Research of Load Distribution between Working and Backup Rolls of Sheet Levelling Machine with Regard to Gaps and Heat Strain

Abstract

The article addresses to distribution of loading between working and backup rolls of sheet levelling machines taking into account presence of initial gaps between them and heating that occurs during the straightening process, which is especially important in case of the high-temperature straightening. For levelling machines with a single row of backup rolls calculated dependencies were obtained to evaluate loads suffered by backup roll taking into account factors under this study and the analysis of results for the 9-roll straightening machine were carried out. The analysis showed a significant overload suffered by backup rolls. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.