Patent ID: 7381301

Claim:
An apparatus for changing sets of rolls in a stand of a strip rolling mill having at least one roll stand having a pair of work rolls for rolling a strip moving in a rolling direction, a pair of intermediate rolls, and a pair of backup rolls consisting of a lower backup roll and an upper backup roll, the apparatus comprising: a roll changing carriage provided for changing of the work rolls and the intermediate rolls, the carriage being displaceable parallel to the rolling direction into a changing position aligned with a respective said roll stand, the carriage having guide rails extending parallel to the rolls and being movable parallel to the rolling direction into a set-up position in which the rolls can be replaced; a removal crossbar having wheels for supporting the crossbar on the guide rails and moving the crossbar out of the carriage and into the roll stand between the backup rolls after the work rolls and the intermediate rolls have been removed, the wheels being mounted on both sides of an upper region of the crossbar, the crossbar being supportable on the lower backup roll and having means for supporting the upper backup roll so that the crossbar together with the backup rolls can be pulled out of the roll stand; and a pair of intermediate roll rails in the roll stand, the guide rails in the carriage aligning with the intermediate roll rails when the carriage is in the changing position, whereby the removal crossbar can be moved from the carriage into the roll stand, the intermediate roll rails being raisable and lowerable so that the crossbar can be supported on the lower backup roll.