an actual operating parameter calculated based on the profile of the coil in formation detected by the profilometer and the same operating parameter calculated based on theoretical data related to a predetermined ideal coil winding.

Abstract: A rolling mill for solid elongated products, defining a rolling axis, including first and second rolling stations. Each station includes a load-bearing structure, a removable roll-holder cartridge with three rolling rolls movable radially and rotating around spaced rotational axes, and a roll having a vertical rotational axis. A system synchronizes mechanical adjustment of the rolls. Three actuators mount on the load-bearing structure; three gear motor groups connect to the rolls by single extensions. The second station rolls are rotated 60° from the first stations. The rolls with a vertical axis of the first and second stations are arranged on opposite sides of the rolling axis. All rolling stations allow lateral extraction of roll-holder cartridges from the same side of the rolling mill. The stations on the extraction side have actuators movable relative to the load-bearing structure. The stations with vertical rolls arranged on the opposite side have fixed actuators.

Abstract: A rolling mill for solid elongated products, defining a rolling axis, including first and second rolling stations. Each station includes a load-bearing structure, a removable roll-holder cartridge with three rolling rolls movable radially and rotating around three equally spaced axes of rotation, and a roll having a vertical rotational axis. Three actuators mount on the load-bearing structure; three gear motor groups connect to the rolls by single extensions. The position of the second station rolls is rotated 60° from the first stations. The rolls with a vertical axis of the first and second stations are arranged on opposite sides of the rolling axis. All rolling stations allow lateral extraction of roll-holder cartridges from the same side of the rolling mill. The stations on the cartridge extraction side have actuators movable relative to the load-bearing structure. The stations with vertical rolls arranged on the opposite side have fixed actuators.