Investigation Study for Different Parameters Affecting the Cold Rolling Process of Flat Aluminum Plates

Abstract

Metal rolling processes are usually subjected to continuous development for increasing the efficiency of metals industry and broadening the applicability of soft metals in the structural applications. During this study, cold plate rolling have been conducted under different conditions. Particularly, the rolling power and the resulted separating force have been analyzed after changing the roll diameter, the draft thickness, and the lubricant type. It was observed that, decreasing the reduction by pass and reducing the roll diameter could minimize the need for high power during operation. It was also noticed that, among the different experiments, using olive and paraffin oil as lubricant at the roll-metal surface show a significant effect on reducing the power consumption and increasing the rolling process efficiency in a high agreement with the mathematical modeling.