Patent ID: 6375195
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B21B,F16C

Abstract:
A sealing assembly for use in conjunction with the rotatable tapered section of a roll neck which is part of a roll in a rolling mill, said sealing assembly having a first bearing element mounted on said rotatable tapered section and at least partially opposing a fixed second bearing element to define a contact surface therebetween which is adapted to receive lubricant, wherein said fixed second bearing element or said first bearing element comprises a flexible seal element axially positioned between the contact surface and the roll end face and mounted on a seal end plate, wherein the face of said seal end plate adjacent the roll end face is provided with an annular recess defined at one edge by a circular surface on a portion of the seal end plate and at the opposite edge by a circular surface of a seal retaining means which is detachably secured to the seal end plate, wherein a substantially annular part of a coolant seal is mounted in the annular recess of the seal end plate, and the seal retaining means comprises a substantially L-shaped cross-section which serves to encapsulate the outermost circumferential edge of the substantially annular part of the coolant seal.