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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Vladimir B Ginzburg, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Danieli United, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
International Rolling Mill Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A reversing rolling mill for rolling metal strip includes an entry side coiler and an exit side coiler and at least one mill rolling stand including a central roll, an entry side outer roll and an exit side outer roll having their respective longitudinal axes disposed in a first, horizontal, plane and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the central roll, a top outer roll in contact with the central roll, and a bottom outer roll, longitudinal axes of the top outer roll and bottom outer roll being disposed in a second, vertical, plane passing through the longitudinal axis of the central roll and parallel thereto, motors to drive the rolls and rotate the rolls about their respective longitudinal axes, devices to vertically move the central roll and the top outer roll, and devices to move the side outer rolls horizontally and to move the bottom outer roll vertically into and out of rolling contact with the central roll in a lowered position of the central roll.