US3611779A - Roll-changing devices for horizontal rolling mills - Google Patents

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US3611779A
US3611779A US697351A US3611779DA US3611779A US 3611779 A US3611779 A US 3611779A US 697351 A US697351 A US 697351A US 3611779D A US3611779D A US 3611779DA US 3611779 A US3611779 A US 3611779A
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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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    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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  • a roll-changing device for a horizontal rolling mill comprising a carrier having two parallel tracks at right angles to the roll-pass-line of the rolling mill, the said carrier being moveable along a track forming an oblique angle with the roll-pass-line and extending from a roll disposal area to the vicinity of the rolling mill.
  • This invention relates to roll-changing devices for horizontal rolling mills, and, in particular, but not exclusively, to roll-changing devices adapted to be used for the exchange of working rolls only of a four-high mill.
  • roll-changing devices have been proposed for installation next to a rolling mill, which devices comprise a common movable carrier for both a new and a used set of rolls.
  • rolling mill and carrier are provided with tracks on which the roll sets are moved, the carrier having two parrallel tracks, each adapted to be placed in line with and next to the track inside the rolling mill by movement of the carrier.
  • the rolls of a set are generally moved in and out of the mill with their bearing chocks left on the roll journals, the bearing chocks of one roll being provided with means for guiding them on the tracks, and the bearing chocks of the other roll being coupled with those of the first roll, so that the two rolls can be moved together in and out of the mill as a unit.
  • a roll-changing device of the type described comprised a track for the carrier extending in a direction perpendicular to the roll-pass-line of a rolling mill from that mill to a roll-disposal area, and a second track for the carrier next to the rolling mill and extending in a direction parallel to the roll-passline.
  • a roll-changing device for a horizontal rolling mill comprises a carrier having two parallel roll-supporting tracks, one for a replacement set of rolls and one for a used set of rolls, the carrier being movable along a further track extending at an oblique angle to the pass-line of the rolling mill from a roll disposal area to an area in the vicinity of the rolling mill, the two tracks on said carrier being adapted to be aligned alternately with a roll-supporting track in the rolling mill by a movement of said carrier along the oblique-angled track.
  • the arrangement of the track for the carrier at an oblique angle to the roll-pass-line makes it possible to use this track for two diilfierent functions, one being the transport of roll sets between the roll-storage area of the rolling mill, and the other the alternate alignment of the 3,511,779 Patented Oct. 12, 1971 ice two tracks on the carrier with the track in the mill. This greatly simplifies the design and layout of the roll-changing device.
  • the track for the carrier preferably extends a short distance beyond the point of intersection between the axis of the carrier track and the axis of the track inside the rolling mill.
  • this gap is bridged by a separate track arranged at the same level as the tracks on the carrier and inside the mill. In order to prevent the bridging track from forming an obstruction, it may be removable below fioor level.
  • each of these stands has preferably its oblique-angled track on which a carrier with two tracks is movable. It is then possible to eifect roll-changing simultaneously on two or more rolling mills of the same train, which could not be done previously.
  • the carrier may be driven by any suitable means located on the carrier, such as an electric motor or by a rope or chain drive, and its movements along its track may be automatically controlled by limit switches or any other suitable means.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan of a rolling mill plant into which rollcharging devices according to the invention are incorporate
  • FIG. 2 is a section through a track forming part of the roll-changing device of FIG. 1.
  • the rolling mill installation illustrated in FIG. 1 consists of a rolling mill train comprising three stands A, B and C, arranged in tandem in the manner of a continuous mill.
  • Rolled material passes through the three stands in succession in the direction of the roll-pass-line XX.
  • the stands have sets of work rolls 10 mounted in housings 11 by means of bearing chocks 12.
  • the mills may further be equipped with backing rolls, not shown here, but it is assumed that in the case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the work rolls only are replaced at frequent intervals.
  • the roll-changing device which will now be described is therefore intended for replacement of the work rolls only.
  • the bearing chocks of the lower rolls of a set are provided with wheels, not shown, which ride along tracks 13 provided inside the stands A, B and C, the bearing chocks of the upper rolls of a set being coupled to those of the lower rolls, so that both rols of a set can be moved in and out of a rolling mill as a unit.
  • the tracks 13 extend somewhat beyond both ends of the mill.
  • Each of the mill stands A, B and C has its own rollchanging device which can be operated independently of the others.
  • the three devices each comprise a carrier 14a, 14b and 140, adapted for transporting sets of rolls 10 from a roll stand to a common roll-disposal area 15 where rolls may be stored or repaired.
  • Each carrier has a platform on which two tracks 16' and 16" are mounted, the tracks being arranged to the same level as and parallel to the tragks 13 inside the mill stands.
  • One of the tracks on the carrier is always used for receiving a set of used rolls 10, and the other for receiving a set of replacement rolls 100.
  • the track 16' which is at the 3 front of the carrier when the latter is moved from the rolldisposal area 15 towards a mill stand receives sets of replacement rolls 100, while the other track 16" receives sets of used rolls 10.
  • Each of the carriers 14a, 14b and 140 is movable from the roll-disposal area 15 to an area in the vicinity of one of the rolling mill stands A, B or C along its own track 17 whose axis Y-Y forms an oblique angle with the rollpass-line X-X. In the embodiments shown in FIG. 1, this angle is about 45, but it may be changed to suit local conditions.
  • the carriers are driven by driving means such as a set of wheels and, optionally, motors 1114a, b and c, such as electrical motors.
  • the tracks 17 extend a short distance towards the rollpass-line XX beyond the point P where the axis Y-Y of the track 17 and the axis Z-Z of the track 13 inside the rolling mill intersect each other. As will be later explained, this extension serves the purpose of placing the two tracks 16' and 16", on the carrier 14, alternately in alignment with a track 13,.
  • the two rails 20 of a track 19 are fastened with their feet to blocks 21 which can be rotated by any suitable means not shown about horizontal pivot pins 22 so that the rails 20 can disappear below floor level, as indicated in dotted lines in FIG. 2.
  • Short apron-plates 23 and long apron-plates 24 are attached also to the blocks 21.
  • the apron-plates 23 and 24 are arranged at right-angles to each other in such a manner that the short apron-plates 23 are at floor level when the rails 20 are in their upright position and above floor, and that the apron-plates 24 are at floor level when the rails 20 are removed below floor level. In the latter position, the apron-plates 24 bridge the gap which would otherwise be left by the dis appearance of the rails 20 below floor level.
  • the three carriers 14a, 14b and 140 are each shown at a different stage of a roll-changing operation.
  • the carrier 14a is near the roll-disposal area 15 where its track 16' has received a set of replacement rolls 100; its track 16" is empty.
  • the carrier 14! is in its position of maximum approach to the rolling mill stand B with its track 16" in line with the track 13 of that mill stand and ready to receive a set of used rolls 10.
  • the carrier 140 is in the position of maximum approach to the mill stand C; its track 16" has received a set of used rolls 10, so that both tracks on the carrier are loaded.
  • the carrier In order to transfer a set of replacement rolls 100 from the carrier 140 to the mill stand C, the carrier is moved to the position indicated 4 in dotted lines, whereby the track 16 is moved in alignment with the track 13.
  • the carriers 14a, 14/) and 14c are first moved on to the extension of their tracks 17 beyond the point P, so as to enable a set of used rolls 10 to be transferred from a mill-stand to a carrier, whereupon the carriers are moved back by a distance equal to that between the two tracks 16 and 16" to enable a set of replacement rolls to be transferred from a carrier to a mill stand.
  • Limit switches may be arranged along the tracks 17 in order to ensure that the carriers stop in positions in which their tracks 16, 16" are in alignment with the tracks 13.
  • a roll-changing device for a horizontal rolling mill comprising a carrier supporting two separate and parallel tracks for receiving side-by-side two sets of rolls, said tracks being arranged at right angles to the roll-pass line of said rolling mill, means for moving said carrier with said tracks relative to said rolling mill in a direction parallel to said roll-pass line, and for moving said carrier in a direction perpendicular to said roll-pass line, said means consisting of a track for said carrier arranged at an oblique angle to said roll-pass line so that by moving said carrier on said last mentioned track a movement is imparted to said carrier which has a component parallel to said roll pass line and a component perpendicular to said roll-pass line and driving means for moving said carrier along said track for said carrier arranged at an oblique angle to said rollpass line.
  • a roll changing device wherein said rolling mill has a track arranged at the same level as the two parallel tracks on said carrier and adapted to support a set of rolls and wherein a separate track is arranged between the track in the rolling mill and the tracks on said carrier and at the same level as the latter.
  • a roll changing device wherein the rails of said separate track are movable through gaps in the floor into positions below floor level and wherein apron-plates are secured to said rails so as to be movable together with said rails, said apron-plates bridging the gaps in the floor when said tracks are below fioor level.

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US3779061A (en) * 1972-06-14 1973-12-18 Wean United Inc Roll changing device
US3864954A (en) * 1973-12-04 1975-02-11 Blaw Knox Foundry Mill Machine Roll changers
WO1982001672A1 (en) * 1980-11-17 1982-05-27 Fabris Mario Improvements in roller entry guides for rod mills
US4962657A (en) * 1988-02-22 1990-10-16 Sms Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft Rolling mill train, particularly rolling mill train in a section mill
US20040144150A1 (en) * 2001-05-18 2004-07-29 Germain Le Viavant Device for disassembling rolling mill cylinders
US20090013745A1 (en) * 2004-02-18 2009-01-15 Harald Rackel Method of and Device for Exchanging Sets of Rolls
US20120180284A1 (en) * 2006-01-09 2012-07-19 Sms Siemag Aktiengesellschaft Method and device for changing rolls
US20150089988A1 (en) * 2013-10-02 2015-04-02 Fives Bronx, Inc. Roll change apparatus
CN111744963A (zh) * 2020-06-19 2020-10-09 五冶集团上海有限公司 一种轧机换辊装置及方法

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US3779061A (en) * 1972-06-14 1973-12-18 Wean United Inc Roll changing device
US3864954A (en) * 1973-12-04 1975-02-11 Blaw Knox Foundry Mill Machine Roll changers
WO1982001672A1 (en) * 1980-11-17 1982-05-27 Fabris Mario Improvements in roller entry guides for rod mills
US4962657A (en) * 1988-02-22 1990-10-16 Sms Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft Rolling mill train, particularly rolling mill train in a section mill
US20040144150A1 (en) * 2001-05-18 2004-07-29 Germain Le Viavant Device for disassembling rolling mill cylinders
US20090013745A1 (en) * 2004-02-18 2009-01-15 Harald Rackel Method of and Device for Exchanging Sets of Rolls
US7698923B2 (en) * 2004-02-18 2010-04-20 Sms Siemag Aktiengesellschaft Method of and device for exchanging sets of rolls
US20120180284A1 (en) * 2006-01-09 2012-07-19 Sms Siemag Aktiengesellschaft Method and device for changing rolls
US20120180285A1 (en) * 2006-01-09 2012-07-19 Sms Siemag Aktiengesellschaft Method and device for changing rolls
US8522590B2 (en) * 2006-01-09 2013-09-03 Sms Siemag Aktiengesellschaft Method and device for changing rolls
US8555688B2 (en) * 2006-01-09 2013-10-15 Sms Siemag Aktiengesellschaft Method and device for changing rolls
US20150089988A1 (en) * 2013-10-02 2015-04-02 Fives Bronx, Inc. Roll change apparatus
US9579703B2 (en) * 2013-10-02 2017-02-28 Fives Bronx, Inc. Roll change apparatus
CN111744963A (zh) * 2020-06-19 2020-10-09 五冶集团上海有限公司 一种轧机换辊装置及方法

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