Patent ID: 8201431

Claim:
A support structure in a roll workshop for holding work rolls of a rolling stand, wherein the support structure ( 26 ) has a changing carriage ( 31 ) with a bottom having an opening, an upper side ( 29 ) of the support structure ( 26 ) has rails ( 30 ) on which the changing carriage ( 31 ) rests and can be moved, and the changing carriage ( 31 ) is designed with at least two devices ( 32 ) for holding the sets of work rolls ( 7 , 8 , 22 ), wherein the devices ( 32 ) for holding the sets of work rolls ( 7 , 8 , 22 ) are only mounted on a bottom end of the changing carriage ( 31 ) so as to straddle the opening in the bottom and are designed in such a way that the work rolls ( 7 , 8 ) can be moved into and supported in the device ( 32 ).