This section provides an overview for rolling mills as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 11 rolling mill manufacturers and their company rankings.
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Rolling Mills are used in steel mills to stretch steel. Here, stretching steel is called rolling. The number of Rolling Mills is determined by the final thickness of the steel produced in the mill.
Rolling Mills stretch the steel by crushing it between motor-driven rolls, controlling the thickness (width) to a target value, which varies from product to product.
During rolling, the steel heated in the furnace must be stretched before the temperature drops (because the steel will not be stretched if the temperature drops).
Rolling Mills are used to stretch steel, as mentioned in the overview. Although it varies from mill to mill, the main flow of Rolling Mills consists of one to five Roughing Mills that roughly stretch the thick steel coming out of the furnace, followed by five to eight Finishing Mills that finish the steel to the actual thickness of the product.
Rolling Mills can be broadly classified into Roughing Mills and Finishing Mills. Some roughing mills are equipped with a function called reverse rolling, in which the rolled steel is returned to the front of the rolling mills and rolled again in the same rolling mills. This method allows thick steel to be rolled to a certain degree of thinness.
Rolling Mills roll iron between two rolls. The pressing function is called pressing down and is driven electrically or hydraulically.
In order to control the thickness at the exit side of each Rolling Mills, the electric pressurization is performed by attaching a position detector to the screw, etc. to detect its position linearly, and the amount of pressure drop is calculated to determine the thickness of the material.
In the case of hydraulic pressing, the material thickness is calculated by linearly monitoring the position of the cylinder inside the presser. In most cases, roughing Mills use only electric rolling, while finishing Rolling Mills use a combination of electric and hydraulic rolling (hydraulic rolling has less unevenness due to its superior sliding properties).
In addition, the finishing mill uses a control method called automatic gap control (AGC), which combines a thickness gauge such as an x-ray or gamma ray with thickness feedback to eliminate errors from the target thickness. Therefore, AGC is controlled by a combination of these factors.
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Ranking as of March 2023 in United States of America
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1 | A.S. Precision Machines Private Limited | 100% |
Ranking as of March 2023 Globally
Derivation MethodRank | Company | Click Share |
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1 | A.S. Precision Machines Private Limited | 100% |
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