Patent ID: 8684296

Claim:
A rolling installation for rolling in-process coil strip stock comprising: a first reel configured as a reversing reel; a second reel configured as a reversing reel; at least one stand between the first and second reels; a first holding area associated with the first reel; a first transfer point between the first holding area and the first reel; a second holding area associated with the second reel; a second transfer point between the second holding area and the second reel; and a coil transport rail system settable to a selected or current rolling direction of the rolling installation, the coil transport rail system comprising: a first coil transport truck configured to traverse a first rail between the first reel and the first transfer point, the first rail being substantially perpendicular to a strip stock travel direction between the first reel and the second reel; a second coil transport truck configured to traverse a second rail between the first transfer point and the first holding area, the second rail being substantially perpendicular to the strip stock travel direction; a third coil transport truck configured to traverse a third rail between the second reel and the second transfer point, the third rail being substantially perpendicular to the strip stock travel direction; a fourth coil transport truck configured to traverse a fourth rail between the second transfer point and the second holding area, the fourth rail being substantially perpendicular to the strip stock travel direction; and a fifth coil transport truck configured to traverse a fifth rail between the first transfer point and the second transfer point, the fifth rail being substantially parallel to the strip stock travel direction, to control the deposit of coils to be rolled or coils already rolled to a finished state, wherein the fifth coil transport truck, the first coil transfer station, and the second coil transfer station are each configured to rotate 180Â° to turn one of an arriving coil and a rolled coil based at least in part on a rolling direction of the rolling installation and an arrangement of coils in a coil entry section and a coil exit section.