Description
Class B21B : ROLLING OF METAL
Subclass 1/06: Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section (B21B 17/00-B21B 23/00 take precedence; with respect to composition of material to be rolled B21B 3/00; extending closed shapes of metal bands by simultaneous rolling at two or more zones B21B 5/00; metal-rolling stands as units B21B 13/00; continuous casting into moulds having walls formed by moving rolls B22D 11/06); Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling heavy work, e.g. ingots, slabs, billets, in which the cross-sectional form is unimportant in a non-continuous process