Patent ID: 6038757
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B21B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of rolling sections in a roll stand arrangement composed of first and second universal stands or two-high stands and an intermediate edging stand arranged between the first and second stands, wherein a run-out roller conveyor is arranged following the roll stand arrangement and a cooling bed is arranged laterally of the run-out table, the method comprising supplying preliminary sections from a continuous casting plant in accordance with a cycle predetermined by an output of the continuous casting plant to the roll stand arrangement, finish rolling the sections in the roll stand arrangements in a number of passes and reversing passes, supplying each rolled section to the run-out roller conveyor, severing the rolled section in a middle thereof into a front length portion and a rear length portion in a conveying direction, further comprising moving the front length portion onto the cooling bed, moving the rear length portion on the run-out roller conveyor next to the cooling bed and subsequently moving the rear length portion onto the cooling bed, wherein during moving the rear length portion a next preliminary section supplied by the continuous casting plant is introduced into and rolled in the roll stand arrangement.