Investigation study for different parameters affecting the cold rolling process of flat aluminum plates

Abstract EN

Metal rolling processes are usually subjected to continuous development for increasing the
efficiency of metals industry and broadening the applicability of soft metals in the structural
applications.

During this study, cold plate rolling have been conducted under different
conditions.

Particularly, the rolling power and the resulted separating force have been
analyzed after changing the roll diameter, the draft thickness, and the lubricant type.

It was
observed that, decreasing the reduction by pass and reducing the roll diameter could minimize
the need for high power during operation.

It was also noticed that, among the different
experiments, using olive and paraffin oil as lubricant at the roll-metal surface show a
significant effect on reducing the power consumption and increasing the rolling process
efficiency in a high agreement with the mathematical modeling.