Patent ID: 6314781
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
A method of rolling wire rods having different selected final diameters from a rod of a single diameter supplied from a roughing mill along a pass line wherein the mill includes an intermediate block mill for receiving rod from the roughing mill, the block mill having rollers arranged in a front group and a rear group, each of which can be dummied, a mini block mill for receiving rod from the block mill and which is shuntable from the pass line, and a sizing mill for receiving rod from the mini block mill, the sizing mill having plural sets of rollers, at least one of which sets is shuntable from the pass line, said method comprising selecting combinations of the block mill roller groups, mini block mill and sizing roller sets and rolling rod through the selected combination so as to produce a wire rods having the selected final diameters.