A roll bender apparatus is disclosed for bending a work piece, the apparatus including a base, a bending roller rotatably disposed on the base, a first guide roller rotatably disposed on base. and a second guide roller rotatably disposed on the base. A first work piece guide assembly is movable about the first guide roller and a second work piece guide assembly movable about the second guide roller. The first and second work piece guide assemblies are oriented to receive the work piece, and the first and second work piece guide assemblies are configured to move about the first and second guide rollers respectively in response to the work piece being bent as the work piece is advanced between the bending roller and the first and second guide rollers.

A roll bender apparatus is disclosed for bending a work piece, the apparatus including a base, a bending roller rotatably disposed on the base, a first guide roller rotatably disposed on base. and a second guide roller rotatably disposed on the base. A first work piece guide assembly is movable about the first guide roller and a second work piece guide assembly movable about the second guide roller. The first and second work piece guide assemblies are oriented to receive the work piece, and the first and second work piece guide assemblies are configured to move about the first and second guide rollers respectively in response to the work piece being bent as the work piece is advanced between the bending roller and the first and second guide rollers.

A roll bender apparatus is disclosed for bending a work piece, the apparatus including a base, a bending roller rotatably disposed on the base, a first guide roller rotatably disposed on base. and a second guide roller rotatably disposed on the base. A first work piece guide assembly is movable about the first guide roller and a second work piece guide assembly movable about the second guide roller. The first and second work piece guide assemblies are oriented to receive the work piece, and the first and second work piece guide assemblies are configured to move about the first and second guide rollers respectively in response to the work piece being bent as the work piece is advanced between the bending roller and the first and second guide rollers.

A roll bender apparatus is disclosed for bending a work piece, the apparatus including a base, a bending roller rotatably disposed on the base, a first guide roller rotatably disposed on base. and a second guide roller rotatably disposed on the base. A first work piece guide assembly is movable about the first guide roller and a second work piece guide assembly movable about the second guide roller. The first and second work piece guide assemblies are oriented to receive the work piece, and the first and second work piece guide assemblies are configured to move about the first and second guide rollers respectively in response to the work piece being bent as the work piece is advanced between the bending roller and the first and second guide rollers.

A rolling mill for solid elongated products, defining a rolling axis, including first and second rolling stations. Each station includes a load-bearing structure, a removable roll-holder cartridge with three rolling rolls movable radially and rotating around three equally spaced axes of rotation, and a roll having a vertical rotational axis. Three actuators mount on the load-bearing structure; three gear motor groups connect to the rolls by single extensions. The position of the second station rolls is rotated 60° from the first stations. The rolls with a vertical axis of the first and second stations are arranged on opposite sides of the rolling axis. All rolling stations allow lateral extraction of roll-holder cartridges from the same side of the rolling mill. The stations on the cartridge extraction side have actuators movable relative to the load-bearing structure. The stations with vertical rolls arranged on the opposite side have fixed actuators.

A rolling mill for solid elongated products, defining a rolling axis, including first and second rolling stations. Each station includes a load-bearing structure, a removable roll-holder cartridge with three rolling rolls movable radially and rotating around three equally spaced axes of rotation, and a roll having a vertical rotational axis. Three actuators mount on the load-bearing structure; three gear motor groups connect to the rolls by single extensions. The position of the second station rolls is rotated 60° from the first stations. The rolls with a vertical axis of the first and second stations are arranged on opposite sides of the rolling axis. All rolling stations allow lateral extraction of roll-holder cartridges from the same side of the rolling mill. The stations on the cartridge extraction side have actuators movable relative to the load-bearing structure. The stations with vertical rolls arranged on the opposite side have fixed actuators.

A rolling mill for solid elongated products, defining a rolling axis, including first and second rolling stations. Each station includes a load-bearing structure, a removable roll-holder cartridge with three rolling rolls movable radially and rotating around three equally spaced axes of rotation, and a roll having a vertical rotational axis. Three actuators mount on the load-bearing structure; three gear motor groups connect to the rolls by single extensions. The position of the second station rolls is rotated 60° from the first stations. The rolls with a vertical axis of the first and second stations are arranged on opposite sides of the rolling axis. All rolling stations allow lateral extraction of roll-holder cartridges from the same side of the rolling mill. The stations on the cartridge extraction side have actuators movable relative to the load-bearing structure. The stations with vertical rolls arranged on the opposite side have fixed actuators.

A rolling mill for solid elongated products, defining a rolling axis, including first and second rolling stations. Each station includes a load-bearing structure, a removable roll-holder cartridge with three rolling rolls movable radially and rotating around three equally spaced axes of rotation, and a roll having a vertical rotational axis. Three actuators mount on the load-bearing structure; three gear motor groups connect to the rolls by single extensions. The position of the second station rolls is rotated 60° from the first stations. The rolls with a vertical axis of the first and second stations are arranged on opposite sides of the rolling axis. All rolling stations allow lateral extraction of roll-holder cartridges from the same side of the rolling mill. The stations on the cartridge extraction side have actuators movable relative to the load-bearing structure. The stations with vertical rolls arranged on the opposite side have fixed actuators.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing profiled metal strips (1, 1), in which a metal strip (1, 1) with predefinable material thickness consisting, in particular, of stainless steel is wound up on a coil (4) and guided through a rolling stand (W1-W4) containing several rolls (2, 3, 2, 3), wherein at least the rolls (2, 3) that effectively interact with the metal strip (1, 1) are provided with a predefinable topography (8, 9), by means of which profiles with profile depths >250 m can be produced on both sides of the metal strip (1, 1) depending on the geometry of the topography (8, 9) of the rolls (2, 3), and wherein the metal strip (1, 1) is subsequent to its profiling wound up on a coil (5) and, if so required, subjected to a thermal post-treatment.

The present application relates to a stand (1) for rolling metal rods, wires or pipes along a rolling axis (19), which stand comprises a stand housing (10), the outside (12) of which, viewed along the rolling axis (19), comprises at least six side surfaces (14.1-14.6) that are arranged so as to be offset about the rolling axis, about a 60 rotation in each case, wherein in each case two side surfaces (14.1, 14.4, 14.2, 14.5, 14.3, 14.6) form a pair of side surfaces (14.1-14.6) that are located in parallel with one another. It further comprises three rollers (20.1-20.3) which are positioned on one roller shaft in each case, surround the rolling axis (19) in a star-shaped manner, and together form a caliber (21), and the radial position of which, based on the rolling axis (19), can be set for setting the caliber (21), and an adjustment connector (30) that is arranged on the outside (12) and is intended for introducing an adjustment torque for setting the caliber (21). In this case, the adjustment connector (30) comprises a gear shaft which is in parallel with a pair of the mutually parallel side surfaces.