Abstract: A multistage rolling mill includes: four columns 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d linking, in an up-down direction, four corners of each of an upper mill housing 8, a lower mill housing 9, and a base mill housing 10; a press-down section that is provided on an upper side of the four columns 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d in a vertical direction and that is capable of raising and lowering the upper mill housing 8; and a lower mill housing spacer that is provided between the lower mill housing 9 and the base mill housing 10 and that adjusts the position of the lower mill housing 9 in the vertical direction. With this configuration, a compact multistage rolling mill with a smaller installation space than a conventional cluster-type rolling mill is provided.

Abstract: A roller-type depressing device, an imprinting device, and a roller-type depressing method which are capable of suppressing an uneven elastic deformation of a main roller, and which are also capable of depressing an object uniformly. A roller-type depressing device depresses an object, and includes a main roller having at least a surface formed of an elastic material, and depressing the object, a roller moving unit moving the main roller relative to the object, a pressure adjusting unit adjusting pressure applied to the object by the main roller, a pressure receiving stage receiving the pressure from the main roller via the object, an intermediate roller having at least a surface formed of a material with a larger elastic modulus than the elastic material, and supporting the main roller, and, a backup roller formed shorter in an axial direction than the main roller and the intermediate roller, and supporting the intermediate roller.

Abstract: A cluster-type multistage rolling mill includes: a top inner housing a top roll group; a bottom inner housing a bottom roll group; an entry-side outer housing provided at entry sides of the inner housings and having an opening portion which a strip is allowed to pass through; a delivery-side outer housing provided at delivery sides of the inner housings and having an opening portion which the strip is allowed to pass through; sets of pass line adjusters provided in upper portions of the opening portions, and pressing an entry-side pressing portion and a delivery-side pressing portion of the top inner housing, respectively; and sets of roll gap controlling cylinders provided in lower portions of the opening portions, and pressing an entry-side pressing portion and a delivery-side pressing portion of the bottom inner housing, respectively.

Abstract: A rolling mill stand for production of rolled strip or sheet metal has working rolls which are supported on supporting rolls or on intermediate rolls and supporting rolls. The working rolls and/or intermediate rolls are arranged in the rolling mill stand so as to be displaceable axially with respect to one another. Each working and/or intermediate roll has a curved barrel contour which runs over the entire effective barrel length and can be described by a trigonometric function. The two barrel contours of adjacent rolls complete one another in a complementary way, in the unloaded state, solely in one specific relative axial position of the rolls of the pair of rolls, so that inhomogeneities in the load distribution along the contact line of two adjacent rolls are to be minimized.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Cluster mill which utilizes a Cluster mill gauge control system, has a high mill stiffness, a large work roll gap for threading, a rapid work roll gap opening, accurate roll force computation, side to side tilting, and utilizes work rolls over a much wider diameter range.

Abstract: A method and device for measuring and adjusting the evenness and/or tension of a stainless steel strip (1) during cold rolling in a 4-roll stand (2) provided with at least one control loop (4) comprising several actuators (3), resulting in more precise measurement and adjustment due to the fact that an evenness defect (10) is determined by comparing a tension vector (8) with a predefined reference curve (9), whereupon the characteristic of the evenness defect (10) along the width of the strip is broken down into proportional tension vectors (8) in an analysis building block (11) in a mathematically approximated manner and the evenness defect proportions (C1 . . . Cx) determined by real numerical values are supplied to respectively associated control modules (12a; 12b) for actuation of the respective actuator (3).

Abstract: The present invention provides a Cluster mill which utilizes a Cluster mill gauge control system, has a high mill stiffness, a large work roll gap for threading, a rapid work roll gap opening, accurate roll force computation, side to side tilting, and utilizes work rolls over a much wider diameter range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Cluster mill which utilizes a Cluster mill gauge control system, has a high mill stiffness, a large work roll gap for threading, a rapid work roll gap opening, accurate roll force computation, side to side tilting, and utilizes work rolls over a much wider diameter range.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the optimization of shift strategies, as a function of the strip width, for best possible usage of the advantages of CVC/CVCPlus technology in operation of strip-edge oriented shifts in 4-/6-roller stands, comprising a pair of working rollers and a pair of support rollers for a 4-roller stand and, in addition, a pair of intermediate rollers for a 6-roller stand, whereby at least the working rollers and the intermediate rollers cooperate with devices for axial shifting, characterized in that selection of the shift position (VP), for the shifting working/intermediate rollers, is made as a function of strip width. The working/intermediate rollers are then positioned in various positions (P), relative to the strip edge and, within differing strip width ranges (B), the shift position (VP) of each roller is given by an incremental linear progressive function.

Abstract: A saddle for a backing assembly in a rolling mill has non-cylindrical bearing surfaces that accommodate wear by allowing the saddles to self-align. The non-cylindrical bearing surfaces help prevent the needle bearings from being pinched and driven into the gear rings. The non-cylindrical bearing surfaces are provided in different locations such as intermediate the eccentric and eccentric ring or intermediate the eccentric ring and the saddle ring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cluster mill for strip material, having working rolls (1, 2), which are supported, via possibly existing intermediate rolls (4, 5), on backup rolls (6, 7, 8, 9-16b), which are each rotatably mounted jointly on a support axle (17, 18, 19, 20), divided into at least three longitudinal sections (L1, L2, L3), and having at least one adjustment device, which is assigned to at least one of the support axles (18) and includes actuator drives (35, 36, 37), each one of which is assigned to one of the longitudinal sections (L1, L2, L3) of the support axle (18) at each case and, via a group (G1, G2, G3) of actuators (24, 25, 26; 27, 28; 29, 30, 31), which are coupled to one another via a coupling element (32, 33, 34) in regard to their movement in relation to the support axle (18), apply a force, directed transversely to the longitudinal direction of the support axle (18), to the respective longitudinal section (L1, L2, L3) to correct the roll gap (3) between the working rolls (1, 2).

Abstract: In a cluster type split housing type rolling mill, the plate thickness control capability is improved by maintaining maximum mill rigidity. An upper inner housing supporting an upper group of rolls is supported at two points in a rolling pass direction at upper outer housing sections. A lower inner housing supporting a lower group of rolls is supported at a single point in the rolling pass direction at lower outer housing sections. The upper and lower housings have different levels of vertical rigidity.

Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a rolling mill in which the supporting means are arranged in the middle region of the roll body of the working roll with their length(s) not longer than that of the roll body of the working roll. The supporting means supports or abuts against the middle and lateral roll supports at their central region in the axial direction during the operation of the rolling mill so as to provide central support to the roll supports. As a result, the middle and lateral roll supports and hence the rolls will not deflect or bend under the action of rolling force.

Abstract: In a cluster type split housing type rolling mill, the plate thickness control capability is improved by suppressing decrease in the mill rigidity as small as possible. Two pass line adjusting mechanisms 15, 16 are arranged between the operating side and the driving side outer housings 10, 11 in the upper side of the top inner housing 8 to form a top side supporting means for supporting the upper side of the top inner housing 8 to the outer housings 10, 11 in the operating side and the driving side each at two points in the front side and in the back side with respect to a pass direction using rocker plates of these two pass line adjusting mechanisms 15, 16.

Abstract: A rolling mill for metal foil includes a pair of work rollers having axes in parallel to each other for subjecting a sheet material being supplied therebetween to strip processing, two pairs of intermediate rollers arranged so that the intermediate rollers of each pair are in contact with one of the work rollers and have axes in parallel to the axis of the contacting work roller, and two pairs of backup rollers arranged so that the backup rollers of each pair are respectively in contact with one pair of the intermediate rollers. Each pair of intermediate rollers and the pair of backup rollers in contact with the pair of intermediate rollers impart roll load to the work roller in contact with the pair of intermediate rollers. The rolling mill enables the production of large-width metal foil too thin to be self-supportable in shape with ease and high precision.