APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF PROCESSING BILLETS IN A ROLLING MILL

摘要

A rolling mill has roughing, intermediate and finishing roll stands on a first s ide of a billet reheating furnace, and a breakdown mill on an opposite second side of t he furnace. Billets are heated to an elevated rolling temperature in the furnace and are the n ejected to the second side of the furnace for rolling in the breakdown mill before being di rected back through the furnace for continued rolling into finished products at the first si de of the furnace in the roughing, intermediate and finishing roll stands.