Rolling of long-length rails with acceleration
https://doi.org/10.17073/0368-0797-2022-6-381-389
Abstract
The article explains a new temperature-speed mode of rolling long-length rails. Rails up to 50 m long were rolled on linear mills. The production of rails of longer length required the use of larger mass billets and equipment of a new design. At the modern rail-beam rolling mill, the number of stands has increased and some of the stands are combined into a continuous group. Universal rolling stands began to be used not only as calibration stands. Rails with a length of 100 m are rolled from large-mass billets on mills with a continuous reversible group of universal stands. A significant length of the billet leads to the formation of a «temperature wedge» – a decrease in temperature along the length of the rail during rolling in the last stand of the mill. The calculation showed that a decrease in temperature along the rail length can lead to an increase in its height. A similar problem existed in the production of thin sheet metal at continuous broadband hot rolling mill. Rolling the rolled metal in the finishing group of stands with acceleration made it possible to reduce the cooling time of rear section of the rolled metal and warm up the metal due to more intense deformation. The acceleration value is chosen such that at the exit from the finishing group of stands, temperature of the strip is the same along the length of the strip. In this paper, rolling rails with acceleration is proposed. The acceleration value should ensure the same neck temperature along the length of the rail in the mill last stand, which will reduce the height difference along the length of the rolled product. The same rails height along the length will reduce the cost of grinding and accelerate the rail laying, thereby increasing consumer demand and competitiveness of the product.
About the Authors
V. N. Solov’ev
Lipetsk State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir N. Solov’ev, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assist. Prof. of the Chair of Metal Forming
30 Moskovskaya Str., Lipetsk 398055, Russian Federation
E. S. Belolipetskaya
Lipetsk State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elizaveta S. Belolipetskaya, Student of the Chair of Metal Forming
30 Moskovskaya Str., Lipetsk 398055, Russian Federation
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Solov’ev V.N., Belolipetskaya E.S. Rolling of long-length rails with acceleration. Izvestiya. Ferrous Metallurgy. 2022;65(6):381-389. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17073/0368-0797-2022-6-381-389
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