Patent ID: 6959805
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
1. A guide device for a vertical-roll rolling mill having a roller conveyor, a pair of vertical rolls above said roller conveyor for rolling a product fed in a rolling direction through the rolling mill on said roller conveyor, and a respective bearing body supporting each of said vertical rolls for rotation, said guide device comprising: a respective vertical guide plate adjacent each of said rolls for guiding said product between said rolls; an I-section carrier for each of said guide plates extending and shiftable in a direction transverse to said rolling direction and having a vertical web and upper and lower flanges tapering away from the respective guide plate to a rear portion of the respective carrier; a respective support disk mounted on the upper flange of each of said carriers; a respective guide groove extending in the direction transverse to the rolling direction and receiving the respective support disk; and support blocks between each support disk and the respective guide groove whereby each of said carriers is suspended on the respective guide groove by the slide blocks for movement in said direction transverse to said rolling direction.