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(11) EP 0 264 233 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.08.1988 Bulletin 1988/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.04.1988 Bulletin 1988/16

(21) Application number: 87308945

(22) Date of filing: 09.10.1987
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB LU

(30) Priority: 16.10.1986 GB 8624843

(71) Applicant: DAVY McKEE (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED
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(72) Inventors:
  • Stubbins, Derek
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  • Haynes, Ralph Gladwin
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(54) Improvements in rolling mills


(57) A rolling mill has horizontal (2, 4) and vertical rolls (12, 14) and the horizontal rolls are driven in the conventional manner. The vertical rolls have electric motors (38) associated with them solely to rotate these rolls to a speed where their periphery matches that of the workpiece (W) being rolled so that damage to the vertical rolls and to the workpiece is reduced when the workpiece and the rolls come into engagement.







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