US Patent Issued to PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 22 for "Rolling mill stand method of changing a work roll assembly thereof" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,305, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Rolling mill stand method of changing a work roll assembly thereof" was invented by Martin Philipson (Norton, Great Britain), Tom Rodgers (Sheffield, Great Britain) and Michal Walczak (Leeds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rolling mill stand for rolling a metallic product (P') that includes, inter alia: first and second movable rails arranged to allow unimpeded movement of work roll chocks of upper and lower work rolls when in an idle position during rolling operations, and replacement of the upper and lower work rolls when in a se...