Straightening machine with a modular interchangeable casette system

Abstract

A straightening machine having an allocated straightening roll drive including a top bearing frame and a bottom bearing frame, in which a plurality of straightening rolls and supporting rolls are held in a cassette-like manner and arranged in an interchangeable manner. An improved adaptability of a straightening machine to different straightening requirements and straightening areas is achieved in that all the straightening rolls and supporting roils respectively arranged in the top and/or bottom bearing frame are distributed into several straightening roll segments that are modularly adapted to one another and each configured in the form of an interchangeable cassette. Each straightening roll segment includes at least one layer of supporting rolls and at least one allocated straightening roll.

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         10 . A straightening machine having an associated straightening roll drive, comprising: an upper bearing frame; a lower bearing frame; and a plurality of straightening rolls and supporting rollers held in the upper bearing frame and the lower bearing frame in a cassette-like manner and arranged so as to be replaceable, wherein all the straightening rolls and supporting rollers, which are arranged respectively in the upper and/or lower bearing frame, are divided into multiple straightening roll segments, which are coordinated with one another in a modular manner and are realized in each case as a replaceable interchangeable cassette, wherein each straightening roll segment includes at least one layer of supporting rollers and at least one associated straightening roil, 
     
     
         11 . The straightening machine according to  claim 10 , wherein the straightening roil segments, which are coordinated with one another in a modular manner, are configured so as to be replaceable individually or in groups and are arranged in the upper bearing frame and/or the lower bearing frame. 
     
     
         12 . The straightening machine according to  claim 10 , wherein ail the straightening rolls and all the supporting rollers arranged in the upper bearing frame and all the straightening rolls and all the supporting rollers arranged in the lower bearing frame are arranged in multiple straightening roll segments that are each coordinated with one another in a modular manner and are configured as a replaceable interchangeable cassette. 
     
     
         13 . The straightening machine according to  claim 10 , wherein all the straightening rolls and the supporting rollers, which are arranged respectively in the upper bearing frame and/or the lower bearing frame, are divided into identical or variously dimensioned types of modular straightening roll segments and/or replacement cassettes. 
     
     
         14 . The straightening machine according to  claim 10 , wherein all the straightening rolls and the supporting rollers, which are arranged respectively in the upper bearing frame and/or the lower bearing frame, are divided, with reference to a respective straightening roll diameter and/or supporting roller diameter and/or with reference to a respective number of straightening rolls and/or number of supporting rollers, into types of modular straightening roll segments and/or interchangeable cassettes which are fitted variously with straightening rolls and/or supporting rollers. 
     
     
         15 . The straightening machine according to  claim 10 , wherein the individual modular straightening roll segments form interchangeable cassettes of an interchangeable cassette system that are replaceable for one another individually or in groups. 
     
     
         16 . The straightening machine according to  claim 15 , wherein the interchangeable cassette system includes variously dimensioned types of modular straightening roll segments and/or interchangeable cassettes. 
     
     
         17 . The straightening machine according to  claim 15 , wherein the interchangeable cassette system includes types of modular straightening roll segments and/or interchangeable cassettes that are fitted variously with straightening rolls and/or supporting rollers with reference to a respective straightening roll diameter and/or supporting roller diameter and/or with reference to a respective number of straightening rolls and/or number of supporting rollers, 
     
     
         18 . The straightening machine according to  claim 10 , further comprising at least one of: means for detecting and/or storing material parameters of a material to be straightened; and means for detecting and/or storing method parameters which act on each and every modular straightening roll segment during a straightening operation and/or status parameters which are automatically adjusted on each and every modular straightening roll segment after a straightening operation.