Media Coupling for Rolling Mill Chock
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing media coupling systems for roll stands require additional actuators and separate control systems for coupling and locking movements, leading to increased equipment and operational complexity, as well as an unchangeable vertical distance between the media coupling and locking element.
Innovation Solution
The media coupling system integrates the locking device's actuator to perform both locking and coupling movements, allowing for synchronous operation and reducing the need for a separate control system, with a vertically displaceable coupling element carrier enabling adjustable vertical movement during coupling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If a separate actuator is added to the locking device to execute coupling movement, then the coupling process can be automated, but the device complexity and equipment outlay increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the coupling movement execution with the existing locking device's actuator. The single actuator is designed to perform both locking and coupling functions through integrated actuating gears, eliminating the need for separate actuators and control systems while maintaining full automation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The locking device's actuator is designed with multi-functionality to execute both locking movements and coupling movements. By making the actuator universal, the system avoids additional equipment outlay and control complexity while achieving complete automation of the coupling process
2Device complexity
If the vertical distance between media coupling and locking element is fixed, then the locking device structure is simplified, but the coupling process cannot accommodate roll gap adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a vertically displaceable coupling element carrier that can move along the locking element's travel path. This dynamic arrangement allows the coupling element to be positioned at different vertical locations during the locking process, enabling both roll gap adjustments and maintaining a relatively simple locking device structure
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling element is separated from the locking element and placed on a independently displaceable carrier. This segmentation allows the coupling element to move vertically relative to the locking element while the locking device structure remains relatively simple, providing adaptability for different roll gap requirements
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AI summary
The invention relates to a media coupling (12) for a roller installation piece which can be locked in a roller stand by means of a locking device (24), wherein the media coupling (12) has a first coupling part (16) arranged on the roller installation piece and a second coupling part (17) arranged on the roller stand, which serves to connect an external media line to a media line formed on the roller installation piece, wherein the locking device (24) of the roller installation piece serves to execute a coupling movement between the first coupling part (16) and the second coupling part (17).