ABSTRACT

Somers,etal[34]havefound,onasimplifiedbasis,thattheworkrollwearratevariesinverselywith theworkrolldiameter.Theyalsostatethatthewearratefortheworkrollsofthefirsttwostandsofahot

strip mill differs from the remaining stands. The average rate of radial wear for grain iron rolls during a typical tin mill cycle can be expressed by:

where

99.25 - 3.33D

122.47 - 4.26D

for F1 and F2 stands } for F3 to F7 stands

W average rate of radial wear, mils/10 5 ft of strip rolled D work roll diameter, in.