US Patent Issued to SMS group on July 21 for "Roll device for rolling metal strips, roll arrangement for use in such a roll device and method for converting a roll device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,042, issued on July 21, was assigned to SMS group GmbH (Dusseldorf, Germany).

"Roll device for rolling metal strips, roll arrangement for use in such a roll device and method for converting a roll device" was invented by Edgar Filk (Netphen, Germany) and Markus Gumpel (Forst, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roll device for rolling metal strips comprises a first and a second work roll which define a roll gap therebetween, and a first and a second backup roll. In a common rolling mill stand, at least one work roll is mounted in work roll chocks and the backup rolls are mounted in backup roll chocks. The work roll chocks are de...