SECTION ROLLING MILL UNIT Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: continuous rolling of billets in small- section and medium-section mills. SUBSTANCE: unit has group of tightly set up stands. Group is gathered from pairs of sections formed as square plates with through openings made in centers of squares and adapted to receive inlet and outlet fittings. Stand rolls with chocks are received in grooves positioned in conjugation planes of sections in pairs and in conjugation planes of section pairs. Comparable ridges and slots have, for instance, circular configuration and may be turned through 45-135 deg. Vertical outer struts are connected with supporting plate through hydraulic clamp and bores made adjacent to bases of struts positioned on guides for movement along rolling axis. EFFECT: increased efficiency by providing turning and positioning of stands for predetermined angle and thus tilting of billets, improved handling of stands. 2 cl, 3 dwg