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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1998
SMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft, Dusselfdorf, DE;
Abstract
A device and a method for rapid roll changes in a six-high roll stand, wherein the device includes a roll change carriage with a unit for moving the carriage relative to the roll stand parallel to and transversely of the rolling direction, and two retaining components for a pair of work rolls and a pair of intermediate rolls, wherein the retaining components are arranged next to each other and form a side-shifter cassette, wherein the retaining components have guide surfaces for the chocks of the rolls, and wherein the change carriage has in the common rolling plane a device for pushing the rolls in and out. Each retaining component has for receiving a lower intermediate roll with the chocks thereof an intermediate frame with a unit for moving the intermediate frame into and out of the side-shifter cassette.