Abstract: Disclosed is a method for receiving and discharging bars. Adjacent parallel rotating drums receive bars in longitudinal advancement and discharge them by dropping them onto an underlying cooling bed in a rolling mill plant. Each drum is provided with four opposite channels rotating in unison. At first two bars are fed in logic succession into two adjacent channels of a drum and, then at least two bars are fed in logic succession into at least two adjacent channels of the adjacent drum, and while a drum receives its two bars, the other one rotates for discharging its received bars. The discharging occurs in two progressive steps. First, rotation of the drum through a certain angle for allowing the discharge of a first bar and then, further rotation of the drum to allow the discharge of the second bar.

Abstract: A rolling stand having a stand casing, a first cylinder holding packing having a rolling cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a second cylinder holding packing having a rolling cylinder rotatably mounted therein with a rolling axis in parallel relation to the rolling axis of the rolling cylinder of the first cylinder holding packing, and four tie rods positioned at respective comers of the stand casing and each having a right-hand screw and a left-hand screw threadedly connected respectively to the cylinder holding packings so as to move at least one of the packings relative to the other. One of the cylinder holding packings includes an external bridge part coupled to the tie rods at either the right-hand screw or the left-hand screw, an internal part directly receiving the cylinder therein and coupled to the tie rods along an unthreaded portion of each of the tie rods, and a fluid dynamic cylinder connected to the external bridge part and to the internal part.

Abstract: A process for a packing system for rolling-mill stock in which the packing system includes a continuous conveyor, an overhead transfer with a suspended electromagnet, and a lifter positioned below the conveyor in association with the overhead transfer. The process includes the steps of stopping an advancement of a first rolling-mill stock below an electromagnet collector an a multilayered rolling-mill stock below the overhead transfer, raising the first rolling-mill stock by the collector from the conveyor, lifting the multilayered rolling-mill stock toward the electromagnet, advancing a second rolling-mill stock while the overhead transfer deposits the multi-layer rolling mill stock into a packing pocket, stopping the advancement of the second rolling-mill stock below the collector, and depositing the first rolling-mill stock onto the second rolling-mill stock while the overhead transfer returns to a position above the lifter.