MODULAR ROLLING MILL Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC B21B1/18 

FIELD: machine engineering.

SUBSTANCE: modular rolling mill has a rolling line of the mill and comprises first reducers arranged along a first line parallel to a rolling line. Each first reducer is driven separately by a motor and has a pair of first shafts that are mechanically interconnected. Second reducers are arranged along a second line between the first line and said rolling line and parallel to both lines. Each second reducer has a pair of mechanically interconnected second shafts. Roll stands are arranged successively along the rolling line. Each rolling stand is driven by an input shaft and there is a pair of working rolls placed on mutually joined shafts of the rolls. The first connections connect the first shafts of each first reducer with the second shafts of two successive reducers, and the second connections which with the possibility of disengagement connect the second shafts of the second reducers to the input shafts of the second reducers with the input shafts of two consecutive rolling stands. At least some of the first connecting means comprise couplings which can be selectively disengaged to complete removal of the selected rolling stands from the rolling line.

EFFECT: mill makes it possible to use maximum engine power regardless of the number of stands operating.

11 cl, 7 dwg