Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved mechanical lock for use in conjunction with hydraulically actuated piston/cylinder assemblies employed to mount bearings. SOLUTION: The oil film bearing B is seated on a tapered neck 10 of a rolling mill roll by a hydraulically actuated piston 26/cylinder 28 unit. The piston 26/cylinder 28 unit is axially confined by externally threaded locking arms seated in a groove 14 in a roll neck. A locknut 58 is threaded onto the locking arms. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improving method of a hydraulic driving device for urging an oil film bearing onto and off of a roll neck. SOLUTION: A hydraulically actuated piston/cylinder unit 50 is mounted on a cylindrical section 56 of a roll neck. The cylindrical neck section is delimited at one end by a circular shoulder 20 on the roll neck 12, and at the opposite end by a circular groove 22 in the roll neck 22. A retaining ring 66 has lock arms pivotally movable into seated positions in the groove 22. The piston/cylinder unit is operable in a first mode in an abutting relationship with the lock arms to urge the bearing 36 onto the roll neck 12, and is operative in a second mode in an abutting relationship with the shoulder 20 to urge the bearing 36 off of the roll neck 12. The piston/cylinder unit and the lock arms having complimentary tapered surfaces arranged to coact in urging the lock arms inwardly into their seated positions in response to the abutment of the piston/cylinder unit with the lock arms. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oil film bearing assembly for supporting freely rotatably the neck part of the roll of a rolling mill. SOLUTION: The neck part of the roll 10 of the rolling mill is supported freely rotatably. The bearing assembly includes a housing comprising a sleeve bearing 36 and a thrust bearing 34. The bearing assembly is held in the axial direction in the neck part of the roll because of interactions of an annular lock assembly 44 with the thrust bearing. The lock assembly is housed in the axial direction in the neck part of the roll, in a mechanical mutual engaged state and freely rotatable state from this engaged state. A first bearing element 66 is supported in the lock assembly, also projected inward from the lock assembly and brought into contact with the surface of the neck part of the roll in a first place. A second bearing element is projected inward from the housing and brought into contact with the outside of the lock assembly in a second place away from the first place in the axial direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of at least partially filling a keyway in a metal sleeve 8 of a rolling mill oil film bearing. SOLUTION: The method comprises a step of machining a pocket into the keyway. A metal key 16 has a shape complementary to that of the pocket with at least one external dimension exceeding each internal dimension of the pocket. The key 16 is thermally shrunk to reduce at least one external dimension to be sufficiently adaptable to insert the key 16 into the pocket. The thermally shrunk key 16 is then inserted into the pocket, and an interference fit is formed between the key 16 and the pocket by thermal expansion. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oil outlet for removing oil from a rolling mill bearing. SOLUTION: In an oil film bearing for a rolling mill, in which a bushing is fixed within a choke, the bushing has an internal bearing surface surrounding a rotating journal surface of a roll, and oil is introduced into a gap between the journal and bearing surfaces. After the thus introduced oil is rotatably propelled by the rotating journal surfaces, the oil is discharged tangentially from both ends of the gap. The oil outlet includes a cover defining a groove adjacent to one end of the gap. The groove is positioned and configured to receive the oil discharged from the gap and to redirect the oil along a circular path. An outlet passageway communicates with the groove. The passageway is arranged substantially tangentially to the circular path to receive the oil discharged from the groove. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seal end plate preventing leakage from occurring. SOLUTION: A seal end plate is configured and dimensioned to surround the neck of a horizontal roll2 in a rolling mill and comprizes a circular plate body 45 fixed to a chock 18 at a location surrounding a flexible neck seal 28. The plate body 45 has shoulders 48a, 48b extending axially from its outboard side and a rigid flange 46 extending radially from the shoulders. At least one recess is positioned at a juncture between the shoulders and the rigid flange 46. A drainage passageway leads from the recess to an oil well on the outboard side of the plate body 45. The drainage passageway is located in a zone angularly spaced from horizontal and vertical reference planes bisecting the seal end plate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a neck seal which is used in an oil film bearing assembly to a roll in a rolling mill. SOLUTION: The neck seal 24 is mounted to a taper-shaped neck part 14 of the roll 10 and rotated together with the neck part 14 in a position where is surrounded with a seal end plate 44 fixed to a choke 22. The neck seal 24 presents a flexible annular body having a first (inner plate) flange 32' and a second (outer plate) flange 34'. The first and the second flanges 32', 34' have structure and dimensions for bring them into sealing contact with the seal end plate 44 and are arranged with a certain interval in the axial direction so as to be projected outward in the radial direction. A first ridge 56 and a second ridge 58 which are arranged with a certain interval in the axial direction so as to be projected from the annular body to the inside of the radial direction are brought into contact with the taper part of the neck part 14. The first and the second ridges 56, 58 are lined up in the radial direction substantially with the first and the second flanges 32', 34' and connected to the flanges by the solid intermediate part of the seal main body by the same. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device holding a bearing assembly on a terminal part of a roll neck of a mill without applying special deforming. SOLUTION: The device includes an adapter 44 detachably fixed to the terminal part of the roll neck 12 by a fastening means 45 and provided with a plurality of first lugs protruding outward and first grooves interposed between the first lugs. A lock element 34 of an integral component of the bearing assembly 10 is provided on its circumference with a plurality of second lugs protruding inward and second grooves interposed between the second lugs. The lock element 34 rotates freely between an unlock position and a lock position. In the unlock position, directions of the second lugs 56 match with the first grooves of the adapter element 44, and the bearing assembly 10 can be attached and detached to the roll neck 12. In the lock position, directions of the second lugs match with the first lugs of the adapter element 44 and the bearing assembly 10 is held in a shaft of the roll neck 12.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tool to forcibly axially mount and demount a bearing assembly part in a mounting position on the neck part of the roll of a rolling machine. SOLUTION: A tool 64 is provided with a piston 74 surrounded by a cylinder 66. The piston 74 is removably fixed at the neck part 12 of a roll and the internal part of the cylinder 66 is further divided into first and second chambers. A fluid flow passage selectively pressurizes the first and second cylinders. Regarding the piston to fix the cylinder in a manner described above, the cylinder is situated such that selective displacement is executed in first and second directions, opposite to each other. Through movement in the first direction of the cylinder, a bearing assembly part 10 is forcibly displaced to its mounting position, and further through movement in the opposite second direction of the cylinder, a bearing assembly part 10 is forcibly moved from its mounting position.