Patent ID: 6260397
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
A rolling mill for rolling plate or strip comprising essentially a mill stand, an upper roll system and a lower roll system, and an upper roll support and a lower roll support, said upper and lower roll systems are so arranged as to have a tower-like configuration, wherein the mill stand, the roll supports, and intermediate supporting means between the mill stand and the roll supports of the rolling mill form a two-dimensional supporting system together, the intermediate supporting means being disposed on at least one of the upper and lower roll supports and arranged in the middle region of the axis of the roll body of a working roll with its length not longer than that of the roll body of the working roll, said intermediate supporting means comprising vertical pad sets which are respectively positioned between said surfaces of the roll supports and fit tightly against them, thus causing said mill stand to form a two-dimensional support relative to the roll supports.