Patent ID: 6058754
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
In a rolling train for rolling flat steel in a compact rolling group for rolling sections of continuously cast initial sections, wherein the compact rolling group includes one of a roughing group including a vertical two-high stand and a horizontal two-high stand and a roughing group including a universal stand and a horizontal two-high stand, and wherein the compact rolling group further includes first and second tandem universal stands, wherein the improvement comprises that the first and second tandem universal stands each have pairs of first and second non-driven loose vertical rollers, wherein the first vertical roller has a smooth cylindrical periphery and the second vertical roller has in a smooth periphery thereof a grooved incision, and wherein the grooved incision has a height corresponding to a height of the flat steel wherein said grooved incision is configured to act to initially shape an edge of the flat steel and to subsequently guide the edge during the first pass of the flat steel.