ROLLING MILL Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: rolled stock production. SUBSTANCE: rolling mill includes a large number of successively arranged stands. Axes of stand rolls are inclined relative to horizon by 45 degrees and they are mutually turned at alternative direction of their inclination. All stands are mounted on the same foundation. Each stand is designed in common housing with its own pinion stand. Housings of rolling stands have vertical walls. Input shafts of pinion stands are joined with transmission shaft of common drive mechanism of rolling mill by means of distributing toothed pairs. Vertical walls of stand housings are partially overlapped one to another, mutually connected and arranged in the same vertical plane passing through rolling line axis. Rolling stands may be alternatively arranged at different sides of rolling line axis. EFFECT: improved design. 3 cl, 5 dwg