The project Intercool evaluated the possibility to integrate the application of interstand cooling and strip surface chilling into the design of the work roll cooling system with a minimum water cooling pressure. It opens the possibility to increase the strip temperature homogeneity and to...

The objective of this pilot and demonstration project was the industrialisation of the intensive, low pressure and high turbulent Water Pillow Cushion (WPC) cooling technology in the cold rolling mill for work roll cooling and strip cooling. This project aimed to improve the cooling performance...

The objective of this pilot and demonstration project was the industrialisation of the intensive, low pressure and high turbulent Water Pillow Cushion (WPC) cooling technology in the cold rolling mill for work roll cooling and strip cooling. This project aimed to improve the cooling performance...

This report describes the work done in the LOWWEAR project. The project objectives were to increase the fundamental understanding of wear in cold rolling processes, to experimentally determine the rolling parameters that have an influence and to develop (online) methods to measure wear. The...

The use of lubrication during hot rolling presents a lot of advantages. One of the main advantages is the considerably high reduction of rolling force, which leads besides the energy saving (up to 15%) to a reduction of roll wear (longer rolling campaigns and roll lifetime). Product surface...