Method and apparatus for rolling of heated metallic products

The present invention relates to a method of rolling of heated metallic products to form wires, rods or seamless pipes. The products are generally massive billets with a substantially square, rectangular or round cross-sections. These billets are generally produced by rolling or continuous casting. They must be first heated to a rolling temperature at a level is known and depends on the type of the material. Then the here described rolling process is performed for producing of wires, rods or pipes. Rolling of metallic products to be heated to form wires, rods and seamless pipes, includes rolling of wires or rods as well as rolling of seamless pipes on a same rolling apparatus, and using a part of aggregates of the same rolling apparatus both for rolling of wires or rods and for rolling of pipes.