
An improved guide roller assembly is utilized in a roller guide to guide or direct high-speed rolled stock. The guide roller assembly includes a fixed axle on which a rotatable guide wheel or roller is mounted. A drive ring or turbine wheel is provided within the guide roller. When the guide roller is to be accelerated to the speed of the rolled stock, fluid under pressure is conducted through one or more passages formed in the axle and directed against reaction surfaces formed on the drive ring...











