Abstract: A rotor module (2) for a shapemeter comprising a central arbor (7) to a non-rotatable ring (10) surrounding the arbor (7) by at least one web (9) and an outer cylinder (12) rotatable on bearings (13) on the ring (10) and means, (16, 17) carried by the arbor (7) to cooperate with the inner surface of the ring (10) to detect relative movements between the arbor and ring in response to a force applied to the cylinder (12) at a pre-determined position in order to provide output signals representative of such movements.

Abstract: A method of controlling one stand of a mill for rolling strip material, the mill having upper and lower back-up rolls and a pair of work rolls disposed between the back-up rolls, first and second screw means for respectively controlling movement of the ends of one of the back-up rolls and first and second jack means for respectively applying forces to each of the ends of the work rolls and a shape sensor having outputs from which the stress distribution across the width of the rolled strip is determined, comprising analyzing the effect upon the shape of the strip of the operation of the screw means and the jack means and deriving mathematical expressions, each including a control parameter, respectively representative of such operations determining the difference between said stress distribution and a desired stress distribution and obtaining a correction of stress distribution characterized by separately analyzing the effect upon the shape of the strip of the operation of each screw means and each jack means