The invention relates to a rolling apparatus (1), comprising at least one upper and one lower roller (2, 3), which are disposed on a common rolling stand (8) and held in bearings that can be displaced vertically to each other for setting different roll nip heights, and each of which is supported by a support roller (4, 5), further comprising at least one axial sliding device for one of the rollers (2, 3), and comprising at least one bending apparatus comprising a bending cylinder (16) for bending the upper roller (3), characterized in that the bending apparatus comprises lateral traverses (12) and bending arms (13) on both ends of the upper roller (3), wherein the roller (3) is guided between the rollers (2, 3) by the bending arms (13) for setting the roll nip height.