Variable Thickness Rolling - A New Process for Rolled Profile Strips

Abstract:

As a result of more requirements for improving natural environment and economic environment, the manufacturing of light weight components is becoming increasingly vital in industrial development. Variable thickness rolling (VTR)-a new process for rolled profile strips (RPS) is proposed in this paper. This so-called “variable thickness rolling” is based on the utilization of a special roll system that causes the material to flow in latitudinal direction. The rolled profile strips with defined cross-sections are obtained by this process. The elastic-plastic finite element model is established to analyze the forming principle. The simulation results agree with experimental data on the whole.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 792)
• Pages: 47-52
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.792.47
• Online since: December 2018
• Authors: Xiao Gong Wang*, Xianghua Liu
• Keywords: Light Weight, Rolled Profile Strips, Variable Thickness Rolling

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