Ring rolling with variable wall thickness
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Publication Date
2016-01-07Journal Title
CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology
ISSN
0007-8506
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
65
Pages
281-284
Language
English
Type
Article
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Cleaver, C., Arthington, M. R., Mortazavi, S., & Allwood, J. (2016). Ring rolling with variable wall thickness. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 65 281-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2016.04.002
Abstract
Ring rolling processes today produce axisymmetric rings, wasting material, energy and labour if non-axisymmetric components such as eccentric bearing races and bossed pipe fittings are required. A new process is proposed to roll rings with variable wall thickness. In this work, roll gaps and speeds are controlled online in physical experiments to achieve a defined variable wall thickness, enabled by photogrammetry to capture the ring’s shape and position. The trials revealed two new process limits for which new analytical explanations have been developed: a maximum rate of change of thickness around the circumference and a loss of circularity.
Keywords
rolling, process-control, ring rolling
Sponsorship
The first author is supported by an EPSRC I-Case Studentship (12220703), with Primetals Technologies Ltd. Dr. Arthington and Prof. Allwood were supported by EPSRC grant EP/K018108/1.
Funder references
EPSRC (1260906)
EPSRC (EP/K018108/1)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2016.04.002
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/256687
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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