Patent ID: 6993951

Claim:
Hot-rolling stand comprising blocks arranged in the stand windows comprising hydraulic piston cylinder units provided as bending devices which are able to transfer bending forces via guide elements onto the chocks of the working rolls, wherein for each block a single double-acting hydraulic piston cylinder unit ( 4 , 5 ) is provided whose two ends are connected with the guide elements ( 12 , 13 ), and wherein the guide elements ( 12 , 13 ) have guide grooves ( 22 , 23 ) that engage both sides of the free ends of noses ( 20 , 21 ) of the working roll chocks ( 18 , 19 ) so as to permit axial movement of the working rolls ( 16 , 17 ), wherein the block is formed as a housing ( 3 ) which is provided with support surfaces for wear strips of the working roll chocks ( 18 , 19 ), and wherein the pressure cylinder ( 4 ) of the piston cylinder unit as well as a transmission element (plunger sleeve 7 ) engaging the piston rod ( 6 ) are arranged vertically slidably in the interior of the housing ( 3 ).