Patent ID: 8610575
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: F16C,G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A rolling facility comprising: a plurality of mill stands; a plurality of work rolls adapted to be inserted into or removed from said plurality of mill stands during a rolling campaign; a plurality of chock sets holding bearings adapted to support the plurality of work rolls on the plurality of mill stands; a plurality of liners, with some of the liners adapted for attachment on the plurality of chock sets and other of the liners adapted for attachment on housings of the plurality of mill stands, with said plurality of liners engaging each other to limit movement of the plurality of work rolls to a generally vertical direction, with at least one of the plurality of work rolls, chock sets and liners being combined into a unique mill stand assembly; a plurality of RFID tags attached to the plurality of work rolls, the plurality of chock sets and the plurality of liners; a RFID tag reader adapted to interrogate each of the plurality of RFID tags; and a controller in communication with the RFID tag reader, wherein said controller is adapted to use information associated with at least one of the plurality of RFID tags to make a physical adjustment to a mill stand component so as to improve rolled product quality.