Patent ID: 6109083
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B21C,B21D

Abstract:
A device for continuously rolling a sheet-metal strip into a profile with profile limbs of straight cross-section, the device comprising:a plurality of roll assemblies, each of the roll assemblies comprising a forming roll, an opposed counter-roll, a supporting frame for the forming roll and the counter-roll, a bearing sleeve rotatably mounted in the frame, and a support axle for the forming roll eccentrically mounted in the bearing sleeve, the axle and the forming roll being moveable both axially and radially relative to the associated counter-roll upon rotation of the bearing sleeve;a plurality of roll assembly carriers arranged in pairs on opposite sides of a central plane which runs longitudinally in the direction of motion of the strip, with at least two of the roll assemblies mounted on each of the carriers in longitudinally spaced relationship relative to the direction of motion of the strip; the respective carriers of each of the carrier pairs being arranged in generally opposed relationship across the central plane, and being concurrently movable in opposite directions along a line perpendicular to the central plane; the respective roll assemblies on one of the paired carriers being offset longitudinally in the direction of motion of the strip from the roll assemblies on the other one of the paired carriers.