Abstract: A hard metal or non-metal member can be formed or shaped to have varying amounts of curvature and tapering by passing the member through a forming channel defined by two sets of opposed, axially displaceable rollers which can be dynamically moved horizontally and vertically in a predetermined range. The rollers are controlled by a computer, a translator, and a electro-mechanical displacement system such as a servo motor. Using data input by a user or preprogrammed instructions containing displacement instruction in the computer, the computer can subsequently instruct servo motors, via a translator, to move the rollers in the available axial directions. The servo motors may include a mechanism for converting rotational movement into fine linear mechanical movement of the rollers. The timing and rate of movement, direction, and force of the roller can be controlled to form and shape the member into a specific contour of curves or tapering sides.

Abstract: A conduit modifier may be used to corrugate at least a portion of a conduit. The conduit modifier may include at least a first plurality of rollers arranged in a first pattern around a passageway. The first plurality of rollers may form ridges and grooves lengthwise along a conduit passing through the passageway. A second plurality of rollers arranged in a second pattern around the passageway may compress ridges formed by the first set of rollers. The ridges may be formed such that a distance from a central axis of the conduit to a highest portion of an outer surface of a ridge is substantially equal to a distance from the central axis of the conduit to an outer surface of the un-corrugated portion of the conduit. The corrugated portion of the modified conduit may be expandable.

Abstract: A tube reduction apparatus uses a pair of plates, each of the plates providing an X-shaped aperture therein. The X-shaped aperture comprises two pairs of opposing slots, and each slot provides a pair of opposing grooves. The grooves are oriented at right angles to the slots. The pair of plates are in face to face contact with the X-shaped apertures, grooves and slots aligned. A set of four wheels are mounted on transverse axles which are captured in the grooves with the wheels positioned in the slots. A V-shaped concave annular face has an has a semi-circular annular notch at its apex. The four wheels are positioned such that their edges are in mutual adjacency forming a square passage therebetween them.

Abstract: A wire cut electric discharge machine having rollers is disclosed. It has a wire electrode disposed in a working zone of the electric discharge machine. This wire electrode is rolled by a rolling device so that the cross-sectional area of this wire electrode changes from a circular area into an elongated one. After rolled, the wire electrode has two parallel rolled flat surfaces. The working width between these flat surfaces is smaller than the original diameter of the wire electrode before rolled. So, the cutting width is narrower than before. By using the rolled wire electrode, this invention can reduce the cutting width limit. I can improve the precision of the product, without changing the material property of the wire electrode. And, it can reduce the cost of the wire electrode.

Abstract: The roll stand having at least one roll shaft 2, which carries a roll 6 and is subdivided into sectional shafts 3, 4 for the purpose of being able to change the roll, comprises at least one labyrinth-seal arrangement which is arranged in an annular gap 23, 24 formed between the respective sectional shaft 3, 4 and a bearing device for the roll shaft.

Abstract: A conduit modifier may be used to corrugate at least a portion of a conduit. The conduit modifier may include at least a first plurality of rollers arranged in a first pattern around a passageway. The first plurality of rollers may form ridges and grooves lengthwise along a conduit passing through the passageway. A second plurality of rollers arranged in a second pattern around the passageway may compress ridges formed by the first set of rollers. The ridges may be formed such that a distance from a central axis of the conduit to a highest portion of an outer surface of a ridge is substantially equal to a distance from the central axis of the conduit to an outer surface of the un-corrugated portion of the conduit. The corrugated portion of the modified conduit may be expandable.

Abstract: A tube reduction apparatus uses a pair of plates, each of the plates providing an X-shaped aperture therein. The X-shaped aperture comprises two pairs of opposing slots, and each slot provides a pair of opposing grooves. The grooves are oriented at right angles to the slots. The pair of plates are in face to face contact with the X-shaped apertures, grooves and slots aligned. A set of four wheels are mounted on transverse axles which are captured in the grooves with the wheels positioned in the slots. A V-shaped concave annular face has an has a semi-circular annular notch at its apex. The four wheels are positioned such that their edges are in mutual adjacency forming a square passage therebetween them.

Abstract: A roll stand for rolling bar-shaped or tubular stock, having a stand housing, having at least one roll which is arranged on a roll shaft rotatably mounted in the stand housing and is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the roll shaft via a frictional connection, in which roll stand the roll is held in its axial position on the roll shaft in a positive-locking manner by sleeve elements adjoining axially with respect to the roll shaft.

Abstract: A modified cross-section wire material is formed into piston rings such as oil-control rings for use in an engine. An apparatus of the present invention for forming the modified cross-section wire material has a forming unit (15) comprising in combination a non-powered pre-stage four-roll turks-head (16) and a powered post-staged four-roll turks-head (17). Disposed in tandem and downstream of the forming unit (15) is a non-powered finishing four-roll turks-head (21). A forming roll of the powered turks-head (17) has a diameter equal to or larger than 70 times as much as a height-of a flange of the material. In forming, the material is kept at a tension equal to or less than 300 N between the non-powered turks-head stand (16) and the powered turks-head (17), and at a tension of from 50 to 200 N between the forming unit (15) and the finishing turks-head (21).

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for strip processing with at least one uncoiling station, at least one strip processing station (1) and at least one coiling station. Especially to reduce undesirable strip-edge stresses, a known apparatus for strip processing is configured such that a strip-edge stretching station (2) which stretches the edges of the strip, is provided between the uncoiling station and the coiling station.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing keystone type superconducting compacted stranded wires. In manufacturing the keystone type superconducting compacted stranded wires, a large number of superconducting wires are stranded to form stranded wires, which are then roll-formed. The method and apparatus are configured so that, in the roll-forming, one side of the compacted stranded wires, which is thinner than the other side thereof after being roll-formed, comes into contact with one flat roll before the other side of the compacted stranded wires comes into contact with another flat roll. The method and apparatus are provided as another configuration wherein one flat roll to contact with the compacted stranded wires to be thicker is smaller in diameter than another flat roll to contact with the compacted stranded wires to be thinner.

Abstract: A rolling apparatus is proposed with four rolls arranged in the shape of a star whereby one drive unit each is assigned to the rolls and whereby an adjusting unit each precedes the rolls through which the rolls are arranged adjustably in a radial and an axial direction. The separate and comprehensive triggering of the individual rolls (3) always allows a symmetrical introduction of the rolling stock to and through the rolling apparatus.

Abstract: For providing a thin square wire being used for a coil in low cost and for forming a square hole for press-forming a square wire accurately and easily, a square wire manufacturing machine comprises a four rollers 1-4 being disposed in a shape of swastika to be crossed mutually for forming a square hole 5 and a position adjusting unit for adjusting disposed positions of the four rollers. A wedge-slide-type position adjusting mechanism is applied to the position adjusting unit. The wedge-slide-type position adjusting mechanism fine-adjusts the disposed position of respective rollers 1-4 to move each roller 1-4 in a direction of an axis thereof and in a direction perpendicular to the axis thereof.

Abstract: A rolling system has a plant producing a plurality of continuously advancing and parallel hot metal strands, a vertical-roll stand receiving the strands, and a horizontal-roll stand. The vertical-roll stand has an upstream row of vertical pairs of rolls and, immediately downstream therefrom in a movement direction of the strands, a downstream row of vertical pairs or rolls with nips offset laterally from the nips of the upstream row. Every other strand passes by the upstream roll pairs and through the nips of the downstream roll pairs and the remaining strands pass through the nips of the upstream roll pairs and by the downstream roll pairs. The horizontal-roll stand is aligned with the vertical-roll stand and has a pair of horizontal rolls forming a plurality of nips aligned in the direction with the vertical-roll stand nips.

Abstract: The invention relates to a roll stand for rolling bar-shaped or tubular material, in which a plurality of rolls 2 form a roll pass. The rolls 2 are each mounted on a roll shaft 8 split in two, the roll shafts being mounted in the stand housing 1 of the roll stand in such a way that they can be shifted radially for the purpose of adjusting the rolls 2 relative to the roll axis 3. In order to be able to permit a simple displacement of the sectional shafts 9, 10 of the roll shafts 8, an axial bearing which axially fixes the roll shaft 8 is either provided on a hub, relative to which the roll shaft 8 can be selectively shifted or fixed in the axial direction, and/or that part of the axial bearing which is connected to the stand housing is arranged in such a way that it can be released from outside.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing keystone type superconducting compacted stranded wires. In manufacturing the keystone type superconducting compacted stranded wires, a large number of superconducting wires are stranded to form stranded wires, which are then roll-formed. The method and apparatus are configured so that, in the roll-forming, one side of the compacted stranded wires, which is thinner than the other side thereof after being roll-formed, comes into contact with one flat roll before the other side of the compacted stranded wires comes into contact with another flat roll. The method and apparatus are provided as another configuration wherein one flat roll to contact with the compacted stranded wires to be thicker is smaller in diameter than another flat roll to contact with the compacted stranded wires to be thinner.

Abstract: This invention provides a rolling mill and a rolling-mill train which are compact. Reducers to be coupled with them can be made compact. The inner surfaces of pipes to be rolled with the rolling mill and the rolling-mill train can be prevented from becoming squarish. The rolling mill comprises a plurality of rolls disposed symmetrically around the pathline of the rolling mill, an annular driving bevel gear of a large diameter for driving and rotating the rolls, an input-shaft mechanism for rotating the driving bevel gear, a plurality of transmission mechanisms disposed at regular intervals along the driving bevel gear, and a housing for holding them. The input-shaft mechanism (i) has an input shaft inserted in the housing from its outside and an input bevel gear of a small diameter mounted on the input shaft and engaging with the driving bevel gear and (ii) is disposed between two adjacent transmission mechanisms.

Abstract: A rolling unit for a rolling mill for rolling or sizing metal pipes, bars or wires has at least three rolls arranged in a star arrangement. Each roll has a separate drive mechanism and is rotatably mounted on bearings on both sides of it. The rolls are adjustable radially together with the bearings. The improved rolling unit has smaller outside dimensions but can take a higher load. The number of individual rolling unit parts is also reduced as well as manufacturing and assembly expenses. For this purpose the bearings of the roll shafts are mounted in respective eccentric sleeves, whose rotational position may be adjusted manually and in a stepwise manner between several rotational positions.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for gauging and rounding, at room temperature, a section of fully formed seamless ductile iron pipe that has an out-of-round initial cross-section profile and/or a larger than desired initial gauge. The apparatus includes a set of hour-glass shaped gauging/rounding rolls arranged so that the combined profiles of adjacent rolls forms a substantially continuous circular of precise diameter. In operation, the ductile iron pipe is passed though the opening in the set of gauging/rounding rolls, thereby causing the pipe to be gauged and rounded. The pipe is conveyed through one or two sets of rolls to accommodate multiple pipe diameters by a transport mechanism consisting of a rail mounted push car which is moved by one or more fluid actuated cylinders anchored to a base in common with the rail.

Abstract: A rolling unit for a rolling mill for rolling or sizing metal pipes, bars or wires has at least three rolls arranged in a star arrangement. Each roll has a separate drive mechanism and bearings on both sides of the roll. The rolls are adjustable radially with the bearings. A higher load can be borne with smaller outer dimensions. Furthermore the number of individual parts of the rolling unit is reduced as well as manufacturing and assembly expenses for the rolling unit. For this purpose the bearings of the roll shafts are mounted in respective eccentric sleeves, whose rotational position is continuously changed by means of an adjusting device. A securing device is provided however to fix the rolls in one rotational position.

Abstract: A process to perform a flaring operation on a rotating electrical device (stator) designed with a number of these spaced axially oriented splines around its perimeter. The design of the stator requires that these perimeter splines possess a flared outer end, creating a rounded cavity contour between adjacent splines to effectively retaining the stator winding in place. The method of this invention reduces damage to the stator windings and allows more wire fill during the manufacturing process.

Abstract: In a sizing rolling method carried out by installing at least 3 sets of 4-roll rolling mills in series, a central angle &thgr;1 of the perfect circle forming section of each rolling roll in a first path is set to less than 15°. The central angle &thgr;3 is set to at least 45° in a third path and the central angle &thgr;2 is set to at least 30° in a second path B. The groove of each rolling roll is arranged such that each escape section is composed of the tangential line of an arc formed by the perfect circle forming section. A roller guide having four guide rollers is installed on the inlet side of the second path and the free surface of a workpiece is held and guided by the guide rollers. An angle &agr; of the V-shaped groove of each guide roller is set similar to the angle (90°+&thgr;1) between straight lines forming the escape section of the adjacent rolling rolls in the first path. With this technology, even if a wire has a diameter of 7.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a roll stand for bar and wire rod rolling mill, capable of being applied to various sizes of bars and wire rods by a small number of housing block sets, permitting maintenance work therefor to be carried out easily, and having characteristics in the housing thereof. The roll stand for bar and wire rod rolling mill according to the present invention is characterized in that the housing is divided into two, i.e. a roll block and a driving block by a plane including a position in which a driving gear and a driven gear are meshed with each other or a position in the vicinity of this position, whereby the number of housing block sets to be prepared is reduced. This enables the housing manufacturing cost to be lowered, and the replacement of a roll to be carried out efficiently.

Abstract: A rolling mill for rolling or sizing of metallic pipes, bars and wires has a plurality of rolling units which are arranged on a straight line close to one another and can be exchanged jointly, only a few, or individually, each of the rolling units having at least three rollers which are arranged in a star-like configuration around a rolling axis, drive shafts and motors each driving a respective one of the rollers in all the rolling units, a rolling unit housing provided for the rolling units, roller bearings provided for the rollings, and multi-part rolling shafts provided for supporting the rollers so that the rollers can be exchanged without dismounting of the rolling unit housing and the roller bearings.

Abstract: A rolling unit for a rolling mill for rolling or sizing metal pipes, bars or wires has at least three rolls arranged in a star arrangement. Each roll has a separate drive mechanism and bearings on both sides of the roll. The rolls are adjustable radially with the bearings. A higher load can be borne with smaller outer dimensions. Furthermore the number of individual parts of the rolling unit is reduced as well as manufacturing and assembly expenses for the rolling unit. For this purpose the bearings of the roll shafts are mounted in respective eccentric sleeves, whose rotational position is continuously changed by means of an adjusting device. A securing device is provided however to fix the rolls in one rotational position.

Abstract: A rolling unit for a rolling mill for rolling or sizing metal pipes, bars or wires has at least three rolls arranged in a star arrangement. Each roll has a separate drive mechanism and is rotatably mounted on bearings on both sides of it. The rolls are adjustable radially together with the bearings. The improved rolling unit has smaller outside dimensions but can take a higher load. The number of individual rolling unit parts is also reduced as well as manufacturing and assembly expenses. For this purpose the bearings of the roll shafts are mounted in respective eccentric sleeves, whose rotational position may be adjusted manually and in a stepwise manner between several rotational positions.

Abstract: This invention provides a rolling mill and a rolling-mill train which are compact. Reducers to be coupled with them can be made compact. The inner surfaces of pipes to be rolled with the rolling mill and the rolling-mill train can be prevented from becoming squarish. The rolling mill comprises a plurality of rolls disposed symmetrically around the pathline of the rolling mill, an annular driving bevel gear of a large diameter for driving and rotating the rolls, an input-shaft mechanism for rotating the driving bevel gear, a plurality of transmission mechanisms disposed at regular intervals along the driving bevel gear, and a housing for holding them. The input-shaft mechanism (i) has an input shaft inserted in the housing from its outside and an input bevel gear of a small diameter mounted on the input shaft and engaging with the driving bevel gear and (ii) is disposed between two adjacent transmission mechanisms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mill for rolling pipes or other bodies such as flat blooms, bars, rods and the like. The rolling mill is formed by an outer load-bearing structure in which holders are accommodated so as to be extractable therefrom; in the holders there are mounted lever arms (18, 19, 20) that are pivotable transversely to the rolling axis along which the pipes or bodies to be rolled advance. The arms support the working rolls (48, 49, 50) at one end and, at the other end, are secured to the respective holder by means of a pin (22, 23, 24). In the rolling mill of the invention, there are advantageously means for rotating the olders about the rolling axis; this enables the rolls (48-50) to be brought back to the ideal working condition when their dimensions are reduced as a result of periodic machining to which they are subjected for maintenance and their working attitude can no longer be reestablished solely by the swinging movement of the lever arms (18-20) that support them.

Abstract: A three-roll-type reducing mill including three forming rolls brought into contact with an outer periphery of an electro-resistance-welded steel tube for reducing its diameter. Two left and right sliding brackets respectively mounted with two follower forming rolls are sidden symmetrically with respect to a center of a main forming roll and simultaneously only by rotation of a single adjusting screw shaft, thereby enabling the diametrical reduction of the steel tube to be adjusted on-line and speedily.

Abstract: A circular wire with a circular cross section is wound on a coil reel. When a winding-form motor rotates a winding form, the circular wire is pulled and drawn from the coil reel. Rectangular forming rollers press the circular wire, so that a rectangular wire with a rectangular cross section is formed. The rectangular wire is directly wound on the winding form to be formed into a rectangular-wire coil. Because forming rectangular wire and winding on the winding form are carried out in a sequence of contiguous processes, a separate process for removing torsion set of the rectangular wire is unnecessary. The rectangular-wire coil can be formed from inexpensive circular material wire by a simple and low-cost apparatus. It is also possible and preferable to make dimensions and a shape of the rectangular wire variable by controlling clearance widths between the forming rollers and tension acting on the rectangular wire that has passed through the rollers.

Abstract: A rolling mill comprising a roll unit and a drive unit for driving the roll unit. The drive unit comprises an outer housing, a pair of large-diameter ring-like driving bevel gears disposed concentric with the pass line, an input shaft mechanism for rotating the driving bevel gears, and transmission mechanisms for transmitting the torque of the driving bevel bears to the rolls. Each transmission mechanism comprises a small-diameter transmission bevel gear caught between and engaging with the driving bevel gears and first and second transmission shafts for transmitting the torque of the transmission bevel gear to a roll. The drive and roll units are coupled and uncoupled by couplings. Four positioning parts are formed on the outer periphery of the inner housing of the roll unit. The outer housing of the drive unit is generally in the shape of a ring, and four positioning parts are formed on the inner periphery of the outer housing.

Abstract: A metal rolling mill having four rolls arranged in the shape of a cross for the purpose of rolling bar, wire, tube and other specially shaped metal rolling stocks. The roll system forms the core component and includes four rolls mounted on shafts placed at 90° with respect to one another. A single or set of double shafts transmit input or torque from a power source to the roll system and cause the roll shafts to rotate synchronously. The four rolls then press from four mutually perpendicular directions simultaneously on the same section of the metal rolling stock that is being fed through the rolls on the production line. The positions of these rolls can be collectively adjusted within their respective radial plane either mechanically via a remotely controlled device or manually.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling mill for sizing tubes or cylindrical bodies such as bars, rods and so on, and is intended for the iron and steel industry. The rolling mill is made up of a multiplicity of fixed three-roll rolling units, i.e. of the type known per se in which the position of the rolls cannot be adjusted under load and they are kinematically connected to each other so as to be set in rotation simultaneously, downstream of which are a multiplicity of adjustable three-roll rolling units. In the latter units the position of the rolls can be adjusted even under load and the purpose of these is to carry out the finishing of the work that is to be sized. The invention enables excellent use to be made of the characteristics of strength of the fixed units and of accurate working of the adjustable units, with the result that it is possible to build an inexpensive but high-performance rolling mill.

Abstract: A final finish-rolling stand of a rolling machine for producing round bar material is constructed as an eight-roller type rolling machine comprising: front four rollers of "+" distribution and back four rollers of "X" distribution which are contained in one housing block. Only one driving source is used for the rolling machine, and the driving force from the driving source is transmitted to one roller of the front four rollers to forcibly drive this roller. The remaining rollers are freely rotatable and rotate synchronously with transfer of the material being rolled so as to carry out rolling down of the material. Structure of the rolling machine is simple and adjustable range of sizes of the product is wide.

Abstract: In manufacturing of welding wires, rough surfaces are formed on the product wires to ensure retention of applied lubricants for satisfactory feeding performance. For this purpose, steps of dry hole die drawing with an application of powder lubricants, roller dies drawing, and wet hole die drawing are executed, at least in a part of a sequence of wire drawing processes. As a result of denting of the powder lubricants on the surfaces of the wires during the dry hole die drawing, rough surfaces are formed on the drawn wires.

Abstract: A roll pass of a roll set having three rolls for a multi-stand mandrel-free stretch reducing mill has a roll pass shape that deviates from the circular. A tube is passed in its longitudinal direction through the non-circular roll pass shape enabling modification of a shape of a cross-section of the tube, so as to counteract the non-circular external diameter deviations of the tube. A final roll pass (finishing pass) of the stretch reducing mill is locally enlarged at peripheral points where the tube diameter of the entering tube would otherwise deviate downward from a target size and locally reduced in size at the peripheral points where the tube diameter would otherwise deviate upward from the target size.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of a metal strip having formed-in thinner areas. To this end the strip B is drawn through a drawing nip 1, 2 formed by the end face of a working roll 3 adjusted at an angle and a support roll 4, which can take the form of a working roll. When drawing takes place through the working nip 1, 2, a rolling force and simultaneously a tensile force transversely of the pulling direction are so exerted on the strip B by the two rolls 3, 4 that the displaced material flows practically exclusively transversely of the pulling direction in the areas to be thinned down.

Abstract: In a wire rolling apparatus, a pair of first wall portions of a roll housing support the rotating shaft of a backup roll, and a second wall portion connects the pair of first wall portions to each other. Even if a large force is applied to the rotating shaft of the backup roll not only perpendicular to the wire feed direction but also opposite to it, the pair of first wall portions do not distort easily. Accordingly, the degree of abutment of the backup roll against the outer circumferential surface of the work roll is not easily altered, and a stable desired pressure can be obtained, so that a wire can be rolled with high precision.

Abstract: A spline forming die is made up of: upper and lower ring-shaped holders; and rollers vertically rotatably retained between the upper and lower holders and projected from a circumferential end of a holder. Using this spline forming die, splines having a stable precision in a spline-forming direction are formed by a press load due to the rotation of the rollers without the metal stock being subject to shearing friction. Further, a large module of splines can also be formed by setting the diameter of each of the rollers to a large size.

Abstract: A cluster mill housing applicable to 20-high and 12-high cluster mills. The mill housing is similar in size and form to a comparable monobloc housing but is made of four distinct parts. The first part is a floor portion having a central lower roll cavity containing part terminating in end members and having a vertical column at each of its four corners. The second part comprises a roof portion having a central upper roll cavity containing part terminating at each of its ends in ears. The third and fourth parts comprise substantially identical bridge members overlying the roof portion ears and having downturned ends affixed to the tops of the columns. Each of the bridge members contain adjustment screws which bear against the adjacent roof portion ear. A synchronized drive assembly rotates the four adjustment screws equally and in the same direction to adjust the vertical position of the roof portion with respect to the floor portion.

Abstract: A roll block for rolling wire, rods, pipes and flat metal material to be rolled, has a plurality of exchangeable roll stands located closely next to one another in a roll line and each having a plurality of rollers, a plurality of C-shaped frames holding the roll stands and positioned closely next to one another, turning moments transfer components provided in the C-shaped frames for driving the rollers, a number of the C-shaped frames corresponding to a maximum number of the roll stands, a common stand housing located at a drive side of the C-shaped frames and spaced therefrom, intermediate transmissions located at a front side of the common stand housing facing the C-shaped frames in a separately changeable manner, driving motors located at a rear side of the common stand housing remote from the C-shaped frames and coupled to the intermediate transmissions in a separately exchangeable manner, the intermediate transmissions and the C-shaped frames having mutually coupled shafts which bridge a spacing between

Abstract: A mechanism for simply changing the roller width of a roller straightener for straightening the warp of rolled sections, having two or more straightening rolls and a mechanism for permitting at least one straightening roll to move in a direction parallel with a spindle using the rotational force of the spindle as a drive force.

Abstract: A roll pass design for the sets of rolls of a non-mandrel type multiple-stand pipe reducing mill, each set of rolls having three rolls. In order to improve the roll pass design so that the flow of material in the pipe is acted upon locally in such a way that the occurrence of local thickening of the pipe wall at critical points along the circumference of the pipe during reduction is decreased, the magnitude of the curvature of the roll pass flanks of at least a plurality of sets of rolls succeeding one another in the rolling direction increases by constant amounts or by equal percentages.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rolling-mill roll of a barrel-width adjustable type improved in strength by preventing stress concentration in a torque transmission structure for transmitting the torque from drive side roll to another roll. The connecting rod coaxially projected from the drive side arbor is inserted into the sleeve, and the rolls are mounted onto the circumferences of the connecting rod and the sleeve. The connecting rod and the sleeve are supported in a housing via bearings and are coupled with each other by a screw shaft mechanism so that the sleeve is axially movable to vary the barrel width. The complementary engagement between the spline or key for transmitting the torque of the arbor to the sleeve is made at a position offset outward from the axial center of the sleeve bearing so that the complementary engagement is not affected by the bending of the roll due to the rolling reaction and thus a stress concentration is prevented.

Abstract: According to the present invention, angled steel pipes manufactured by cold forming can be manufactured into such angled steel pipes that are soft and highly stretchable over the entire sections thereof, almost free from residual stresses, and have high buckling strength, excellent secondary weldability and sufficient toughness by way of hot draw forming the pipes with an angled steel pipe forming mill.

Abstract: The inventive relates to a rolling unit (5) for rolling rod-shaped or tubular bodies, such as pipes, hollow sections bars, wires etc. The unit (5) is provided with three or more working rolls (20) which have respective rotation axes (A1, A2, A3) lying in a perpendicular plane to a rolling axis (L) along which the unit (5) is disposed. Advantageously, the rolls (20) are mounted on corresponding swinging arms arranged to oscillate in respective planes, perpendicular to the rotation axes (A1, A2, A3) of the corresponding rolls (20) and containing the rolling axis (L). Such a rolling unit can prevent any uncontrolled thermal expansions induced in the swinging arm by the high temperatures sometimes involved in the process, by keeping the rolls in a symmetrical position with respect to the plane of oscillation of the respective arm.

Abstract: A bearing mount assembly is installed in opposed relation to a roll support frame with the pass line interposed therebetween, the bearing mount assembly being provided with bearings capable of removably supporting the front ends of roll shafts carried on the roll support frame. In roll exchange operation, the bearing mount assembly is moved away from the roll support frame and has its bearings removed therefrom, whereupon the bearing mount assembly is turned from this raised position to a flat position to provide a roll exchange operation space defined above the bearing mount assembly, making it possible to effect roll exchange operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a universal rolling machine wherein a pair of left and right vertical rolls, which are positioned on axial centers that intersect axial centers of a pair of upper and lower horizontal rolls, are mounted coaxially within vertical roll chocks, and the vertical roll chocks are each arranged within a housing in a freely slidable manner along a direction of rolling of a material to be rolled. Assemblies each comprising a circular cylindrical nut and a screw are arranged on either side of the vertical roll chocks along the direction of rolling in spaces between the housing and the vertical roll chocks, as a movement mechanism for the vertical roll chocks. The provision of this configuration enables the use of conventional vertical roll chocks, ensures sufficient mechanical strength with respect to the reactive forces applied to the vertical rolls during the rolling, enables a reduction in costs, and also enables a significant shortening of the time required for replacing the rolls.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a forming method and forming stand for forming a welded pipe of high dimensional accuracy on a welded pipe manufacturing line in which a metallic strip of a predetermined width is continuously formed by rolls and then welded, and more particularly the present invention is to provide a forming method and forming stand for forming both edge portions of the metallic strip with high accuracy. Positions of two pairs of upper and lower horizontal forming rolls or two upper horizontal forming rolls, the rolls being provided when the upper and lower horizontal rolls are divided into two with respect to the width direction of the metallic strip, can be adjusted in the width direction, and each divided upper roll can be turned and fixed on a vertical axis. Further, in order to exhibit the effect of the present invention at the maximum, the turning direction and turning angle of each upper roll is limited.

Abstract: In a mandrel mill for elongating and rolling a hollow shell, with a mandrel bar inserted, by passing the hollow shell, a four-roll stand for diameter reduction used to reduce only the outer diameter of the hollow shell is disposed as the first stand, a group of two-roll stands for wall thickness reduction used to reduce the wall thickness of the hollow shell is disposed following the four-roll stand, and a four-roll stand for eccentric wall cancellation used to cancel any nonuniform wall thickness in the circumferential direction of the hollow shell is disposed as the final stand. The ratio (D.sub.i /D.sub.m) between inner diameter D.sub.i of the hollow shell on the outlet side of the four-roll stand as the first stand and outer diameter D.sub.m of the mandrel bar is 1.05 or less.