Abstract: A device for handling mandrel rods in a rolling plant for rolling seamless tubes comprises an inserter. The inserter moves a mandrel rod in a rolling direction such that the mandrel rod, starting from an initial state, is pushed into a tube blank situated upstream of the mandrel rod. A retaining device has a fixing unit that is movable along the rolling line and is designed to temporarily hold the mandrel rod at an action point at a rear end of the mandrel rod and to carry out a working stroke. The mandrel rod can be inserted into the rolling mill in the rolling direction and pulled out of the rolling mill counter to the rolling direction by the retaining device. The retaining device is designed such that the starting position of the fixing unit lies between the two ends of the mandrel rod in the initial state.

Abstract: A rolling mill (10) for processing seamless tubes comprises a plurality of rolling units (U) that are sequentially arranged along a rolling axis (L), each of which is provided with at least three removable working rolls (12), which are each equipped with a groove (12a) for accommodating the tube to be worked; the rolling mill comprises a mandrel suitable to be fitted in the tube cavity during the process; the tube is worked by being sequentially passed, with the mandrel (22) fitted in the tube cavity, within the grooves (12a) of the rolls (12) of the rolling units (U) such that the outer diameter of the tube (T) is reduced; in order to have low capital and production costs, each rolling unit (U) has an unchanged nominal diameter

Abstract: The device includes a housing having an aperture for the introduction of an engagement member fixed to the door, a retainer member mounted movably in the housing and movable between a working position in which it holds the engagement member when the door is closed and enables the domestic electrical appliance to operate, and a rest position in which it allows the engagement member to be released when the door is open and the engagement member to enter the aperture when the door is closed. An electromechanical control device includes a movable locking element movable under predetermined conditions, into a locking position in which it prevents the retainer member from moving from the working position to the rest position. The device further includes stop elements which lock the retainer in the rest position when the door is open, and release this retainer member when the door is closed.