ReduWearGuid – Reduction of wear on guiding components in hot rolling finishing and coiling line for improved service life time and product surface quality

Situation:

• The main requirements of wear components in hot strip mills are high resistance against:
  • abrasive wear to increase lifetime,
  • thermal impact to decrease wear,
  • corrosion and adhesion to decrease wear.
• Only a few studies have been performed to investigate deeply the guiding components in hot strip mills.

Solution:

• State-of-the-Art of wear on guiding components used in hot flat rolling
• Modelling and simulation of guiding components
• Development of a new type of lubricant/ coating and new wear resistant ceramic materials
• Trial performance in lab and pilot scale
• First industrial implementation and verification of pilot results

Operational benefit:

• Increased life time and performance of guiding components
• Increased reliability and safety
• Decreased surface defects on the strip (surface and edges)

Reduction of production costs und downtimes

• Conveyer Rolls
• guiding components
• Hot strip rolling mill
• pinch roll
• Side guides
• wear resistant materials