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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1991
Terence M Shore, Princeton, MA (US);
Harold E Woodrow, Northboro, MA (US);
Morgan Construction Company, Worcester, MA (US);
Abstract
A block type rolling mill has a plurality of roll stands arranged along a mill pass line, each roll stand having at least a first pair of work rolls mounted in cantilever fashion on a first pair of roll shafts. The first roll shafts have first pinion gears which are separate from each other and in meshed relationship respectively with one of a pair of intermeshed spur gears carried on a pair of intermediate drive shafts, with one of the intermediate drive shafts of each roll stand being coupled to one of two line shafts extending in parallel relationship to the mill pass line. At least one of the roll stands is provided with a second pair of work rolls mounted in cantilever fashion on a second pair of roll shafts. The second pair of roll shafts have second pinion gears which are separate from each other and each in meshed relationship respectively with one of the intermeshed spur gears of the at least one roll stand.