Abstract: A roll stand arrangement for rolling wire with a finishing block arranged following the last stand of the intermediate group of a wire rolling mill and composed of fixedly connected roll stands with grooved rolls, and a skin pass block arranged following and having the same configuration as the finishing block, wherein the roll stands of the skin pass block have an oval/oval groove sequence and a subsequent round groove sequence. The sequence of grooves in the roll stands of the skin pass block is composed of two, three, four or more oval/oval successive grooves and, directly following these oval/oval successive grooves, one or two round successive grooves.

Abstract: A tension control method for a rolling stock section located between a front roll stand and a rear roll stand of a rolling train, wherein a tensioning element with an actual adjusting force is adjusted relative to the rolling stock section, so that the rolling stock section is deflected by the tensioning element by an actual deflection; the actual adjusting force and the actual deflection are determined; and a tension existing between the front roll stand and the rear roll stand in the rolling stock section is adjusted such that the actual adjusting force approaches a desired adjusting force and/or the actual deflection approaches a desired deflection.

Abstract: A device for automatically positioning a roll stand with grooved rolls and rest bars and roll fittings arranged in front of the roll stand relative to roll center includes a stationary guide frame for receiving the supports of the roll fitting. The roll stand is mounted on the guide frame so as to be displaceable relative to this support and so as to be fastenable relative to the support. The supports of the roll fittings are hinged to the guide frame so as to be pivotable about an axis extending parallel to the roll axes and transversely to the rolling direction.