Rolling processes and rolling equipment using planetary tilting rollers.

摘要

A rolling method and apparatus permits a long metal blank to be rolled across its width at high rolling speed. A sun roller 2, is mounted on a machine stand 1, and a plurality of planetary rollers 9, is mounted for rolling movement around the sun roller 2. The long metal blank 14 is rolled by feeding it between the sun roller 2, and the set of planetary rollers 9, in the axial direction of the rollers. In another embodiment, a backing-up housing 28 is mounted on the machine stand 1 around a set of planetary rollers 29. The long metal blank 14 is rolled by feeding it between the set of planetary rollers 29 and the backing-up housing 28 in the axial direction of the rollers. IMAGE