Continuous rolling mill

Abstract

A continuous rolling mill has horizontal roll stands and vertical roll stands disposed alternatingly with rolling guides between the work rolls of adjacent roll stands. The roll stands together with the rolling guides are movable in the direction crossing the rolling line to an exchanging position where the work rolls and the rolling guides are exchanged with new ones. The continuous rolling mill further has a supporting frame supporting the roll stands and movable to the exchanging position thereby to bring the roll stands and rolling guides to the exchanging position, and an offsetting device adapted to move one of the adjacent roll stands relatively to the other of the adjacent roll stands and to the frame in the exchanging position such that the rolling lines of the adjacent roll stands may be offset from each other. This arrangement permits a reduction of the pitch or interval of the roll stands and affords a quick exchange of the rolls and rolling guides with new ones, contributing greatly to the reduction in installation space and cost while improving the efficiency of rate of operation of the rolling mill advantageously.