Bending and balancing device for axially shiftable work rolls of a rolling mill

{
  "publication_number": "US9802231B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Bending and balancing device for axially shiftable work rolls of a rolling mill",
  "abstract": "The invention relates to a bending and balancing device for axially shiftable work rolls (10, 10 ′) of a rolling mill, especially of a four-high rolling mill, guide blocks (2) being provided at both sides in the window of every mill housing (1) on the level of the work roll inserts (3, 3 ′) and the force of bending and balancing cylinders (5) being transmissible onto the work roll inserts that are guided in the axial direction and so as to be shiftable in the vertical direction. The guide blocks are subdivided into respective upper and lower guide blocks (2, 2 ′), the upper guide blocks (2) are mounted in the mill housing window so as to be vertically shiftable, the lower guide blocks (2 ′) are mounted in the mill housing window so as to be fixed or so as to be vertically shiftable, and a bending and balancing cylinder (5) is arranged in every of the associated upper and lower guide blocks and is guided by the same and engages with the upper and the lower work roll insert.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A bending and balancing device for axially displaceable work rolls of a roll stand, comprising: guide blocks arranged on both sides of a window of each roll housing on a vertical level of upper and lower work roll chocks, and a force of bending and balancing cylinders is transmittable to the work roll chocks which are displaceably guided in an axial direction of the work rolls and so as to be vertically displaceable, wherein the guide blocks are each divided into an upper guide block and a lower guide block, the upper guide blocks being vertically displaceably mounted in the window of the roll housing, the lower guide blocks being mounted in the window of the roll housing so as to be stationary or vertically displaceable; and at least one of the bending and balancing cylinders is guided and arranged in a pair of the upper and lower guide blocks, the bending and balancing cylinder being in engagement with the upper and lower work roll chocks.",
    "2. The bending and balancing device according to claim 1, further comprising displacing devices arranged at the upper and the lower guide blocks for axial displacement of the work roll chocks including locking means of the work rolls.",
    "3. The bending and balancing device according to claim 1, wherein force transmission from the bending and balancing cylinders to the work roll chocks takes place through pressure covers resting against the work roll chocks.",
    "4. The bending and balancing device according to claim 1, wherein force transmission from the bending and balancing cylinders to the work roll chocks takes place through the guide blocks.",
    "5. The bending and balancing device according to claim 3, wherein the pressure covers or extensions of the pressure covers enclose work roll chock ears in a positively engaging manner or the guide blocks enclose projections of the work roll chocks in a positively engaging manner.",
    "6. The bending and balancing device according to claim 1, wherein the roll stand is a four-high stand."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present application is a 371 of International application PCT/EP2010/0003848287 filed Jan. 22, 2010, which claims priority of DE 10 2009 005 964.4, filed Jan. 23, 20009, and DE 10 2009 058 876.0, filed Dec. 18, 2009, the priority of these applications is hereby claimed and these applications are incorporated herein by reference.\n\nThe invention relates to a bending and balancing device for axially displaceable work rolls of a roll stand, particularly a four-high roll stand, wherein, on both sides in the window of each row housing, guide blocks are provided in the vertical range of the work roll chocks and transmit the force of any bending and balancing cylinders to the work roll chocks which are guided in the axial direction and are guided displaceably in the vertical direction.\n\nRoll stands of this type may be present in hot and cold rolling mills, Steckel rolling mills and plate rolling mills.\n\nBending and balancing devices of the above type are known, for example, EP 0 256 408 A2.\n\nThe previous stroke of the bending/balancing cylinders is limited in order to ensure sufficient guidance of the work roll chocks in the case of large work roll gaps.\n\nIt is the object of the new invention to make available a bending and balancing device which ensures a significantly greater work roll gap while simultaneously providing a constant maximum guidance of the work roll chocks.",
  "cpc": [
    "B21B 29/00",
    "B21B 2013/025",
    "B21B 2269/04",
    "B21B 2269/14",
    "B21B 31/16",
    "B21B 31/18",
    "B21B 31/20",
    "B21B 31/203"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B21B 29/00",
    "B21B 31/20"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "SMS Group GmbH"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Wolfgang Fuchs",
    "Dietmar Rohleder"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2010-01-22",
  "publication_date": "2017-10-31",
  "grant_date": "2017-10-31",
  "priority_date": "2009-01-23",
  "application_number": "US-201013146072-A",
  "family_id": "42282777",
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