Abstract: A rolling stand for metallic products including at least one pair of work rolls, at least a pair of back-up rolls, at least one water pillow cooling device able to project a plurality of cooling jets under pressure on at least one of said work roll, a removable plate. The removable plate is placed between said cooling device and said work roll. The removable plate is concave and curved with a curvature such that a gap between said removable plate and said upper work roll is constant or increases when moving in direction of the back-up roll and such that said gap is from 5 to 200 mm. The removable plate is also holed such that the cooling jets can pass through said removable plate.