US Patent 9475108 Roll-forming machine and method for roll-forming

A roll-forming machine has a stand (11) and a row of forming stations (12), which comprise frames (14, 15) for carriers (17, 18) of pair of rollers laterally displaceably mounted on the stand. An intermediate piece (16) is pivotally mounted on each frame for being pivoted about a vertical axis, and two carriers of a pair of rollers are separately laterally displaceably mounted on each intermediate piece. Each carrier of a pair of rollers comprises two axle pins for carrying a forming roller each and the two carriers of a pair of rollers have their axle pins directed towards each other.