Patent ID: 6199620
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
Method to transform a rolling mill in order to revamp an old rolling line (10) fed by slabs with a thickness greater than 160 mm and arriving from an accumulation store and to insert a segment of new line (110) comprising at least a continuous casting machine to produce thin and medium slabs, with attached relative operating assemblies, the old line comprising a roughing train with one or more stands and a terminal segment with a finishing train, a cooling area, and systems to collect the product, the method comprising installing a segment of new line in a position next to the old line while the old line continues working, providing the segment of new line being equipped substantially at a terminal end with a connection terminal segment movable in a pivoting manner, and providing at least temporarily connecting the connection terminal segment of the new line to the terminal segment of the old line.