Disclosed is a system for use in a rolling mill having: (a) a roll holder housing a plurality of rollers; (b) a smart module coupled to the roll holder, the smart module comprising: (1) a power source powering the smart module; (2) a microcontroller; (3) a motor, the motor, based on instructions from the microcontroller, controlling a position of the plurality of rollers by moving the roll holder; (4) one or more position sensors, the one or more position sensors detecting the position of the roll holder; and (5) a communication module, the communication module communicating with a central controlling computer to: (i) communicate the position of the roll holder and other sensor data to the central controlling computer, and (ii) receive instructions from the central controlling computer to control the position of the roll holder.

Disclosed is a system for use in a rolling mill having: (a) a roll holder housing a plurality of rollers; (b) a smart module coupled to the roll holder, the smart module comprising: (1) a power source powering the smart module; (2) a microcontroller; (3) a motor, the motor, based on instructions from the microcontroller, controlling a position of the plurality of rollers by moving the roll holder; (4) one or more position sensors, the one or more position sensors detecting the position of the roll holder; and (5) a communication module, the communication module communicating with a central controlling computer to: (i) communicate the position of the roll holder and other sensor data to the central controlling computer, and (ii) receive instructions from the central controlling computer to control the position of the roll holder.

A device for producing strip material, such as a hot strip. The device includes lateral guide elements which are arranged on both sides of the strip material and, in particular, along a roller table having several rollers, and at least one rotating wear body on each side guide element. In order to minimize the wear of guide elements when transporting the strip material over a roller conveyor, a speed control device regulates a rate of speed of the at least one wear element. Further, a position control device is provided for setting an extended position of the at least one wear element. The position control device sends control signals to a positioning drive for extending the at least one wear body to an extended position.

The invention relates to an intermediate stand guide (3) on a vertical roll stand (1) of a rolling line for guiding the rolled material into a horizontal roll stand (2) or out of a horizontal roll stand (2) having at least one guide element (4), which is mounted on the vertical roll stand (1) and is adjustable jointly with an adjustment movement of a vertical roll (6) assigned thereto and which follows the adjustment movement of the vertical roll (6), wherein the guide element (4) is arranged set back transversely to the rolling direction by a predefined offset dimension (X′) to the edge of the vertical roll (6) engaged with the rolled material, wherein the guide element (4) is connected to a traverse (5) of the vertical roll stand (1) and the offset dimension (X′) is pre-definable via an installation distance of the vertical roll (6) to the traverse (5) of the vertical roll stand (1).

The invention relates to an intermediate stand guide (3) on a vertical roll stand (1) of a rolling line for guiding the rolled material into a horizontal roll stand (2) or out of a horizontal roll stand (2) having at least one guide element (4), which is mounted on the vertical roll stand (1) and is adjustable jointly with an adjustment movement of a vertical roll (6) assigned thereto and which follows the adjustment movement of the vertical roll (6), wherein the guide element (4) is arranged set back transversely to the rolling direction by a predefined offset dimension (X′) to the edge of the vertical roll (6) engaged with the rolled material, wherein the guide element (4) is connected to a traverse (5) of the vertical roll stand (1) and the offset dimension (X′) is pre-definable via an installation distance of the vertical roll (6) to the traverse (5) of the vertical roll stand (1).

An intermediate stand guide on a vertical roll stand of a rolling line for guiding the rolled material into a horizontal roll stand or out of a horizontal roll stand having at least one guide element, which is mounted on the vertical roll stand and is adjustable jointly with an adjustment movement of a vertical roll assigned thereto and which follows the adjustment movement of the vertical roll. The guide element is arranged set back transversely to the rolling direction by a predefined offset dimension to the edge of the vertical roll engaged with the rolled material. The guide element is connected to a traverse of the vertical roll stand and the offset dimension is pre-definable via an installation distance of the vertical roll to the traverse of the vertical roll stand.

An intermediate stand guide on a vertical roll stand of a rolling line for guiding the rolled material into a horizontal roll stand or out of a horizontal roll stand having at least one guide element, which is mounted on the vertical roll stand and is adjustable jointly with an adjustment movement of a vertical roll assigned thereto and which follows the adjustment movement of the vertical roll. The guide element is arranged set back transversely to the rolling direction by a predefined offset dimension to the edge of the vertical roll engaged with the rolled material. The guide element is connected to a traverse of the vertical roll stand and the offset dimension is pre-definable via an installation distance of the vertical roll to the traverse of the vertical roll stand.

A roller guide (1) for guiding stock in a longitudinal feeding direction (A) toward a pair of rolls for shaping the stock. The roller guide comprises a frame arrangement (2), a pair of guide rollers (3, 4) configured to, in a closed position, engage opposite surface portions of the stock,and positioning means for adjusting a lateral distance between the guide rollers. The roller guide further comprises detection means (13) configured to detect a longitudinal position of a piece of stock (20) with respect to the guide rollers. The positioning means is configured to adjust the lateral distance between the guide rollers in response to said detection.

A method influences the geometry of a rolled item in a controlled manner. In the method, the rolled item is transformed from an initial condition into an intermediate or final condition by rolling with the aid of a rolling stand having at least one processing assembly. An improvement in the geometry of the rolled item, particularly during processing of asymmetric rolled items, is achieved in that the at least one processing assembly is operated in a force-controlled manner on the basis of a desired force.

The invention relates to a device for producing strip material, in particular hot strip, comprising: lateral guide elements (5) which are arranged on both sides of the strip material (4), in particular along a roller table (1) with several rollers (2), at least one rotating wear body (6) on each side guide element (5).

In order to further minimize the wear of guide elements when transporting hot strip over a roller conveyor, the invention proposes a speed control device (7) for setting a speed of the at least one wear element, a position control device (9) for setting an extended position of the at least one wear element and a positioning drive (13) for extending the at least one wear body to an extended position.