SEAL ASSEMBLY AND NECK SEAL FOR ROLLING MILL

摘要

A seal assembly for use in an oil film bearing rotatably supporting a roll in a rolling mill. The seal assembly includes a flexible seal 24a mounted on a tapered intermediate section 14 of the roll neck for rotation with the roll and within a fixed circular seal end plate 36a. The seal end plate has a stepped interior defining annular inboard 32a and outboard 34a sealing surfaces, with the outboard sealing surface having a diameter larger than the diameter of the inboard sealing surface. The flexible seal has inboard 26a and outboard 28a flanges projecting radially into contact respectively with the inboard and outboard sealing surfaces of the seal end plate.