Abstract: A roller guide assembly for guiding a workpiece into the roll pass of a rolling mill has hydraulic or mechanical reaction means operable to apply a substantially constant load through the guide rollers to the workpiece irrespective of the lateral displacement of the rollers by the workpiece. The guide rollers are carried by pivotally mounted arms which extend lengthwise through the assembly housing and the reaction means bear against these arms.

Abstract: A work roll assembly for a cantilever-type rolling mill includes a work roll shaft which is drivable from one end and which has a locating spigot extending axially outward of the shaft at its other end. The annular work roll to be mounted to said shaft has an axial recess to receive the spigot. A hydraulic device is provided to urge the roll into engagement with the shaft so as to axially locate the work roll. The locating spigot is expandable in a radial direction to engage the cylindrical inner surface of the work roll recess so as to radially locate the roll to the shaft.