METHOD OF ROLLING FEED PRODUCTS INTO DIFFERENT SIZED FINISHED PRODUCTS

• Main Author: SHORE, T. MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.03.2011
• Subjects: MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; ROLLING OF METAL; TRANSPORTING

A feed product is rolled into different sized finished products in a rolling mill finishing section which comprises a plurality of modular rolling units (RU1, RU2, RU3, RU5) arranged along the mill pass line. Each rolling unit includes two roll stands (S1-S10) with work rolls configured to define successive oval and round roll passes. The roll stands are designed to effect specific area reductions on products rolled through their respective oval and round roll passes. Feed products (FP1) having the same entry size are rolled into finished products (FP2) having different reduced sizes by providing altered rolling sequences in which a selected rolling unit (RU5) is replaced along the pass line with rolling units (RU5a, RU5b) having roll stands designed to effect area reductions that differ from those of the roll stands of the replaced rolling unit. Rolling units downstream from the replaced rolling unit are removed from the pass line. The roll stands of rolling units upstream from the replaced rolling unit remain unchanged.