Patent ID: 6840678

Claim:
A process for operating a deflection adjustment roll that includes a yoke, at least one antifriction bearing, a roll jacket, a sealing arrangement, and first and second disposal paths, said process comprising: pivotably coupling the roll jacket to the yoke via the at least one antifriction bearing; lubricating the at least one antifriction bearing with a liquid; supplying coolant to the sealing arrangement, which is arranged axially outside of the at least one bearing; guiding a lubricant stream from the at least one antifriction bearing via a discharge device arranged axially outside of the at least one bearing, which is located in a first disposal path; and guiding a coolant stream from the sealing arrangement via a second disposal path, wherein the first disposal path is separate from the second disposal path, and wherein the at least one antifriction bearing comprises roll bodies, and said process further comprises discharging lubricant from the discharge device at least up to a level that lies radially outside the roll bodies.