Patent ID: 6053020
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
A device for effecting rapid roll changes in a six-high roll stand having rolls and chocks for the rolls, the device comprising a roll change carriage with means for moving the carriage relative to the roll stand parallel to and transversely of a rolling direction, and two retaining components for each of a pair of work rolls and a pair of intermediate rolls, wherein the retaining components are arranged next to each other and form a side-shifter cassette, wherein the retaining components have guide surfaces for the chocks of the rolls, and wherein the roll change carriage has in a common rolling plane a device for pushing the rolls in and out, and wherein each retaining component has for receiving a lower intermediate roll with the chocks thereof an intermediate frame with means for moving the intermediate frame into and out of the side-shifter cassette.