Patent ID: 8210012
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: F16C,F16N

Abstract:
1. A lubricant delivery system for a rolling facility comprising: a plurality of roll stands each having work rolls, liners and chock sets, and each of said liners having a generally planar bearing surface which engages a generally planar roll stand bearing surface during a rolling campaign, each of said liners having a generally planar support surface opposite the bearing surface which is secured against a generally planar surface of a roll stand, and a plurality of apertures extending through the liners with fasteners adapted to extend through the apertures to secure the liners to the roll stand, and said liners having a plurality of conduits providing fluid communication between a plurality of depressions at the bearing surface and at least one inlet port on a side of the liner between the bearing surface and the support surface, with at least portions of the plurality of conduits being defined by grooves extending along the generally planar support surface; a lubricant source and a plurality of external conduits in fluid communication with the lubricant source and said at least one inlet port; and at least one control device for selectively controlling a flow of pressurized lubricant through the plurality of external conduits of the liners, said pressurized lubricant being expelled out of said plurality of depressions to provide centralized lubrication to each liner of the plurality of roll stands.