Patent ID: 8573016
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
1. A compression rolling mill for laterally compressing a metal strand with a pair of compression rolls ( 9 , 10 ) that are arranged with their center axes vertical, that can be adjusted relative to each other, and that are connected to a rotary drive ( 31 , 32 ; 34 ) by two cardan shafts ( 29 , 30 ), wherein the two compression rolls ( 9 , 10 ) are connected with the rotary drive ( 31 , 32 ; 34 ) by two gearboxes ( 27 , 28 ) that are connected to bottom ends of the compression rolls so that the gearboxes can each be adjusted horizontally together with a respective one of the compression rolls ( 9 , 10 ) and by the cardan shafts ( 29 , 30 ) connected respectively with one of the two gearboxes ( 27 , 28 ), where the cardan shafts ( 29 , 30 ) are inclined at an acute angle to the horizontal.