Patent ID: 8356503

Claim:
Rolling mill ( 1 ) for hot rolling aluminum, with a hot-strip mill ( 3 ) comprising a roughing train ( 4 ) and a finish-rolling train ( 5 ), wherein the roughing train ( 4 ) is designed as a tandem train, in which the rolling stock is rolled in tandem operation with the simultaneous participation of at least two roughing stands ( 8 , 9 ) installed one after the other; wherein the finish-rolling train ( 5 ) comprises as a tandem train at least two finishing stands ( 11 , 12 ) installed one after other, with which the rolling stock is rolled in tandem operation with the simultaneous participation of each finishing stand ( 11 , 12 ); and wherein coilers ( 15 , 14 ) are installed upstream and downstream, respectively, of the finish-rolling train ( 5 ), wherein the roughing train ( 4 ) operates together with the finishing train ( 5 ) as a tandem train, wherein the rolling stock is rolled in tandem operation with the simultaneous participation of the stands of the roughing train and the finishing train, the roughing train not including a coiler so that the rolling stock passes directly from the roughing train to the finishing train, wherein the roughing tandem train ( 4 ) and the finishing train ( 5 ) are operated in a reversing mode.