Rolling mill stand for the rolling of different rolled stocks which require different rolling forces
View Patent ↗A rolling mill frame for the rolling of different rolled stock which requires different rolling forces and which has working rolls, back-up rolls, optionally a roll being device for the working rolls and optionally a device for adjusting and balancing the back-up rolls. The mill has pairs of adjusting cylinders between the roll stand and the chocks of the rolls which avoid large friction losses. The adjusting cylinders are each comprised of a telescoping cylinder in which a first cylinder with a large diameter for high rolling forces and a concentric cylinder with smaller diameter for smaller rolling forces are provided.
1. A rolling mill stand for rolling stock that requires high and low rolling forces, the stand comprising:
a frame;
a lower working roll in the frame;
an upper working roll in the frame above the lower working roll;
respective upper and lower backup rolls in the frame respectively bearing downward and upward on the upper and lower working rolls;
chocks supporting the backup rolls in the frame;
respective upper and lower pairs of telescoping adjusters between the frame and the chocks of the backup rolls, the telescoping adjusters each comprising
a large-diameter outer cylinder for the high rolling forces,
a large-diameter outer piston in the large-diameter outer cylinder, defining therewith a substantially closed outer annular large-diameter chamber pressurizable to press the large-diameter outer piston in one direction against a bottom of the large-diameter outer cylinder, and in turn defining a concentric small-diameter inner cylinder for the low rolling forces, and
a small-diameter inner piston forming in the concentric small-diameter inner cylinder in the large-diameter outer piston with the bottom of the large-diameter outer cylinder a small-diameter first compartment separate from and not a connected to the outer large-diameter chamber and serving to shift the small-diameter inner piston in the small-diameter inner cylinder in a direction opposite the one direction;
means including a first pressure-medium fitting extending through the large-diameter outer cylinder and opening into the outer large-diameter chamber for pressurizing the outer large-diameter chamber and pressing the large-diameter outer piston in the one direction against the cylinder bottom; and
means including a second pressure-medium fitting extending through the bottom of the large-diameter outer cylinder and opening into the small-diameter first compartment for pressurizing the small-diameter first compartment.
2. The rolling mill stand defined in claim 1 wherein the first pressure-medium fitting of the large-diameter outer cylinder opens in a region of the cylinder bottom.
3. The rolling mill stand defined in claim 1 wherein the outer large-diameter outer cylinder is closable by means of a closure ring sealing relative to the large-diameter outer piston and to which the pressure medium fitting for the outer large-diameter chamber is connected.
4. The rolling mill stand defined in claim 1 wherein the inner piston defines with the outer piston an annular small-diameter second compartment pressurizable to press the small-diameter piston in the one direction against the bottom of the large-diameter cylinder.
5. The rolling mill stand defined in claim 4 , further comprising
a passage extending between the large-diameter outer chamber and the annular small-diameter second compartment for feeding pressure from the outer chamber to the annular small-diameter second compartment, an effective surface area of the inner piston in the annular small-diameter second compartment being smaller than an effective surface area of the inner piston in the first compartment.