We report on a comparative Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) multi-scale roughness analysis of cold rolled Al alloy and steel roll, in order to characterize the roughness transfer from the steel roll to the workpiece in cold strip rolling processes. More than three orders of length-scale magnitudes were investigated from 100 microns to 50 nanometers on both types of surfaces. The analysis reveals t...

research scientist, Quaker Chemical Corp., Uithoorn, The Netherlands [email protected] Cold rolling involves intensive frictional contact between two highly loaded metallic surfaces in sliding contact. Together with the deformation-related parameters, such as hardness and reduction, the frictional conditions in the roll bite determine the roll forces and torques required for rolling (Figu...

The cold metal rolling industry needs reliable and accurate models to improve predictions of surface finish and friction and thus increase productivity and improve quality. These models are used in setup programs for schedule optimisation, for on-line control algorithms and to help determine process improvements. In most cold rolling operations, lubricant is used to reduce frictional forces, to...

deformation length is one of the most important parameters in cold roll-forming process, which plays a fundamental role in determining the inter-distance between the stations and rate of deformation. deformation length was first introduced by bhattacharyya. he also obtained a closed-form relation for this length in roll-forming of symmetric channel section. in this paper, deformation length in ...

strip tearing during cold rolling process has always been considered among the main concerns for steel companies. several works have been done so far regarding the examination of the issue. in this paper, experimental data from cold rolling tandem mill is used for detecting strip tearing. sensors are placed across the cold rolling tandem mill. they receive information on parameters (such as ang...

ISSN 2277 – 5056 | © 2012 Bonfring Abstract--A FEM simulation study was carried out to investigate the influence of the rolling parameters on the rolling process. Using commercial FEM software, ABAQUS, a number of cases were studied. In this paper, a twodimensional Elastic-plastic finite element model to simulate the cold rolling of thick strip with different roll angular velocity and roll diam...

Roll clouds and associated roll convection, are fairly common features of the atmospheric boundary layer. While these organized cumuliform clouds are found over many regions of the planet, they are quite ubiquitous near the edge of the polar ice sheets. In particular, during periods of off-ice flow, when cold polar air flows from the ice pack over the relatively warm ocean water, strong boundar...

cage roll forming is one of the new methods of cold roll forming process which is widely used for producing erw pipes. in addition to less production cost and time, using cage roll forming provides smooth deformation on the strip. few studies can be found about cage roll forming because of its complexity, and the available knowledge is more experience-based and not science-based. in this paper,...

Industrial applications require parts of components with specific surface properties such are good corrosion resistance, wear resistance and hardness. Alloys with those properties are usually very expensive and there is a great interest in reducing the cost of components for fulfilling these requirements. In this sense, laser surface processing has been used as a cost-effective technique to imp...

The confinement of light within a hollow core (a large air hole) in a silica-air photonic crystal fiber is demonstrated. Only certain wavelength bands are confined and guided down the fiber, each band corresponding to the presence of a full two-dimensional band gap in the photonic crystal cladding. Single-mode vacuum waveguides have a multitude of potential applications from ultrahigh-power tra...