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- This invention relates in general to rolling mill construction and in particular to a new and useful rolling mill, particularly for cold shaping having rolls mounted in a driving sleeve arrangement for effecting better driving efiiciency and easy removal and replacement of the rolls.
- the present invention has particular application with respect to rolling mills where several horizontal roll pairs are arranged in successive arrangement and where they would be likely to be arranged for cooperation with vertical rolls arranged in a shaping plane.
- Devices which manufacture sections from strip material and which include several successively arranged stands with horizontal and vertical shaping rolls.
- the shaping rolls may continue until the desired finish shaping is achieved by employing rolls having a cross section formed corresponding to the individual stages of deformation.
- These working shafts are mounted in housings by chocks.
- the shaping rolls themselves are usually arranged between the housing and in some instances they are partly arranged outside the housing in an overhung position.
- Devices of this nature sometimes'include vertical rolls which are also partly mounted outside the housings and in transverses which also connect the two working shafts.
- the disadvantage of such constructions is that it is difiicult to effect disassembly of the rolls which may be required for replacement of same.
- a novel construction of roll stand which includes a novel mounting for the rolls permitting their easy removal and replacement, and further permitting a better and more expedient utilization of the rolling program in a shaping mill where several of the cold shaping rolling mills of different size and having different working shaft diameters are employed.
- the working shafts which carry the horizontal rolls are secured against axial displacement and are engaged in a driving sleeve member which is rotatably mounted at the bearing of the housing.
- the sleeve member advantageously includes means for easily connecting the sleeve for transmission of a driving torque and may easily be coupled to the shaft of the roll such as by squaring, splines, or even by wedging or keying.
- the working side of the chock in the roll stand is advantageously, mounted so that it may be removed from the roll stand together with the working shaft which is assigned to it.
- one of the upright supporting elements of the stand rotatably carries the removable chock or sleeve, and the other stand carries a chock having abutrnents which prevent axial displacement of the roll stand and transmit axial forces.
- a driving torque may be introduced into the sleeve carrying the working shaft which is transmitted to the shaft for operation.
- the new working shaft may have a diameter differing from the first shaft at the location where the shaping rolls are in contact.
- the invention makes it possible where there are several systems for section production in a shaping mill to provide many shaping roll sets of a variety of diameters in order to expedite the programming.
- a cold shaping rolling mill having overhung horizontal rolls and vertical rolls working in conjunction with the horizontal rolls in the same plane, it is advantageous for the easy and rapid removal of the rolls too lodge one of the two horizontally extending vertical roll holders in a separate auxiliary housing arranged laterally of the roll stand.
- the other roll holder is guided between the working side chock of the upper and lower horizontal roll and is fastened to the roll stand.
- the auxiliary housing can be braced againstthe roll stand by means of tractor screws arranged on both sides.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a roll stand in which the working shaft of the rolls is secured in a rotatable sleeve member of one of the upright elements of the roll stand housing.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a roll stand having an arrangement for mounting the rolls to permit their easy removal and replacement for facilitating rapid change of rolls.
- a further object of the invention is to provide an improved roll stand including a roll stand housing having uprightstand elements each carrying chocks for rotatably supporting the rolls wherein one of the chocks includes a displaoeable sleeve member which is adapted to be directly connected to a torque applying device for driving the roll, the sleeve member being easily securable to the driving shaft of the roll stand for transmitting the torque thereto.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a rolling mill and roll stand therefor which is simply in design, rugged in construction and economical to manufacture.
- FIGS. 1a and lb are a partial side elevation and partial transverse sections of a complete roll stand with an auxiliary roll housing constructed in accordance with the invention taken on lines la, b; la, b of FIG. 3;
- FIG. ,2 is a partial plan and partial sectional view taken on the line 22 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a partial end elevation and partial sectional view taken on the line 33 of FIG. 1.
- a roll stand generally designated 60 which includes a roll stand base portion 3 on each side of which are carried upright stand elements 3a and 317 for the working side and drive side respectively.
- a lower chock assembly generally designated 4
- an upper chock assembly generally designated 5
- a laterally spaced lower chock assembly generally designated 6
- upper chock assembly generally designated 7
- All of the chock assemblies 4, 5, 6 and 7 are adjustably carried in guide ways 8 and 9.
- the working side chocks 4 and 5 are designed so that they permit an axial displacement in relation to the span.
- the drive side chocks 6 and 7 carry an abutment which prevents the chocks from moving axially.
- the working shafts 1a and 1b are mounted in the working side chocks 4 and 5 respectively by means of multi-roll roller bearings 11.
- the arrangement of the roller bearings together with the chocks is such that there is produced between the center of the upper working shaft, 1b and the center of the lower working shaft 1a, a minimum dimension so that sections can still be rolled which for their production require shaping rolls of minimum diameter.
- connection between the shaft 1a and the sleeve 13 is made by providing the working shaft with an external square 19 and the sleeve 13 with a corresponding internal square.
- a selected geometrical cross sectional form such as a triangle, a polygon, or a so-called K-profile may be made to insure a positive transmission of the torque in a radial direction.
- the connection may also be established through a r'nulti-wed'ge shaft and a multiwedge bushing or through spline and similar known means.
- a transverse wedge 14 which extends through thesleeves 13, 13 and the associated working shaft.
- the wedge 14 carries at its tapered end a thread 15.
- the transverse wedge 14 is secured against displacement by a disc 16 and nut 17 which is secured over the thread 15.
- a cylindrical or conical pin or similar known means for the connection of the two cylindrical parts may be used.
- the sleeves 13 of each chock 6 and 7 carry on their outermost ends a flange 18 provided for coupling an element such as a cardan s haft 'or similar means for imparting a driving torque to "the sleeve.
- Each sleeve 13 is mounted within its associated chock assembly on roller bearing 20.
- the arrangement of such roller bearing and the chocks 6 and 7 are such that shaping rolls of minimum diameter can be used.
- Axial forces are absorbed by thrust bearings 21 and 22 acting on both sides of the shaft and carried within the chock assemblies 6 and 7.
- Bearings 21 and 22 transmit axial forces through the abutment 10 to the'roll stand.
- the adjustment of the upper chocks and 7 vertically is made through threaded spindles 24 which are moved through a worm gear 25 by means of a hand Wheel 26.
- the vertical adjustment of the lower chocks 4 and 6 is made through pressure screws Between the working side chocks 4 and 5 'of the upper and lower horizontal rolls 1a and 1b there is located a vertical roll holder 28 which permits adjustment for a spindle 29 of a vertical roll shoe 30 and hence of a vertical roll 31 which is carried by the shoe. On the opposite side the same arrangement of a vertical roll holder 28 spindle 29 and vertical roll shoe 30 with vertical roll 31 is provided.
- the right and left vertical rolls which are to be employed may be of different forms when the section to be reproduced by rolling so requires.
- the vertical roll holder 28 has an arm 32 on which is rotatable an axle 34 on which a sprocket wheel 33 is afiixed.
- Shaft 34 extends outwardly so that it may be rotated by suitable means such as a wrench for adjustment of the left vertical roll 31 from one side.
- the right hand vertical roll arrangement is connected with the stand, but the left hand vertical roll arrangement, which consists of the roll holder 28, spindle 29 and roll shaft 30 with rolls 31 is carried by separate auxiliary stand 35.
- the auxiliary stand 35 is connected by means of two tractor screws 36 with the actual roll stand 33 (FIG. 2).
- the sprocket wheel 33 connects to a sprocket wheel 62 through a sprocket chain 64. Rotation of the sprocket wheel 62 is effective to shift the position of the roll shaft 30 which rotatably supports one of the vertical rolls 31.
- the auxiliary stand 35 and the roll stand 33 are fastened by means of bolts 37, 37 and 38, 38 respectively, to the base plate 39. To permit satisfactory alignment the stand 3 and the auxiliary stand 35 are guided by a spline connection.
- a rolling mill in particular a cold shaping rolling mill having at least one horizontal rolling pair and preferably being adapted for cooperation with a vertical roll pair arranged in a shaping plane therewith, comprising a roll stand, a torque transmission sleeve member rotatably mounted in said stand, and a roll member having a working shaft adapted to be connected to said sleeve member for rotation therewith, said sleeve member being held in said stand at an axially fixed position, said roll member being a horizontal roll and extending outwardly from one side of said roll stand in an overhung manner, a separate auxiliary stand aligned with said roll stand, and means on said auxiliary stand for rotatably supporting a plurality of vertical rollers for cooperation with said horizontal roll adjacent the overhung portion.
- a rolling mill according to claim 1 including means for shifting said vertical rolls laterally.
- a rolling mill according to claim 2 wherein said means for shifting said vertical rolls laterally includes a horizontal roll holder, a shoe slidable in said roll holder for shifting said vertical rolls and a threaded member for shifting said shoe.
- a metal rolling device comprising an upright roll supporting stand defining first and second spaced bearing supports for supporting a mill roll, one of said bearing supports including a stationary bearing and a sleeve rotatable in said stationary bearing, a mill roll having a working shaft, said working shaft adapted to extend through said first bearing support and being rotatable therein, a sleeve rotatable in said second bearing support and adapted to be connected to said working shaft and rotatably supporting said working shaft, a second mill roll rotatably supported in said stand above said mill roll for cooperation therewith, said mill rolls being horizontal rollers and each extending outwardly from said stand in an overhung manner, and auxiliary roll stand means in- .cluding a pair of vertical rolls rotatably supported thereby for cooperation with the overhung portion at a location adjacent the overhung portions of said mill roll and said second millroll.
- a rolling mill comprising a rolling mill stand, said stand including at least two upright laterally spaced support members, an upper chock assembly carried on each of said support members and being vertically adjustable, a lower chock assembly supported on each of said stand members below respective ones of said upper assemblies and being vertically adjustable, a first horizontal roll rotatably supported in said lower chock assemblies, one of said upper and said lower chock assemblies including a respective upper and lower rotatable sleeve, said first horizontal roll being engageable in said lower sleeve for rotation therewith, said lower sleeve having means for connecting the sleeve to means for rotating said sleeve and imparting rotatable motion to said first horizontal roll, a second horizontal roll including a working shaft rotatable in one of said chock assemblies and engageable with the upper sleeve member of the other of said chock assemblies for rotation therewith, said upper sleeve member being rotatable in the associated chock assembly and having means thereon for connecting said sleeve member to
- a metal rolling mill comprising an upright roll supporting stand defining first and second spaced bearing supports for supporting at least one mill roll, one of said bearing supports including a stationary bearing with a driving sleeve rotatable in said stationary bearing, a mill roll having a working shaft portion rotatably supported in said bearing supports and having one end extending into said driving sleeve and being of a configuration such that it peripherally interengages with said driving sleeve and is rotatable therewith, said driving sleeve including a portion extending outwardly from said upright roll supporting stand adapted to be connected to means for rotating said sleeve, said sleeve having an opening in the portion extending outwardly from said stand alignable with an opening in the end of said mill roll working shaft portion which extends into said sleeve, and a wedge member extending through the opening of said sleeve and the opening of said mill roll working shaft portion to hold said working shaft portion in said sleeve.
- a mill rolling device comprising an upright roll stand defining first and second spaced bearing supports, a set of upper chock assemblies arranged in laterally spaced arrangement on respective said first and second spaced bearing supports and being displaceable upwardly and downwardly in the respective bearing supports, a set of lower laterally spaced chock assemblies arranged in respective first and second spaced bearing supports below said respective upper chock assemblies and being vertically displaceable on said respective first and second bearing supports, one of said upper chock assemblies and one of said lower chocks assemblies having a stationary bearing portion and a drive sleeve rotatable in said stationary bearing portion, respective upper and lower mill rolls each having a shaft portion extending into said drive sleeve and being rotatably supported in respective said upper and lower chock assemblies, said drive sleeves being engaged with the respective upper and lower mill roll shaft portions for rotation therewith for transmitting torque thereto and means connected between said drive sleeves and said respective upper and lower mill roll shafts for locking them against relative axial displacement.
- a rolling mill comprising a rolling mill stand, said mill stand including at least two upright laterally spaced support members, an upper chock assembly carried on each of said support members and being vertically adjustable, a lower chock assembly supported on each of said stand members below respective ones of said upper assemblies and being vertically adjustable, an upper horizontal roll rotatably supported in said upper chock assemblies, a lower horizontal roll rotatably supported in said lower chock assemblies, one of said upper and one of said lower chock assemblies including a respective upper and lower rotatable sleeve, said upper sleeve having means for connecting the sleeve to means for rotating said sleeve and imparting rotatable motion to said upper horizontal roll, a lower horizontal roll including a working shaft rotatable in one of said lower chock assemblies and engageable with the lower sleeve member of the other of said lower chock assemblies for rotation therewith, said lower sleeve member being rotatable in the associated chock assembly and having means thereon for connecting said lower sleeve
- a rolling mill in particular a cold shaping rolling mill having at least one horizontal roll pair and preferably being adapted for cooperation with a vertical roll pair arranged in a shaping plane therewith, comprising a roll stand including spaced bearing supports, a torque transmission sleeve member rotatably mounted in said stand in one of said spaced bearing supports at an axially fixed position and extending outwardly at one side of said roll stand for connection to means for rotating said sleeve member, a roll member rotatably supported by said spaced bearing supports and having an end working shaft portion extending into said sleeve member and being of a configuration to interengage within said sleeve member in a manner preventing relative rotation of said sleeve member and said shaft portion, and means extending through said working shaft portion and connected to said sleeve member for anchoring said shaft portion axially in respect to said sleeve member and to hold said shaft portion within said sleeve member.
- one of said upper chock assemblies includes a stationary hearing portion, said sleeve member being rotatable in said bearing portion and anchored against axial displacement, said horizontal rolls being removable from said chock assemblies.
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Nov. 14, 1967 Filed July 1'7, 1963 H. PAWALKAT ROLLING MILL CONSTRUCTION 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Honsf PA \JAL KAT ATTORNYS H. FAWALKATv ROLLING MILL CONSTRUCTION 4 Sheets-Sheet z Wyn/r09 HORST PAWALKA.
A 1" r0 R NE ys 'Nov. 14, 1967 Filed July 17, 1965 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed July 1'7, 1963 W n r0? 'HORSTIDAWAL KAT ATTORNEYS Nov. 14, 1967 Filed July 17, 1963 H PAWALKAT ROLLING MILL CONSTRUCTION 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Mrawrae HORST PALJAL KAT 'M MJJTMW A TTOR/VE Y5 United States Patent 3,352,140 ROLLING MILL CONSTRUCTION Horst Pawalkat, Leverkusen, Germany, assignor to Thendor Wuppermann GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany Filed July 17, 1963, Ser. No. 295,651 Claims priority, application Germany, July 25, 1962, W 32,671, W 32,672 12 Claims. (Cl. 72-238) This invention relates in general to rolling mill construction and in particular to a new and useful rolling mill, particularly for cold shaping having rolls mounted in a driving sleeve arrangement for effecting better driving efiiciency and easy removal and replacement of the rolls.
The present invention has particular application with respect to rolling mills where several horizontal roll pairs are arranged in successive arrangement and where they would be likely to be arranged for cooperation with vertical rolls arranged in a shaping plane. Devices are known which manufacture sections from strip material and which include several successively arranged stands with horizontal and vertical shaping rolls. As the strip is passed through the shaping rolls, some of which may be driven and some of which may not be driven, the shaping may continue until the desired finish shaping is achieved by employing rolls having a cross section formed corresponding to the individual stages of deformation. With devices of this nature, it is usual to fit the shaping rolls on the shaft which carries them. These working shafts are mounted in housings by chocks. The shaping rolls themselves are usually arranged between the housing and in some instances they are partly arranged outside the housing in an overhung position. Devices of this nature sometimes'include vertical rolls which are also partly mounted outside the housings and in transverses which also connect the two working shafts. The disadvantage of such constructions is that it is difiicult to effect disassembly of the rolls which may be required for replacement of same.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a novel construction of roll stand which includesa novel mounting for the rolls permitting their easy removal and replacement, and further permitting a better and more expedient utilization of the rolling program in a shaping mill where several of the cold shaping rolling mills of different size and having different working shaft diameters are employed.
In accordance with a preferred arrangement of the invention, the working shafts which carry the horizontal rolls are secured against axial displacement and are engaged in a driving sleeve member which is rotatably mounted at the bearing of the housing. The sleeve member advantageously includes means for easily connecting the sleeve for transmission of a driving torque and may easily be coupled to the shaft of the roll such as by squaring, splines, or even by wedging or keying. The working side of the chock in the roll stand is advantageously, mounted so that it may be removed from the roll stand together with the working shaft which is assigned to it. In a preferred arrangement one of the upright supporting elements of the stand rotatably carries the removable chock or sleeve, and the other stand carries a chock having abutrnents which prevent axial displacement of the roll stand and transmit axial forces.
With the invention a driving torque may be introduced into the sleeve carrying the working shaft which is transmitted to the shaft for operation. For rapid change of the working shaft and its associated roll, it is merely necessary to release the means preventing axial displacement of the sleeve and the shaft, and the entire working shaft with the sleeve may be pulled or extracted from the stand and replaced by another working shaft which has advantageously been previously fitted with different shaping rolls and arranged in a separate driving sleeve element.
If necessary, the new working shaft may have a diameter differing from the first shaft at the location where the shaping rolls are in contact. Thus, the invention makes it possible where there are several systems for section production in a shaping mill to provide many shaping roll sets of a variety of diameters in order to expedite the programming.
In a cold shaping rolling mill having overhung horizontal rolls and vertical rolls working in conjunction with the horizontal rolls in the same plane, it is advantageous for the easy and rapid removal of the rolls too lodge one of the two horizontally extending vertical roll holders in a separate auxiliary housing arranged laterally of the roll stand. The other roll holder is guided between the working side chock of the upper and lower horizontal roll and is fastened to the roll stand. Thus for example, the auxiliary housing can be braced againstthe roll stand by means of tractor screws arranged on both sides. The arrangement avoids on the one hand the disadvantage occurring in known cold shaping rolling mills with horizontal and vertical rolls that the free shaft ends of the horizontal rolls having a traverse for carrying the vertical rolls are torsioned causing heavy bending stresses during operation. Due to this, shaft failure often occurs which naturally causes serious production trouble.
It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide an improved roll stand construction.
A further object of the invention is to provide a roll stand in which the working shaft of the rolls is secured in a rotatable sleeve member of one of the upright elements of the roll stand housing.
A further object of the invention is to provide a roll stand having an arrangement for mounting the rolls to permit their easy removal and replacement for facilitating rapid change of rolls.
A further object of the invention is to provide an improved roll stand including a roll stand housing having uprightstand elements each carrying chocks for rotatably supporting the rolls wherein one of the chocks includes a displaoeable sleeve member which is adapted to be directly connected to a torque applying device for driving the roll, the sleeve member being easily securable to the driving shaft of the roll stand for transmitting the torque thereto.
A further object of the invention is to provide a rolling mill and roll stand therefor which is simply in design, rugged in construction and economical to manufacture.
The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this specification. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and specific objects attained by its use, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings anddescriptive matter in Which, there is illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of the invention.
In the drawings:
FIGS. 1a and lb are a partial side elevation and partial transverse sections of a complete roll stand with an auxiliary roll housing constructed in accordance with the invention taken on lines la, b; la, b of FIG. 3;
FIG. ,2 is a partial plan and partial sectional view taken on the line 22 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a partial end elevation and partial sectional view taken on the line 33 of FIG. 1.
Referring to the drawings in particular,-the invention embodied therein comprises a roll stand generally designated 60 which includes a roll stand base portion 3 on each side of which are carried upright stand elements 3a and 317 for the working side and drive side respectively. On the working side 3a there is arranged a lower chock assembly generally designated 4 and an upper chock assembly generally designated 5 which together with a laterally spaced lower chock assembly generally designated 6 and upper chock assembly generally designated 7 on the-drive side support working shafts 1a and 1b respectively for vertical adjustable movement.
All of the chock assemblies 4, 5, 6 and 7 are adjustably carried in guide ways 8 and 9. The working side chocks 4 and 5 are designed so that they permit an axial displacement in relation to the span. The drive side chocks 6 and 7 carry an abutment which prevents the chocks from moving axially.
The working shafts 1a and 1b are mounted in the working side chocks 4 and 5 respectively by means of multi-roll roller bearings 11. The arrangement of the roller bearings together with the chocks is such that there is produced between the center of the upper working shaft, 1b and the center of the lower working shaft 1a, a minimum dimension so that sections can still be rolled which for their production require shaping rolls of minimum diameter.
n the drive side of the stand, working shafts 1a and 1b are connected with sleeves 13 which are provided in each chock assembly 6 and 7. The connection between the sleeve and the shaft is such that there will be positive transmission of force slip-free in radial as well as axial direction. a
As indicated in FIG. 1, for example, the connection between the shaft 1a and the sleeve 13 is made by providing the working shaft with an external square 19 and the sleeve 13 with a corresponding internal square. Alternatively a selected geometrical cross sectional form, such as a triangle, a polygon, or a so-called K-profile may be made to insure a positive transmission of the torque in a radial direction. The connection may also be established through a r'nulti-wed'ge shaft and a multiwedge bushing or through spline and similar known means.
To prevent axial displacement of the working shafts 1a and 1b relative to the associated sleeve 13, for example as indicated in FIG. 1, there is provided a transverse wedge 14 which extends through thesleeves 13, 13 and the associated working shaft. The wedge 14 carries at its tapered end a thread 15. The transverse wedge 14 is secured against displacement by a disc 16 and nut 17 which is secured over the thread 15. A cylindrical or conical pin or similar known means for the connection of the two cylindrical parts may be used. The sleeves 13 of each chock 6 and 7 carry on their outermost ends a flange 18 provided for coupling an element such as a cardan s haft 'or similar means for imparting a driving torque to "the sleeve.
Each sleeve 13 is mounted within its associated chock assembly on roller bearing 20. The arrangement of such roller bearing and the chocks 6 and 7 are such that shaping rolls of minimum diameter can be used. Axial forces are absorbed by thrust bearings 21 and 22 acting on both sides of the shaft and carried within the chock assemblies 6 and 7. Bearings 21 and 22 transmit axial forces through the abutment 10 to the'roll stand. The adjustment of the upper chocks and 7 vertically is made through threaded spindles 24 which are moved through a worm gear 25 by means of a hand Wheel 26. The vertical adjustment of the lower chocks 4 and 6 is made through pressure screws Between the working side chocks 4 and 5 'of the upper and lower horizontal rolls 1a and 1b there is located a vertical roll holder 28 which permits adjustment for a spindle 29 of a vertical roll shoe 30 and hence of a vertical roll 31 which is carried by the shoe. On the opposite side the same arrangement of a vertical roll holder 28 spindle 29 and vertical roll shoe 30 with vertical roll 31 is provided. The right and left vertical rolls which are to be employed may be of different forms when the section to be reproduced by rolling so requires.
As indicated best in FIG. 2, the vertical roll holder 28 has an arm 32 on which is rotatable an axle 34 on which a sprocket wheel 33 is afiixed. Shaft 34 extends outwardly so that it may be rotated by suitable means such as a wrench for adjustment of the left vertical roll 31 from one side. The right hand vertical roll arrangement is connected with the stand, but the left hand vertical roll arrangement, which consists of the roll holder 28, spindle 29 and roll shaft 30 with rolls 31 is carried by separate auxiliary stand 35. For a better absorption of the axial forces from the vertical rolls, the auxiliary stand 35 is connected by means of two tractor screws 36 with the actual roll stand 33 (FIG. 2). The sprocket wheel 33 connects to a sprocket wheel 62 through a sprocket chain 64. Rotation of the sprocket wheel 62 is effective to shift the position of the roll shaft 30 which rotatably supports one of the vertical rolls 31.
The auxiliary stand 35 and the roll stand 33 are fastened by means of bolts 37, 37 and 38, 38 respectively, to the base plate 39. To permit satisfactory alignment the stand 3 and the auxiliary stand 35 are guided by a spline connection.
While a specific embodiment of the invention has been shown and described in detail to illustrate the application of the inventive principles, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.
What is claimed is:
1. A rolling mill in particular a cold shaping rolling mill having at least one horizontal rolling pair and preferably being adapted for cooperation with a vertical roll pair arranged in a shaping plane therewith, comprising a roll stand, a torque transmission sleeve member rotatably mounted in said stand, and a roll member having a working shaft adapted to be connected to said sleeve member for rotation therewith, said sleeve member being held in said stand at an axially fixed position, said roll member being a horizontal roll and extending outwardly from one side of said roll stand in an overhung manner, a separate auxiliary stand aligned with said roll stand, and means on said auxiliary stand for rotatably supporting a plurality of vertical rollers for cooperation with said horizontal roll adjacent the overhung portion.
2. A rolling mill according to claim 1 including means for shifting said vertical rolls laterally.
3. A rolling mill according to claim 2 wherein said means for shifting said vertical rolls laterally includes a horizontal roll holder, a shoe slidable in said roll holder for shifting said vertical rolls and a threaded member for shifting said shoe.
4. A metal rolling device comprising an upright roll supporting stand defining first and second spaced bearing supports for supporting a mill roll, one of said bearing supports including a stationary bearing and a sleeve rotatable in said stationary bearing, a mill roll having a working shaft, said working shaft adapted to extend through said first bearing support and being rotatable therein, a sleeve rotatable in said second bearing support and adapted to be connected to said working shaft and rotatably supporting said working shaft, a second mill roll rotatably supported in said stand above said mill roll for cooperation therewith, said mill rolls being horizontal rollers and each extending outwardly from said stand in an overhung manner, and auxiliary roll stand means in- .cluding a pair of vertical rolls rotatably supported thereby for cooperation with the overhung portion at a location adjacent the overhung portions of said mill roll and said second millroll. I
5. A rolling mill comprising a rolling mill stand, said stand including at least two upright laterally spaced support members, an upper chock assembly carried on each of said support members and being vertically adjustable, a lower chock assembly supported on each of said stand members below respective ones of said upper assemblies and being vertically adjustable, a first horizontal roll rotatably supported in said lower chock assemblies, one of said upper and said lower chock assemblies including a respective upper and lower rotatable sleeve, said first horizontal roll being engageable in said lower sleeve for rotation therewith, said lower sleeve having means for connecting the sleeve to means for rotating said sleeve and imparting rotatable motion to said first horizontal roll, a second horizontal roll including a working shaft rotatable in one of said chock assemblies and engageable with the upper sleeve member of the other of said chock assemblies for rotation therewith, said upper sleeve member being rotatable in the associated chock assembly and having means thereon for connecting said sleeve member to means to rotate said sleeve member and the shaft and associated second horizontal roll, said first and second rolls extending outwardly from the said stand in an overhung manner, an auxiliary stand, a plurality of vertical rolls supported between said auxiliary stand and said roll stand in a position for cooperation with said first and second horizontal rolls.
6. A metal rolling mill comprising an upright roll supporting stand defining first and second spaced bearing supports for supporting at least one mill roll, one of said bearing supports including a stationary bearing with a driving sleeve rotatable in said stationary bearing, a mill roll having a working shaft portion rotatably supported in said bearing supports and having one end extending into said driving sleeve and being of a configuration such that it peripherally interengages with said driving sleeve and is rotatable therewith, said driving sleeve including a portion extending outwardly from said upright roll supporting stand adapted to be connected to means for rotating said sleeve, said sleeve having an opening in the portion extending outwardly from said stand alignable with an opening in the end of said mill roll working shaft portion which extends into said sleeve, and a wedge member extending through the opening of said sleeve and the opening of said mill roll working shaft portion to hold said working shaft portion in said sleeve.
7. A mill rolling device comprising an upright roll stand defining first and second spaced bearing supports, a set of upper chock assemblies arranged in laterally spaced arrangement on respective said first and second spaced bearing supports and being displaceable upwardly and downwardly in the respective bearing supports, a set of lower laterally spaced chock assemblies arranged in respective first and second spaced bearing supports below said respective upper chock assemblies and being vertically displaceable on said respective first and second bearing supports, one of said upper chock assemblies and one of said lower chocks assemblies having a stationary bearing portion and a drive sleeve rotatable in said stationary bearing portion, respective upper and lower mill rolls each having a shaft portion extending into said drive sleeve and being rotatably supported in respective said upper and lower chock assemblies, said drive sleeves being engaged with the respective upper and lower mill roll shaft portions for rotation therewith for transmitting torque thereto and means connected between said drive sleeves and said respective upper and lower mill roll shafts for locking them against relative axial displacement.
8. A rolling mill comprising a rolling mill stand, said mill stand including at least two upright laterally spaced support members, an upper chock assembly carried on each of said support members and being vertically adjustable, a lower chock assembly supported on each of said stand members below respective ones of said upper assemblies and being vertically adjustable, an upper horizontal roll rotatably supported in said upper chock assemblies, a lower horizontal roll rotatably supported in said lower chock assemblies, one of said upper and one of said lower chock assemblies including a respective upper and lower rotatable sleeve, said upper sleeve having means for connecting the sleeve to means for rotating said sleeve and imparting rotatable motion to said upper horizontal roll, a lower horizontal roll including a working shaft rotatable in one of said lower chock assemblies and engageable with the lower sleeve member of the other of said lower chock assemblies for rotation therewith, said lower sleeve member being rotatable in the associated chock assembly and having means thereon for connecting said lower sleeve member to means to rotate said lower sleeve member and said lower horizontal roll, means connected through said lower horizontal roll and connected to said lower sleeve and means extending through said upper horizontal roll and said upper sleeve for locking the associated rolls and sleeves together and preventing relative axial movement therebetween.
9. A rolling mill in particular a cold shaping rolling mill having at least one horizontal roll pair and preferably being adapted for cooperation with a vertical roll pair arranged in a shaping plane therewith, comprising a roll stand including spaced bearing supports, a torque transmission sleeve member rotatably mounted in said stand in one of said spaced bearing supports at an axially fixed position and extending outwardly at one side of said roll stand for connection to means for rotating said sleeve member, a roll member rotatably supported by said spaced bearing supports and having an end working shaft portion extending into said sleeve member and being of a configuration to interengage within said sleeve member in a manner preventing relative rotation of said sleeve member and said shaft portion, and means extending through said working shaft portion and connected to said sleeve member for anchoring said shaft portion axially in respect to said sleeve member and to hold said shaft portion within said sleeve member.
10. A rolling mill according to claim 8 wherein one of said upper chock assemblies includes a stationary hearing portion, said sleeve member being rotatable in said bearing portion and anchored against axial displacement, said horizontal rolls being removable from said chock assemblies.
11. A rolling mill according to claim 10 wherein said horizontal rolls are connected to said sleeve members by square shaft means.
12. A rolling mill according to claim 10 wherein said horizontal rolls are connected to said sleeve member by a wedge member.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 109,953 12/ 1 S Singer 7689.2 876,742 1/1908 Sneed 7689.2 1,938,932 12/1933 Rafter 72249 X 2,072,448 3/ 1937 Hamill 72249 X 2,159,290 5/ 1939 Penkala 72238 CHARLES W. LANHAM, Primary Examiner.
G. P. CROSBY, C. H. HI'ITSON, Examiners.
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- 6. A METAL ROLLING MILL COMPRISING AN UPRIGHT ROLL SUPPORTING STAND DEFINING FIRST AND SECOND SPACED BEARING SUPPORTS FOR SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE MILL ROLL, ONE OF SAID BEARING SUPPORTS INCLUDING A STATIONARY BEARING WITH A DRIVING SLEEVE ROTATABLE IN SAID STATIONARY BEARING, A MILL ROLL HAVING A WORKING SHAFT PORTION ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID BEARING SUPPORTS AND HAVING ONE END EXTENDING INTO SAID DRIVING SLEEVE AND BEING OF A CONFIGURATION SUCH THAT IT PERIPHERALLY INTERENGAGES WITH SAID DRIVING SLEEVE AND IS ROTATABLE THEREWITH, SAID DRIVING SLEEVE INCLUDING A PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID UPRIGHT ROLL SUPPORTING STAND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SLEEVE, SAID SLEEVE HAVING AN OPENING IN THE PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID STAND ALIGNABLE WITH AN OPENING IN THE END OF SAID MILL ROLL WORKING SHAFT PORTION WHCH EXTENDS INTO SAID SLEEVE, AND A WEDGE MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPENING OF SAID SLEEVE AND THE OPENING OF SAID MILL ROLL WORKING SHAFT PORTION TO HOLD SAID WORKING SHAFT PORTION IN SAID SLEEVE.
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