US3577758A - Apparatus for extracting chocks, guides, and couplings from roll assemblies - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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- B21B31/00—Rolling stand structures; Mounting, adjusting, or interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames
- B21B31/08—Interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames, e.g. using C-hooks; Replacing roll chocks on roll shafts
- B21B31/10—Interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames, e.g. using C-hooks; Replacing roll chocks on roll shafts by horizontally displacing, i.e. horizontal roll changing
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B31/00—Rolling stand structures; Mounting, adjusting, or interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames
- B21B31/08—Interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames, e.g. using C-hooks; Replacing roll chocks on roll shafts
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B13/00—Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories
- B21B13/08—Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories with differently-directed roll axes, e.g. for the so-called "universal" rolling process
- B21B13/10—Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories with differently-directed roll axes, e.g. for the so-called "universal" rolling process all axes being arranged in one plane
- B21B2013/106—Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories with differently-directed roll axes, e.g. for the so-called "universal" rolling process all axes being arranged in one plane for sections, e.g. beams, rails
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- a movable car having latches to support and extract a rest bar along with a roll guide mounted thereon.
- a coupling member at one end of the roll assembly is extracted by a movable carriage having a coupling support platen that may be elevated by a screwjack.
- the bearing chocks are next extracted from the roll journals by displaceable sleds, each having a chock support platen that may be elevated by a screwjack.
- the carriage used to remove the coupling member is independently supported by one of the chock-extracting sleds.
- COUPLINGS FRoMnoLL ASSEMBLIES BACKGROUND or THE INVENTION stands may be incorporated in a typical mill train.
- Machines have been developed recently to dechock worn rolls and assemble these chocks on replacement rolls, but such machines have been. designed to accommodate roll assemblies from hot and/or cold strip rolling mills that consistently employ roll assemblies having substantially constant dimensional characteristics. This makes possible the supporting of the roll assemblies by platens or the like used to engage the face of the rolls during dechocking and assembling operations.
- platens or the like used to engage the face of the rolls during dechocking and assembling operations.
- Such machines cannot be successfully employed to extract the component parts from roll assemblies, such as the aforementioned horizontal roll assemblies for a combination mill, because of a number of important reasons.
- roll assemblies such as the aforementioned horizontal roll assemblies for a combination mill
- these machines cannot perform all the necessary disassembling and re'assembling operations, for example, mechanized handling of roll guides and rest bars.
- an apparatus for extracting the component parts from a roll assembly comprising:
- FIG. 1 is an end elevationalview of one form of apparatus embodying the features of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a side elevational view, partly in section, illustrating the apparatus shown in F IG. 1,
- FIG. 3 is a partial plan view of a typical roll assembly to be received by the apparatus according to the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 but illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a partial planview of the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 4.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 there is illustrated an apparatus according to the present invention for extracting the component parts from atypical roll assembly 10 removed from a rolling mill for producing wide flange beams.
- This as sembly includes bearing chocks 1'1 and 12 to which there are secured rest bars 13 and 14 extending between the chocks and supporting roll guides 15 and 16, respectively.
- a coupling member 17 is mounted on one end of a roll 18. Except for the coupling member 17, the component parts of the roll assembly 10 are shown in their assembled state in FIG. 3.
- the roll 18 is constructed with a body portion 18a representingthe largest diameter of the roll.
- the roll is also constructed with reduced diameter neck portions 18b and located at each side of the body .1811 and exposed to the extent that the portions 18b and 180 are not encompassed within the chocks 11 and 12, respectively, but are located adjacent thereto.
- each roll assembly will be provided with similarly shaped and dimensioned neck portions 18b and 180 that remain unaltered during reconditioning of the roll body by grinding or the like.
- the neck portions 18b and 180 serve as the surfaces by which the roll assembly is supported, with the rotational axis of the roll disposed in a horizontal plane.
- FIG. 3 best illustrates the operative location of the rest bar 14 and guide'16, the latter being mounted by conventional means well known in the art to the rest bar in a close and precise position relative to the roll body 18a.
- the rest bar 14 extends between and is secured to the chocks l1 and 12 by keeper plates 11a and 12a, respectively. These plates are readily removable by extracting the threaded bolts 11b and 12b. It is important to note with respect to the roll assembly 10 that the relative sizesand shapes of its component parts previously described will vary, even substantially in certain instances, from roll assembly to roll assembly, which characteristic the apparatus, according to the present invention, is specifically designed to accommodate.
- FIG. 2 With reference to the embodiment of the apparatus disclosed in FIGS. 1 and 2, there is illustrated in FIG. 2 acradle member 21 constructed in a generally U-shaped configuration formed by spaced-apart vertically projecting yokes 22 and 23 having semicircular saddlelike surfaces 22a and 23a at their extremities, which are constructed and arranged to engage the neck portions 18b and 180 and thereby support the roll assembly 10.
- the cradle 21 is supported within a foundationmounted housing 24 by a screw 25 rotatably received in a nut 26 supported by the housing.
- the nut is formed with gear teeth 27 on its outer periphery which mesh with a pinion, not shown, adapted for rotation by a handwheel 28.
- the rotation of the handwheel produces a rotation of the nut causing the screw 25 to be elevated, which, in turn, elevates the cradle member 21 and a roll assembly supported thereby to a desired position where extraction of the component parts takes place.
- varying physical dimensions may be accommodated, several difierent cradle members maybe provided and one substituted for the cradle member 21.
- An upper latch 38 is pivotally mounted to the latch 37, both of which are adapted to be elevated as a unit within the block 36 by rotating a handwheel 39 connected to a nut and threaded shaft assembly 40.
- the cars 31 and 32 are positioned adjacent the roll assembly by piston cylinder assemblies 41a and 41b, respectively.
- the L-shaped latch 37 has been elevated into engagement with the rest bar by rotation of the handwheel 39, following which the latch 38 is brought into engagement with the top surface of the guide.
- the piston cylinder assemblies 41a and 41b are actuated to displace the cars 31 and 32 away from the roll assembly and thereby taking with them the rest bars and guides. These rest bars may then be reassembled on a replacement roll assembly by reversing the above procedure during which time the screwnut assembly 40 and handwheel 39 can also be employed to precisely position the rest bars and guides relative to the roll body.
- elongated supports 42 and 43 designed to slidably carry sleds 44 and 45, respectively.
- These sleds have bearing chock support platens 44a and 45a, respectively, each of which preferably includes a projecting stud 46 that extends into a recess formed in the bearing chock.
- the roll assembly is positioned for extracting the chocks by rotating the handwheel 28, as previously described, until the chocks are supported by the sleds 44 and 45.
- Piston cylinder assemblies 47 and 48 operatively connected to the sleds 44 and 45, respectively, are actuated to displace'the sleds in a direction away from the roll and carry along with them the respective chocks from the roll.
- the coupling member 17 Prior to removal of the chocks, however, the coupling member 17 must be extracted from the roll assembly, for which purpose a carriage 49 has been provided which is supported on the sled 44 for movement relative thereto by a piston cylinder assembly 50.
- the carriage 49 has rollers 51 and end plates 52 to support the coupling member during extraction thereof.
- the extracted position of the coupling and the carriage 49 is shown by phantom lines in FIG. 2.
- FIGS. 4 and illustrate a second embodiment of an ap paratus incorporating additional features of the present invention. It will be noted that where there is a similarity of parts between the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the second embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5, similar reference numerals have been applied to these parts. Furthermore, it is deemed unnecessary to give a detailed description of these parts. It is to be appreciated that, when viewing FIGS. 4 and 5, the cars 31 and 32 for removal of the rest bars have not been shown to enable a clearer view of the parts representing modifications.
- the adjustable yoke 60 comprises a base 64 slidably received in the housing 24 and supported by the screw 25.
- the base 64 slidably supports two yokes 65, each formed at their upper ends with semicircular saddle surfaces 65a for engaging and supporting the neck portions 18b and 18c of the roll assembly 10.
- the yokes 65 are each provided with a rack gear 66. These rack gears extend toward 1 each other and are mutually engaged by an equalizing pinion 67 located between them. Rotation of this pinion by a wrench fitted on one end thereof displaces the yokes mutually a corresponding distance from each other.
- the bearing chock extractor sleds 61 and 62, as well as the coupling extractor carriage 63, are-each provided with screw.
- jacks 68 which interconnect their platens 61a, 62a, and 63a to the respective cars. These jacks are used to elevate the platens to a desired position where extracting of the chocks or coupling member may be readily accomplished, particularly in the event that differently dimensioned chocks are to be accommodated. In certain applications it may also be desirable to provide side clamps in place of the studs 46, shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, to secure the chocks to their respective sleds. In this event, vertically extending clamps 69 and 70 may be slidably supported by the platens. Each of the clamps has been provided with horizontal extensions to which there are secured rack gears 72 and 73 that mesh with an equalizing pinion 74. In order to establish a positive clamping force on the chocks by the clamps 69 and 70, piston cylinder assemblies 75 are provided which are carried by the platens and operatively connected to the clamps 69 and 70.
- said means including a cradle member constructed and arranged for engaging surfaces on said roll located between the roll body and a bearing chock while mounted on a journal of said roll,
- bearing chock extracting means for engaging a bearing chock while mounted on a journal of said roll
- said cradle member comprises a yoke having spaced-apart projecting saddle surfaces for engaging said surfaces on the roll.
- An apparatus according to claim 2 further comprising means foradjusting the relative spacing between said saddle surfaces.
- means for adjusting the relative elevation comprises an adjustable positioning member for supporting said cradle member.
- bearing chock-extracting means comprises sled means supported for horizontal movement relative to said roll assembly, said sled means including a platen for engaging the bearing chock, and wherein said adjustable means comprises an adjustable member carried by said sled means and urging said platen into a supporting relation with said chock.
- An apparatus further comprising means carried by said platen for establishing a driving relation between said platen and said chock.
- said component parts include a rest bar disposed between said chock and mounted thereto when the chocks are mounted on said journals, said apparatus further comprising rest bar support means including power means for extracting a. rest bar from said roll assembly.
- said rest bar support means further includes a carriage having wheels supported for movement in a direction normal to the roll body.
- said carriage further comprises a pair of spaced-apart latches for engaging and supporting said rest bar.
- each of said latches comprises a pair of spaced fingers extending from .g id carriage, and means for positioning said latches as aunit relative to said carriage.
- each of said roll assemblies being characterized by having materially different physical sizes and shapes, each of said roll assemblies including bearing chocks mounted on journals of the roll, and a coupling mounted on one end of the roll;
- said apparatus comprising a roll support cradle having spaced-apart saddles for engaging portions of the roll disposed between a chock and the roll body;
- said cradle adapted to support said roll with the axis of rotation of the roll extending in a horizontal direction;
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US3945105A (en) * | 1974-07-19 | 1976-03-23 | Beaty Jr Thomas | Automatic grate changing system and methods of utilizing and constructing same |
US4784596A (en) * | 1986-12-19 | 1988-11-15 | Hermann Berstorff Maschinenbau Gmbh | Calendering apparatus |
US6253593B1 (en) * | 1997-10-15 | 2001-07-03 | Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. | Piercer roll exchanging apparatus for vertical piercing mill and piercer roll exchanging method |
CN109248923A (en) * | 2018-10-29 | 2019-01-22 | 山东钢铁集团日照有限公司 | A kind of squeeze roller roll change buggy buffering gripping mechanism |
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US3945105A (en) * | 1974-07-19 | 1976-03-23 | Beaty Jr Thomas | Automatic grate changing system and methods of utilizing and constructing same |
US4784596A (en) * | 1986-12-19 | 1988-11-15 | Hermann Berstorff Maschinenbau Gmbh | Calendering apparatus |
US6253593B1 (en) * | 1997-10-15 | 2001-07-03 | Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. | Piercer roll exchanging apparatus for vertical piercing mill and piercer roll exchanging method |
CN109248923A (en) * | 2018-10-29 | 2019-01-22 | 山东钢铁集团日照有限公司 | A kind of squeeze roller roll change buggy buffering gripping mechanism |
CN112496043A (en) * | 2020-12-16 | 2021-03-16 | 太原通泽重工有限公司 | Quick replacement method for lower guide plate of horizontal puncher |
CN112496043B (en) * | 2020-12-16 | 2022-08-09 | 太原通泽重工有限公司 | Quick replacement method for lower guide plate of horizontal puncher |
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