ELEMENT DE LAMINOIR ET LAMINOIR COMPORTANT LEDIT ELEMENT

ROLLING STAND ELEMENT AND ROLLING STAND OBTAINED THEREWITH

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Cette invention concerne un élément de laminoir de finition ou de post-finition de produits fins de diamètre nominal ou de largeur nominale se situant entre 4 et 16 mm, pouvant être associé à un autre élément pour réaliser une passe de laminage, et comportant un bloc support (14), un arbre d'entraînement (24) et un arbre mené (25) portant un cylindre ou un anneau en porte-à-faux (12). L'arbre mené (25) tourne dans une roue (13) qui est montée sur le bloc support (14) de manière à pouvoir tourner autour de l'axe de rotation de l'arbre d'entraînement (24) et entraîner l'arbre mené (25), en maintenant les deux arbres (24, 25) en prise. Cette invention concerne également un laminoir de finition ou de post-finition comportant au moins une paire d'éléments (10) comme celui décrit ci-dessus, ou plusieurs paires de ces éléments disposées à une distance entre axes comprise entre 130 et 450 mm.

Abrégé anglais

Element for a finishing or post-finishing rolling stand for
thin products with a nominal diameter or transversal
dimension between 4 and 16 mm, able to be associated with
another element to obtain a rolling pass, the element
comprising a support box (14), a driving shaft (24) and a
driven shaft (25) bearing a cantilevered rolling roll or
ring (12). The driven shaft (25) is rotatably mounted on a
flange (13) which is mounted on the support box (14) in such
a manner that the flange can rotate around the rotational
axis (16) of the driving shaft (24) for angularly moving the
driven shaft (25) with respect to the driving shaft (24),
while maintaining the two shafts (24, 25) meshed
therebetween.
A corresponding rolling stand for finishing and
post-finishing, including at least a pair of elements (10) as
above, in which, when several pairs are provided, the center
distance between one pair and the adjacent one is between
130 and 450 mm.

Revendications

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CLAIMS
1 - An element for a finishing or post-finishing rolling
stand for thin products with a nominal diameter or
transversal dimension between 4 and 16 mm., comprising a
support box (14) fixedly mounted with respect to a rolling
axis (11), a driving shaft (24) rotatably mounted in said
support box (14) around a first rotational axis (16) and
provided with a first gear (124), a flange (13) coupled to
said support box (14), a rolling roll or ring (12)
cantilevered mounted at an end of a driven shaft (25) which
is rotatably mounted on said flange (13) around a second
rotational axis (18) and is provided with a second gear
(125) meshed with said first gear (124), said first and
second rotational axes (16, 18) being parallel and offset
therebetween, characterised in that said flange (13) is
mounted on said support box (14) so as to rotate around
said first rotational axis (16) for angularly moving said
driven shaft (25) with respect to said first rotational axis
(16), maintaining said first and second gears (124, 125)
constantly meshed therebetween, whereby the distance between
said rolling roll or ring (12) and said rolling axis (11)
can be selectively varied by means of the rotation of said
flange (13) with respect to said support box (14).
2 - An element as in claim 1, wherein said driving shaft
(24) is connected to a corresponding motor (15).
3 - Element as in Claim 1, wherein said driving shaft (24)
is connected to a motor element (26) through a reduction
unit (19).
4 - An element as in claim 3, wherein said driving shaft
(24) is provided with a first tapered gears (23) meshed with
a second tapered gears (123) connected to said reduction
unit (19).
5 - An element as in claim 4, wherein centring and fast

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connecting means (22) are provided between said second
tapered gears (123) and said reduction unit (19).
6 - An element as in claim 1, wherein said rolling roll or
ring (12) has a diameter between about 70 and 140 mm.
7 - An element as in claim 1, wherein said rolling roll or
ring (12) has a diameter between about 90 and 110 mm.
8 - An element as in claim 1, wherein said support box (14)
has a substantially parallelepiped shape and wherein said
driven shaft (24) protrudes from said support box (14) near
to a lateral side thereof, parallel to said rotational axes
(16, 18), whereby said element (10) is substantially "P"
shaped with said rolling roll or ring (12) placed at the
lower terminal end of the leg of the "P".
9 - A rolling stand for finishing and post-finishing for
thin products with a nominal diameter or transversal
dimension between 4 and 16 mm., comprising a pair of rolling
elements associated therebetween to define at least a
rolling pass, characterised in that each one of said
elements is constituted by an element (10) according to any
of the claims hereinbefore.
10 - A rolling stand for finishing and post-finishing for
thin products with a nominal diameter or transversal
dimension between 4 and 16 mm., comprising at least two
pairs of rolling elements associated therebetween to define
at least two rolling passes, characterised in that each one
of said elements is constituted by an element (10) according
to any of claims 1-8 hereinbefore, the center distance
between the rolling rolls or rings (12) of said two pairs
being between about 130 and 450 mm.
11 - A rolling stand for finishing and post-finishing for
thin products with a nominal diameter or transversal
dimension between 4 and 16 mm., comprising a plurality of
pairs of rolling elements associated therebetween to define

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a plurality of rolling passes, characterised in that said
plurality of pairs comprises at least four pairs of said
elements which define at least four corresponding rolling
passes, and that each one of said elements is constituted by
an element (10) according to any of claims 1-8 hereinbefore,
the center distance between the rolling rolls or rings (12)
of each one of said pair being between about 140 and 250 mm.
12 - A rolling stand as in claims 10 or 11, wherein each one
of said rolling passes is rotated by about 90° with respect
to the adjacent rolling pass.
13 - A rolling stand for finishing and post-finishing for
thin products with a nominal diameter or transversal
dimension between 4 and 16 mm., comprising a plurality of
rolling rolls or rings (12) cantilevered mounted at an end
of corresponding support shafts (25) driven by motor means
(24), characterised in that the diameter of said rolling
rolls or rings (12) is between about 70 and 140 mm. and the
center distance between a pair of said rolling rolls or
rings (12) and the adjacent one is between about 130 and 450
mm.
14 - A rolling stand as in claim 13, wherein the diameter of
said rolling rolls or rings (12) is between about 90 and 110
mm. and the center distance between a pair of said rolling
rolls or rings (12) and the adjacent one is between about
140 and 250 mm.

Description

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~Or~r.rNG STA~DD F~.F~rr A~D ROLLING STA~n~ OBTP~ED 'l'~U~ H~
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FT~.D OF INV~NTIO~
This invention relates to an element for a rolling s~and,
S and alsc~ the rolling stand o~tained with this elemen~, as
set forth in the respective main clai~s
~ ore .in particular, the invention refer~ to a ~odular
element to obtain a finishing stand or a post-finishing
stand i~ a rolling line.
~he invention also refe~s to a fLnishing or post-f;ni~in~
stand obtained with one or more pairc of ele~ents according
to t~e invention.
The i~Lvention is applied in the field of hot rolling of
thin p~.oducts, h~ving rounded, squared, hexagonal,
rect~ngular, or other transversal section, of a nominAl
diameter or transversal ~ ion between 4 and 16 mm,, made
of stee'L and parti~ularly during the finishins and post-
fini$h;n~ steps which precede the arrival of the product on
the coil.-forming head o~ before the cooling bed or coolin~
ke~t
~ACKG~OUND OF 1~ INVENTION
The state o~ the art e~rs post-finishing stands with two
or four rolling passes to obtain the desired finish to the
hot rolled products having a thin section normally of
between 4 and 16 mm
~ uring this rolling step, the real obtainable rolling
speed di.ffers ~rom the theoreticdl rolling speed for a lot
of reasons.
In the s~ate of the art, it is }~nown to carr~ out the pre-
finishing pA~5~ whe~e the reduction has a fixed or variablesizing, whereas the last two or more ~inishin~ or post-
finishin,g passes are with a variable sizing and de~ine the
iinal iorm of the product, which can possibly be

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dive~sified
~ n the present state of the art, while the theoretical
speeds is of 120-130 mJsec , the re~l speed ~ s no more then
105~110 m/sec
Sta~e of the art post-finishing rolling stands have
~ollin~ rol}s or rolling rings with a m; nimllm diamete~ of
between 160 and 190 mm and necessarily need guide boxes to
guide the rolled product both at the inlet and at the outlet
of the r-elative rolling rings~rolls.
miS i.s ~ecause the center distance between two stands, or
b~L~e ~ two subseguent post-finishing passes, cannot at the
present time go below 650~7~0 mm.
As a consequence of ~his considerable distance ~etween two
contiquous passes, th~ guide boxes are necessar~; however,
due to pro~lems of rotation, centring and interfe~ence w~th
the rol:Led stock, they l mi t the real rolling speed, as we
h2Lve said
Docum~Lt ~S-A-~L .78~.653 proposes a rolling stand with two
rolls which pivot horizontally around their axis of fee~, in
order to increase the ro~lLng speed.
Although this proposal is valid, it does not solve the
~J prohl~m at all, first~y due to the presen~e of the axis of
~ee~ an~ also due to ~he fact that it is not possible to
include, on ~he same structure, another pass rotated by 90~,
2~ except with conside~able constructional and operational
complexi.~ies .
Moreo~er, even if~ there were a further pass, it would be
too dist:ant to allow the boxes to guide the rolled stock to
be el;m; n~ted.
~ocument ~Neues Draht- und neues Mittelstahlwalzwerk fur
die ~kraine~, Rolf Schenke, 2g54 Draht, vol. 44, no. 12, 1
Decembe:r 1993, describes a rolling plant for wire rods,
wherein the rolling stands have the rolling rolls

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cantile-vered mounted ~nd o~fsec with respect to th~
correSpon~;ng~ drivin~ shafts. In this document nothing is
tau~ht ,about the variability of the dist~nce of rolling
rolls wi.th respect to the rolling z~ s and z~bout the redu~ed
center ~listance between the rolling rolls of the rolling
stands, whereby the z~bove mentioned problems zlre not solved
Document ~P-A-~?-190703 descri~es a rolling stand
constituted by two groups, each having a rollin~ roll
cantile~Jered mounted on a cor~espo~ding support flange
~, 10 rigidly fixed to a driv~g box on which a drivinç~ motor is
mounted.. In this document, wherein each rolling roll is
of~set with respect to the Z~KiS of the motor, for varying
the distance between the rolling rolls, one entire group, is
moved wn.~h respeck to the other, i~cluding the driving box
and the motor,
Docu~ent DE-A-29 lS 295 describes z rolling stz~nd with
cz~ntilet~ered mounted rolling rolls for the production of
wire rods, wherein a single motor causes the rotation of
three ~roups of rolling rolls disposed at 120~ one with
respect to the others In this document each group of
rolling rolls is swinging with respect to the driving axis
by m~z~nc of complex and expensive ac~uating hydraulic
cylinders.
Document GB-A-50~,456 des~ribes a ~ery old ~ystem for
re~ulating the distance between the rolling rolls of a
rolling starld, constituted h~ two autonomous groups, wherein
each group is slidably mounted on a ~ixed ~rame and wherein
the roll.ing rolls are cz~ntilevered mounted and offset with
respect to the driv~ng mez~ns Al~o in this system, for
~a~ying the distz~nce between the rolling rolls, the two
groups are reciprocally mo~ed with respect to the ~ixed
frame, whereby the ~ystem i~self is cumbersome and
unsuitable, and does not sol~e the problem of the reduced

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cente~ distance between the rolling rolls.
The present applicant has therefore designed and tested
this invention, which ove~ the limitations of the state
of the art, ~nd makes it possible to obtain finishing
5 sta~ds, wi~ch one or mo:re pa~;ses, w~ich work at a much higher
speed than that which can be obtained at present.
SU~RY 0~ ;N'l'10..
The i:nvention is set forth and characterised in the
respective main cla~m~ while the dep~n~nt claims describe
~ 10 variants of the idea of che main f~im~.nt
Accordiing to the invention, a mDd~lar element is included
which bears rolling rolls or rings with a m; ni ~llm diameter
of abou~ 70 mm and a maximum diameter of about 1so mm.
~ ceordLing to the invention, i~ is advantageous to include
a range o~ diameters of the rolling roll/ring of between
about 90 mm and about }10 mm
Accord~ing to the invention, the axis kearing the rollin~
roll/ring is borne offset by a disc or ring type flange
which can rotate aro~nd its own axis and allows the
roll/ring-bearing shi~~t, whic~ is parallel tO the axis of
rotatio~;L of ~he flange, to rotate describing at least a a:rc
o~ a ci~ct~mference.
~ he roll/ri~g-bearing sh~ft is supplied with motion by a
gear whic~ is coa~Qal to the axis of rotation of ~he ~lange.
According to a variant, the gear which carries the motic~n
coa~ial to the flange receives motion directly ~rom a
kinematic motion c~mon to all the elP~A~ts of the stand
~ ccord~ny to another variant, each elemen~ receives motion
~rom i~s own drive device.
Accorcling to another variant. ~he gear which c~rries the
motion c:oaxial to the ~lange receives motion from a pair o~
~apered gears which is made to rotate by a common kinematic
motion.

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With this invention, two rolling rings or rolls can be
m~de to coo~e~ate so ~s to constitute a finishin~ stand or
pass, with the respective support boxes or shaft-bea~i3rlg
elements on which the fl~ng~s are positioned, without there
being a~ly inter~erence hetween the boxes themselves; the
boxes are thus facing each othe~, offset and inverted w~th
the axes of the rolling rolls or rin~s o~fset but parallel
therebet~een
With the present invention, in the ~ree areas between the
two elements or support boxes which carry the respe~tive
rolls or rings to cons~itute a rolling pass, it is possible
to place two other elements, in or~er to obtain another
rolling pass with a ~inimAl center distance ~rom ~he
previous pass
With the present invention it is therefore possible to
obtain one or more finishing rolling p~sses with a m;n;mllm
center clistance hetween a~out 130 and about 450 mm with
regards to size.
It is within the scope of the present invention to include
~ m;n;ml~m center ~istance b~tween about 140 mm and a~out 250
., mm. .
Accord.ing to the va~ïant which includes the pair of
tapered ~ears, it is possible to include a single so~rce of
motion, placed verticall.y ~or example, with four or more
outle~s to be connected to the respective support boxes, ~s
the outlets are substant;~lly parallel to the rolling axis
The scurce of motion, fo~ ~xample, including a ~ertical
plate wi.~h the desired kinematic chain or reduction unit
inside, may include on one face two outlets which are
connected to two elements according to the invention so as
to co~st:itute a first fit~ish;n~ pass.
According to a variant, on the sa~e face the sour~e of
motion 3nay include two plus two outlets so that four

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elements according ~o the invention (two plus ~wo) may be
installed so as to co~stitute two suceessi~e finishing
p~sses
Acco~ding to another variant, on the other face it is
possible to obtain respectively two or four outlets so that
with a single plate as many as ~our finishing passes may be
oh~
The el.emen~s according to the present in~ention include
means to position them rapidly on the motion means.
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rapidly so as tc facilitate not only main~enance operations
but ~lso equipping operations and operations to change
me~sur~ts.
According to the invention, in a side ~iew, the element is
- 15 ~hAr~ like a 'P~, with the rolling roll or ring mounted on
the lower t~in~l ~nt;;l o~ the leS~ of ~he ~P".
BR3~EF DEScRlPTION OF I~D~ D~ noNG
The attached figures are given as a non-res~rictive
example, and sh~ the invention as follows:
Fig. 1 sihows an example of an application o~ the invention
with ~our elements so as to create two ~inishing
rolling passesi
Fig. 2 shows a ~urther example of another application o~ the
i~ention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRE~ ~MRODIKENTS
with re~erence to the a~taohed figures, each modular
element 10 includes a suppor~ box 14 to which is associated
a disc t:ype flange 13 which is provided of a pivot 29 which
allows the flange 13 to rotate axound a first rotatio~al
axis 16.
The Sl~pport box 14 i~ able to ~e remova~ly fixe~, for
example to a fra~e 30, in ~ predetermined position with
respect to A rolling axis 11

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In the support kox 1~ is rotatably mounte~ a driving sha~t
24, co~xiial to the first rotational axis 1~ and provided
with a driving gear 124 of cylin~rical fo~m.
A dri~en shaft 25 is rotatably mounted on the flange 13,
co~ l t:o a second axis o~ ro~ation 18, which is parallel
and o~s~t with respect to the ~irst rotational axis 16 At
~n exter~al end of the driven shaft 25 is cantilever mounted
a rolling roll or ring 12 having a diameter between 70 and
140 mm., a~vantasreously between 90 ;~n~ 110 ~an
10 The driven or roll-bearing shai~t 25 is provided on an
internal end with a driven gear 1~5 ~eshed ~ith the driving
gear 124,
Accord;in~ to first embodiment, the dri~ing shaft 2g is
c~irectly associated ~o an autono~ous drive motor lS, so th~t
in the case of a rolling stand with four rolling elemen~s
10, which constitute two pairs o~ rolling rolls or rings 12,
or two rolling passes, ~our drive motors 15 are pro~ided
~fig l)
Ac:corc~.ing to a variant, shown in f ig 2, the drivinsr shaf t
20 24 is pro~rided with a ~irst tapered gear 23, meshed with a
second tapered gea~ 123, which receives Inotion f~rom a
motion-inle~ axis 17 w~ich is parallel to ~he rollin~ axis
11 .
Accwrding t;o this variant, the modular element 10 may be
25 associated wi~ch a reduction unit 19 which contains any kind
of kinematic chain whatsoever, which is associ~ted with a
drive de-rice 2 ~ .
It is clear that in this latter case, whe~ein a sin~le
drive dievice is provided, the single motors are not
necessary.
The re'~uction unit 19 comprises a ce~tral gear 20, coaxial
to the rolling axis 11, a~le to supply motion to a dri~en
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conn~cted ~o ~he t~pered gear 123.
The axis of the driven gear 21 coincides ~ith the axis 17
whereby motion enters the e~m~~t lO.
The cen*er distance ~i~ bet~een the rot~tional axes 18 of
two adjacent pairs of rolling rol}s or rin~s 12 is there~ore
very small, for instance ~etween 130 ~nd 4S0 mm ,
adv~ntage~usly between 140 and 250 mm
Fig. 2 show~ an embo~;~Q-nt with three rolling p~sses.
F~st centring means, and fast assembly/detachment means may
easily ~ pro~ided to removably fixing each element 10 to
the ~ram~ 30.
Wit~ this invention, successive rolling passes can be
rotated ~ gO~, or an inter~i~te pass may be not rotated.
~ here~ore, with this invention it is ~ossihl~ to obtain at
least the follc~wing c~mhin~rions:
oval-ro~ ~ ~2 passes);
round-o~ll-round t3 passes~;
oval-ro~ld-round (3 passes);
round-o~l-oval-round ~4 passes)i
oval-ro~ld-oval-round (4 passes).

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