Patent ID: 6561003
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
A rolling stand comprising:a frame; a pair of support shafts centered on respective parallel shaft axes and each having an outer end projecting past the frame, inner end outer axially spaced bearing portions in the frame, and a gear between the respective inner and outer bearing portions, each outer bearing portion lying between the respective inner bearing portion and the respective outer end; respective rolls carried on the outer ends outside the frame; respective eccentric sleeves rotatable in the frame about the axes and engaging the shafts at the bearing portions, whereby a spacing of the axes can be varied by rotating the sleeves in the frame; respective pressure sleeves surrounding the shafts between the respective inner and outer bearing portions; and control means for pressurizing the sleeves and thereby bending the shafts in the frame between the inner and outer bearing portions.