Roll change device for cluster mill

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EP 0 684 089 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.03.1996 Bulletin 1996/12

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	29.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/48

(21)	Application number: 95303393.3

(22)	Date of filing: 22.05.1995

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B21B 31/10

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LU NL SE

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Priority:

23.05.1994 GB 9410408

(71)	Applicant: DAVY McKEE (POOLE) LIMITED
	Poole Dorset BH12 5AG (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	Lupton, David John Ringwood, Hants BH24 3DU (GB) Hunt, Barrie James Ferndown, Dorset BH22 8RR (GB)

(74)	Representative: Kirk, Geoffrey Thomas
	BATCHELLOR, KIRK & CO. 2 Pear Tree Court Farringdon Road London EC1R 0DS London EC1R 0DS (GB)

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(54)	Roll change device for cluster mill

(57) The two work rolls of a cluster Rolling Mill are removed together without contacting each other or their support rolls. The mill housing is in two parts and to remove the rolls the upper work roll is biassed into engagement with its support rolls, the upper housing is displaced away from the lower housing, the two rolls are supported at one end in cantilever fashion, the upper work roll and the lower work roll are separated from their support rolls and are then withdrawn axially from the mill.

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