Papers by Author: Milan Kotas

Abstract: The subject of the paper is a study of the material behaviour during hot rolling. The process considered is a rolling of round bar in roughing mill group which consist of four passes. The computer simulation of the process shows that the local plastic deformations which appear in the material are extremely large. This fact can leads to extension of surface defects. The dependences of maximum local plastic deformation on geometrical parameters of the calibres have been obtained and analysed during this study. The investigations performed, led to the development of new roll pass design which almost halved the maximum value of local plastic deformation in the material during the rolling. Since full 3D FEM models needs significant amount of computer memory and CPU time, it was not suitable for the performed study which involves a bulk of simulations with different initial conditions. Therefore, the quick algorithms for simulation of rolling processes which based on so-called “2.5D” method have been used. This method, due to number of simplifications, is significant faster then conventional 3D FEM, and at the same time it allows to reach good accuracy of the model. The developed computer software SPLEN(Rolling) which implements “2.5D” FEM simulations was applied for computations and analysis of the results. This software is able to predict the shape evolution of rolled material, as well as distributions of strain, strain rate and temperature within the volume of deformation zone. It has been shown that computer simulation based on “2.5D” FEM with SPLEN(Rolling) software can by efficiently used for optimization of technological procedures in rolling industry.

Abstract: With the aid of an ASC-type finishing line (Automatic System Control) and continuous cooling of the rolled stock in water boxes, modern continuous light mills enable thermomechanical (controlled) rolling of SBQ-type rods (Special Bar Quality). During the thermomechanical forming (at different temperatures or cooling rates etc.), one can analyze the quality parameters of roundsection steel bars. In order to obtain better understanding to the forming conditions (temperature, strain and strain rate) and the possibility of cooling (related to its rate and time), an experiment involving continuous and discontinuous testing by means of a Gleeble plastometer was suggested. After its implementation, the attention was focused on the mathematical interpretation of the stressstrain characteristics of the steel and on metallographic observation of microstructural changes. The results achieved are of universal meaning and contribute to the theoretical understanding of controlled forming.