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at the starting positions which are shown in fig1 and 3 there is obtained in the respective cases , both for the work rolls a 1 / 1 and a 1 / 2 having a third order grind which are used in the new state ( fig1 , 2 ), and for the work rolls a 2 / 1 and a 2 / 2 having a fifth order grind ( fig3 , 4 ), a linear roll - gap contour which ensures optimized flatness for the steel strip s which is being rolled at the time . if differences in the shape of the strip s leaving the roll gap which go beyond the range of tolerances occur or , as a precaution , before each occasion on which a new steel strip is going to be rolled , the work rolls a 1 / 1 , a 1 / 2 or a 2 / 1 , a 2 / 2 , as the case may be , are moved together , as a pair , in the same direction in the manner according to the invention along their axes of rotation l 1 , l 2 in a direction r − or r +. even though the center of the pair of work rolls a 1 / 1 , a 1 / 2 or a 2 / 1 , a 2 / 2 moves relative to the center axis m of the steel strip s when this is done , there is , surprisingly , no disruption ( curving ) of the movement of the steel strip s which would adversely affect its shape . instead , because the shift of the pairs of work rolls a 1 / 1 , a 1 / 2 and a 2 / 1 , a 2 / 2 takes place in parallel , the roll gap maintains its optimum shape which was set in the starting position ( fig1 , fig3 ). the shift of the pairs of work rolls in the same direction follows , in this case , the shift strategy which is shown by way of example in fig5 . what are shown , in the co - ordinate system represented in fig5 , are the shifted positions v 1 - v 53 which were set , in the hot rolling of steel strips s 1 - s 53 respectively which were cast by a strip casting machine of the twin - roller type , for the work rolls which were used in this case , which are not shown in this case and which may for example be shaped to correspond to the work rolls a 1 / 1 , a 1 / 2 and a 2 / 1 , a 2 / 2 which are shown in fig1 - 4 . all the steel strips s 1 - s 53 were of the same width . in fig5 , the position on the abscissa ( the x - axis ) indicates the starting position at which the work rolls were located in the position shown in fig1 and 3 ( the “ 0 ” position of the work rolls ). shown on the ordinate axis ( the y axis ) are the respective shifted positions v 1 - v 53 which the work rolls occupied after respective shifts in a positive direction r + ( pointing to the right in fig1 - 4 ) or a negative direction r − ( pointing to the left in fig1 - 4 ) relative to the starting position . in the case of the shift strategy described here , the work rolls were in each case shifted , in the manner according to the invention , in parallel in the same direction on completion of the hot rolling of one of the steel strips s 1 - s 53 , because after each passage through of a steel strip the state of wear which had been reached was one which made it necessary for there to be an appropriate shift . accordingly , the first steel strip s 1 was hot rolled with the work rolls in the starting position v 1 ( the “ 0 ” position ). on completion of the hot rolling of steel strip s 1 , the work rolls were shifted in the positive direction of shift r + until a first shifted position v 2 was reached . with the work rolls in this shifted position v 2 , steel strip s 2 was rolled in its entirety . basically , it would have been possible , starting from the shifted position v 2 , for a further shift to have been made in the direction of shift r + ( a shift towards the right ). in the present case however , the shifted position v 2 was considered to be a first maximum shifted position at which a first change was made in the direction of shift . accordingly , on completion of the hot rolling of steel strip s 2 , the work rolls were shifted in the direction of shift r −, which was in the negative range of shift relative to the starting position v 1 . the hot rolling of steel strip s 3 took place with the work rolls situated in this shifted position v 3 . because the shifted position v 3 which was in the negative range relative to the starting position ( which was a shift to the left ) was a shorter distance away from the starting position v 1 than the shifted position v 2 reached previously , i . e . was smaller in size than the shifted position v 2 , the work rolls were again shifted in the negative direction of shift r − on completion of the hot rolling of steel strip s 3 until the shifted position v 4 was reached . this latter position was situated at the same distance from the starting position v 1 as the maximum shifted position v 2 which was previously reached in the direction of shift r +. accordingly , after the hot rolling of steel strip s 4 , the work rolls , at the shifted position v 4 , which was now the maximum position for the direction of shift r −, were shifted together in the direction of shift r + until the shifted position v 5 was reached . because this shifted position v 5 was at a distance from the starting position v 1 which was smaller in size than the distance at which the shifted position v 4 reached previously was situated , the work rolls continued to be moved in the direction of shift r +, after the hot rolling of steel strip s 5 had taken place in the shifted position v 5 , until the shifted position v 6 was reached . the distance between this latter and the starting position v 1 was larger in size than the distance between shifted position v 4 and the starting position and a fresh change in the direction of shift was therefore made on completion of the hot rolling of steel strip s 6 , which took place at shifted position v 6 . the procedure elucidated above was continued for steel strips s 7 - s 26 ( shifted positions v 7 - v 26 ). a point which should be noted in this case is that shifted positions v 15 , v 19 , v 21 , v 23 and v 25 of the work rolls at which the steel strips s 15 , s 19 , s 21 , s 23 were hot rolled were the same as the starting position v 1 . when the adjusted position v 26 was reached , the travel of the work rolls in adjustment had reached a maximum value from which the sequence of shift of the work rolls reversed . accordingly , on completion of the hot rolling of steel strip s 26 which took place at shifted position v 26 , the work rolls were first shifted in the direction of shift r − until the shifted position v 27 was reached . this latter coincided with the starting position v 1 . even though it was true that the adjusted position v 27 was already smaller in size relative to the starting position than the adjusted position v 28 , the work rolls continued to be shifted , on completion of the hot rolling of steel strip s 27 at this adjusted position v 27 , in the direction of shift r − to a shifted position v 28 , because the adjusted position v 27 as such did not constitute a maximum value of shift due to its not being at any distance at all from the starting position v 1 . the distance between the shifted position v 28 and the starting position v 1 was the same as the distance between the shifted position v 26 indicating the maximum value of shift and the starting position v 1 . the direction of shift was therefore changed after the hot rolling of steel strip s 28 which took place at the shifted position v 28 . the work rolls were therefore once again shifted in the direction of shift r + until the shifted position v 29 was reached , which once was the same as the starting position v 1 . after the hot rolling of steel strip s 29 at the shifted position v 29 , the work rolls therefore continued to be shifted in the direction of shift r + until the shifted position v 30 was reached . this latter corresponded to the shifted position v 22 and was therefore at a distance from the starting position v 1 which was smaller in size than distance at which the shifted position v 28 was situated . it was therefore considered a maximum shifted position at which a further reversal of the direction of shift took place . the above procedure was continued until the shifted position v 53 was reached , which position coincided with the starting position v 1 and , at it , there no longer appeared to be any purpose in any further shortening of the travel in shift in view of the state of wear of the work rolls . the shifted position v 53 itself constituted a minimum value at which it had to be decided whether the same cycle of shifts as has been described had to be repeated , possibly with different , and in particular shorter , travels in shift but in principle with the same sequence of changes of direction , or whether at least one of the work rolls a 1 / 1 , a 1 / 2 or a 2 / 1 , a 2 / 2 had to be replaced due to its state of wear , which would have been reflected in unacceptably large differences in the shape of the rolled metal strip s . in the case of the shift strategy which has been described above , the adjusted positions v 1 - v 26 which are reached between the starting position v 1 and the shifted position v 26 which represents the maximum value of the shift are arranged , about the shifted position v 27 , with mirror - image symmetry to the shifted positions which are set between the shifted positions v 28 to v 54 , i . e . in the case of the shift strategy which has been explained here , the increase in the size of each of the maximum shifted positions v 2 , v 4 , v 6 , v 8 , v 10 , v 12 , v 14 , v 16 , v 18 , v 20 , v 22 , v 24 , v 26 , which increase starts from the starting position v 1 , takes place in the same way as the reduction in the size of the maximum shifted positions v 28 , v 30 , v 32 , v 34 , v 36 , v 38 , v 40 , v 42 , v 44 , v 48 , v 50 , v 52 , which reduction starts from the adjusted position v 28 and continues until the last shifted position v 53 is reached which indicates the minimum value of the shift . the cycle described above can be repeated until such time as there is a difference in the shape of the metal strip , particularly in the edge regions of the strip , which is outside the permitted tolerances or is undesirable . the travel in shift then has to be shortened in the appropriate way or the cyclic shift has to be stopped completely . the shift strategy which has been described here has proved particularly successful with roll stands which are part of a strip casting or thin slab system . different strategies , and in particular ones in which the increase and decrease in the respective shifted positions which initiate a change in the direction of the shift are not symmetrically arranged in the way described , may be necessary particularly if metal strip of different widths is being rolled in the roll stand . ideally , the complete rolling schedule covered by a rolling campaign is then taken into account in this connection , in the way described in ep 0 953 384 a2 . the wear x on the work rolls has an effect on the results of the rolling and so too does their crowning b which occurs as a result of heating - up and fig6 shows how these effects are compensated for by the shift strategy according to the invention . it should be pointed out in this case that , with the procedure according to the invention , not only is optimized flatness achieved for the steel strip s obtained in the given case but the formation of tight edges k is also avoided . the range of shift e of the work rolls which is traversed by means of the adjustment cycle which has been explained by reference to fig5 is also shown in fig6 . as a comparison , what is shown in fig7 is the strip profile which comes into being with increasing wear x on the work rolls and increasing crowning b of them if no adjustment is made to the work rolls .

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