ABSTRACT
Theefficiencyofaworkrollbendingsystemcanbeconvenientlyexpressedintermsoftheworkroll bendingeffectratekbwthatwasdefinedbyEq.(20-41)inChapter20.
Thestripcrowncontrolrangecanbeincreasedbyusingtwodistinctlydifferentapproaches.Thefirst approachistoincreasetherangeofvariationoftherollbendingforce.Thisapproachhowever,would requiretheuseofamorepowerfulrollbendingsystemalongwithstrongerworkrollbearings.The secondapproachistoincreasetheworkrollbendingeffectratekbwbyoptimizingthegeometrical parametersoftheworkrollsandbackuprolls.
