PLATE ROLLING MILL AND PLATE ROLLING METHOD

摘要

Disclosed is a plate rolling mill wherein a kiss roll-tightening state such as zero point adjusting work before rolling, and deviations in offset of work rolls in the right/left or up/down directions of a rolling mill during rolling are eliminated, and such problems as warpage of a plate and meandering or camber caused by a thrust force produced between a work roll and a reinforcing roll are eliminated. The plate rolling mill comprises a pair of upper and lower work rolls being driven by an electric motor, a pair of upper and lower reinforcing rolls for supporting rolling reactions being loaded on to the work rolls by touching the work rolls, and a device for loading an external force substantially in the horizontal direction on to the upper and lower work rolls, respectively, characterized in that the external force in the horizontal direction being loaded on to the work rolls is in the same direction as the horizontal components of rolling reactions being loaded on to the work rolls by offset in the rolling direction, and the external force in the horizontal direction loaded on to the work rolls is supported by the project block of a rolling mill housing or a supporting member of a work roll chock. A plate rolling method using the plate rolling mill is also provided.