Patent ID: 7299673

Claim:
Rolling device ( 1 ) with two work rolls ( 2 ), each of which is supported in a rolling stand ( 4 ) by a work roll chock ( 3 ), such that the work roll chocks ( 3 ) can be locked and unlocked in the rolling stand ( 4 ) by at least one work roll locking mechanism ( 5 ), and with at least two additional rolls ( 6 ), each of which is supported in the rolling stand ( 4 ) by an additional roll chock ( 7 ), wherein both rolls, meaning at least one of the work rolls ( 2 ) and at least one of the additional rolls ( 6 ) in the rolling stand ( 4 ), can be adjusted, especially in the vertical direction, for the purpose of adjusting a desired roll gap relative to the other work roll ( 2 ) or relative to the other additional roll ( 6 ); wherein the work rolls ( 2 ) are provided with axial shifting devices ( 8 ) for axial shifting of the work rolls ( 2 ), with which the work rolls ( 2 ) can be brought into a desired axial position relative to the rolling stand ( 4 ) and held there; and wherein the work rolls ( 2 ) are operatively connected with bending devices ( 9 ), by which a bending moment can act on the work rolls ( 2 ), wherein the axial shifting devices ( 8 ) are arranged and act between the rolling stand ( 4 ) and the work roll locking mechanism ( 5 ) and that the bending devices ( 9 ) are arranged or act between the work roll chock ( 3 ) and the chock ( 7 ) of the additional roll ( 6 ).