Hexagonal Stand Housing With Integrated Fluid Lines for Flexible Mill Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stand housings for rolling metal rods, wires, or pipes in rolling mills lack flexibility in position and configuration, requiring laborious adjustments for water and cooling medium connections, and have inefficient space utilization.
Innovation Solution
A stand housing with a hexagonal shape and integrated water and air connections on non-adjacent side surfaces, allowing flexible positioning and orientation, and a monobloc design with eccentric adjustment for rollers, enabling efficient and compact operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a rectangular stand housing is used with conventional water connections, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the stand requires laborious alterations for different configurations and positions
Solution Approach 1:
The stand housing is designed with multiple water feed openings (at least three) positioned at different locations, allowing the same housing to be used in various positions and configurations within the rolling mill without requiring alterations. Each opening can serve as an inlet or outlet depending on the operational configuration, making the housing universal for different stands and arrangements
Solution Approach 2:
The water feed openings are strategically positioned at asymmetric locations on the housing surface, specifically arranged so that at least one opening is positioned such that when the stand is received in a stand base, the opening faces away from the stand base. This asymmetric arrangement enables flexible connection to cooling medium sources from different directions without requiring symmetric modifications to the housing structure
2Adaptability or versatility
If the stand housing is designed for multiple positions and configurations, then adaptability is improved, but space utilization becomes inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The water feed openings are positioned at different spatial locations and orientations on the housing, utilizing three-dimensional space efficiently. By distributing openings at various heights, angles, and positions on the housing surface, the design accommodates multiple operational configurations without increasing the overall housing volume, effectively using spatial arrangement rather than adding size
3Ease of operation
If water feed openings are positioned for flexible stand positioning, then ease of operation is improved, but the risk of water penetration into the stand base increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of positioning water feed openings to face toward the stand base for easy connection, the design intentionally positions at least one water feed opening to face away from the stand base when the stand is installed. This inverted approach maintains ease of operation by providing accessible openings while simultaneously preventing water from flowing directly into the stand base during installation or operation
Data Source
AI summary
The present application relates to a stand housing (10) for a stand (1) for rolling metal rods, wires or pipes along a rolling axis (19), wherein the stand housing (10) comprises an outside (12) having six side surfaces (14.1-14.6) which, viewed along the rolling axis (19), form edges of a regular hexagon, an inlet side (15), and an outlet side (13). In this case, at least one water feed opening (43.1, 43.2, 43.3) is arranged on three of the side surfaces (14.1, 14.3, 14.5) that are not adjacent in each case, which opening is designed to conduct water through the interior of the stand housing (10) to a water outlet opening (42.1, 42.2, 42.3) in the outlet side (13) or in the inlet side (15).