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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Method and a device for controlling the dimensions of an elongated material rolled in a rolling mill
Mats Olsson, Västerås, SE;
Dag Sollander, Västerås, SE;
ABB AB, Vasteras, SE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling the dimensions of an elongated material rolled in a rolling mill comprising at least two mill stands arranged after each other, each of said stands comprising two spaced rolls, said elongated material being fed between the rolls of each stand by rotating the rolls, wherein the material is subjected to stresses in the longitudinal direction thereof during the rolling operation. A rear portion of said material is subjected to an additional tension substantially in the longitudinal direction of the material when a rear end of the material is in the vicinity of a first stand and has not yet passed said stand.