Patent ID: 8186198
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
1. A rolling mill ( 100 ), which comprises at least one rolling stand ( 110 ) for rolling a metal strip, with an inlet guide region ( 112 ) for guiding the metal strip into a roll gap ( 118 ) of the rolling stand ( 110 ) and an outlet guide region ( 114 ) for guiding the metal strip out of the rolling stand; and which comprises an exhaust system ( 120 ) for exhausting contaminated air from the immediate vicinity of the metal strip with an inlet suction duct ( 122 ), which is connected with the inlet guide region ( 112 ) close to the roll gap by an opening ( 113 -O) in an inlet guide plate ( 113 ) that bounds the inlet guide region ( 112 ) and with an outlet suction duct ( 124 ), which is connected with the outlet guide region ( 114 ) close to the roll gap by an opening ( 115 -O) in an outlet guide plate ( 115 ) that bounds the outlet guide region ( 114 ), wherein the inlet suction duct ( 122 ) and the outlet suction duct ( 124 ) are integrated in the rolling stand ( 110 ) and supported therein with a vertically straight upward orientation in proximity to the rolls ( 116 ) in such a way that they extend vertically directly into the inlet guide region ( 112 ) and the outlet guide region ( 114 ).