ABSTRACT
Thetwoprincipalcausesofrolldeformationinrollingmillsareasfollows[1,26]: a)Rolldeformationcausedbyrollingload. b)Rolldeformationcausedbystripprofileactuators. Rolldeformationcausedbyrollingload-Inthegeneralcaseofrollingina2-highmillasshownin
Fig.18.1,theworkpieceisplasticallydeformedbetweenthetworollswhiletherollingloadisappliedto theendsoftheworkrolls.Thisnaturallyproducesdeflectionoftheworkrollwhichleadstoastrip profilehavingashapethatdependsonvariousfactors,suchasmillgeometry,striphardnessandwidth, rollingload,draft,etc.
