SHEET STRAIGHTENING MACHINE Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: metallurgical machine engineering, namely straightening apparatuses mounted in lines of thick sheet rolling mills and designed for correcting at operation non-planeness of moving sheets. SUBSTANCE: sheet straightening machine includes arranged in housing upper and lower cartridges carrying straightening driven rollers mounted with possibility of vertical motion. Sheet straightening machine includes mechanism for horizontally shifting lower cartridge in direction of passing straightened material; drive units of said mechanism are mounted in housing. Working organs of drive units may engage with lower cartridge. Drive units of mechanism for horizontally shifting lower cartridge are in the form of hydraulic cylinders. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of sheet straightening machine, improved quality of straightened strips. 2 cl, 6 dwg