Speed Idle Roll Law Optimization in a Ring Rolling Process

Abstract:

Ring Rolling is a complex hot forming process where different rolls are involved in the production of seamless rings characterized by extreme dimensions (i.e. external diameter higher more than 1m). Because each roll can be independently controlled from the other ones different speed laws must be set; usually, in the industrial environment, a milling curve is introduced to monitor the shape of the workpiece during the deformation in order to ensure a correct ring production. In former works the authors focused their attention on the influence of different milling curves for an industrial case and the results underlined that a ring produced with a good quality and lower loads and energy could be obtained imposing a linearly descending trend to the Idle roll speed law. However different approaches could be used in order to evaluate the mentioned speed law.In this work the authors enhanced the knowledge about the optimization of the Idle roll speed law: different Idle roll speed laws were designed and simulated and the results were compared in order to identify the best speed law that guarantees a good quality ring with lower loads and energy required for manufacturing.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 651-653)
• Pages: 248-253
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.651-653.248
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Luca Giorleo*, Elisabetta Ceretti, Claudio Giardini
• Keywords: FE Modeling, Idle Roll, Milling Curve, Ring Rolling Process

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