Analysis Of Rolls Wear During The Ribbed Bars Multi-Slit Rolling Process

An analysis of the roll wear in the multi-strand rolling of reinforced concrete ribbed bars has been made in the study. In the technology under consideration, the longitudinal partition of the band takes place in special slitting passes, while the separation of individual strands – in idle separating rollers. During rolling, the slitting passes undergo fast wear compared to the remaining passes of the rolling line. The paper reports the results of theoretical and experimental examinations, on the basis of which the wear of the slitting passes in the 16 mm-diameter ribbed bar three-strand rolling process has been determined. The theoretical examination was done using the Forge2011® software program, while experimental tests were carried out in a D350 medium-size continuous rolling mill. Based on the analysis of the investigation results, the wear coefficient was established for the slitting passes, which allowed the determination of their quantitative wear.

Slitting Criterion for Various Slitting Roll Geometry in MSR Rolling Process

The main idea of multi slit rolling (MSR) technology is the capability of producing two, three, four and even five rods simultaneously from a single strip in a hot rolling process. Correct separation of the joined strips is one of the major problems in the MSR process. High tensile stresses (perpendicular to the rolling direction) are generated during movement of the band by the slitting rolls in the joining bridge. Critical value of the slitting criterion is mainly affected by geometry of the slitting rolls (angle, dimension and mass of the slitting rolls), temperature of the band and rolling speed. This paper presents results of numerical analysis of influence of the slitting roll angle on value of normalized Cockroft – Latham criterion during double slitting rolling process.