Within a housing, divided backing bearing assembled shafts are each moved on any one of a housing bore upper surface 8a constituting the housing, spray frame upper surfaces 9, and rails 13, 19, and 20 of a changing carriage 12 by a sliding apparatuses, and outside the housing, the divided backing bearing assembled shafts are extracted from within the housing or inserted into the housing by being moved on the rails 13, 19, and 20 of the changing carriage 12 by sliding apparatuses. There are thus provided a rolling mill that makes changing of divided backing bearing assembled shafts in the rolling mill easier than conventional, and a method of changing the divided backing bearing assembled shafts in the rolling mill.

Within a housing, divided backing bearing assembled shafts are each moved on any one of a housing bore upper surface 8a constituting the housing, spray frame upper surfaces 9, and rails 13, 19, and 20 of a changing carriage 12 by sliding apparatuses, and outside the housing, the divided backing bearing assembled shafts are extracted from within the housing or inserted into the housing by being moved on the rails 13, 19, and 20 of the changing carriage 12 by sliding apparatuses. There are thus provided a rolling mill that makes changing of divided backing bearing assembled shafts in the rolling mill, and a method of changing the divided backing bearing assembled shafts in the rolling mill.