Abstract: A multiple section bars straightening/cutting system in a bar rolling line comprises a multiple section bars straightening apparatus, an inlet side introduction pinch roller, a multiple traveling section bars cutting apparatus and a rear surface tilting table having an outlet side introduction pinch roller. The multiple traveling section bars cutting apparatus includes a fixed blade and a moving blade each having a plurality of calipers formed in accordance with the cross-sectional shapes of the section bars. The rear tilting table tilts in the direction in which the blades of the multiple traveling section bars cutting apparatus move in synchronism with the movement of the blades.

Abstract: Billets 10 which were continuously cast in a continuous casting machine 1 are directly supplied to a joining line 12. Scale on the billets is removed by a de-scaling apparatus 3. Then the rear end of a preceding billet is welded with the front end of a succeeding billet using a travelling flash butt welder 4 to produce a continuous billet. A burr on the welded part 15 is removed by grinders 51-53 in a travelling burr-removing apparatus 5. The continuous billet is heated in an induction heater 6, and then is continuously rolled in a rolling mill line.

Abstract: A continuous rolling method includes the steps of: de-scaling billets sent directly from a continuous casting machine; continuously welding the billets using a travelling flash butt welder; grinding a burr on a welded part of the billets to remove the burr using a travelling grinding machine; heating the billets to an elevated temperature using an induction heater; and conducting continuous rolling. The travelling flash butt welder and the travelling grinding machine are separately movable along a running line of the billets, and are moved together during flash butt welding. The flash butt welding is carried out while the flash butt welder and the grinding machine travel a specified stroke for welding. The travelling grinding machine and the travelling flash butt welder are moved together to meet the welded part of each of the billets, and the travelling flash butt welder is returned to a waiting position after the flash butt welding is completed.

Abstract: An apparatus for joining billets in continuous rolling mill comprises a pair of parallel rails 14, a travelling welding machine 4 having first support rolls 54,55, a travelling grinding machine 5 having second support rolls 56a, 56b,57, a first group of carriages 41,42,43 each of which has a third support roll 51,52,53 for supporting billets, and a second group of carriages 44,45,46 each of which has a fourth support roll 58,59,60 for supporting billets. The travelling welding machine welds a rear end of a preceding billet with a front end of a succeeding billet while moving on the pair of rails. The travelling grinding machine removes burrs on a weld zone of the billets while moving on the pair of rails. The first group of carriages is arranged upstream of the travelling welding machine and is connected with the travelling welding machine by a flexible joint member.

Abstract: A method for removing burrs in a continuous rolling process including the steps of joining the rear end of a preceding billet with the front end of a succeeding billet using a flash butt welding method while both billets are moving, and grinding a burr on the welded part of the joined portion using a plurality of grinders while the billets are moving and while rotating the grinders and moving the grinders synchronously with the travelling speed of the billets. A grinding machine for continuously rolling a round billet includes a travelling body shuttling along the direction of movement of the round billet, a turret ring rotatably supported by the travelling body, and a plurality of grinding devices arranged in a movable manner within a radius of the turret ring, wherein the grinding devices include grinders which are set at a tilted angle relative to the center axis of the rotatable turret ring.