Challenges of European roll Foundries in the Near Future.
L. Elizondo, M. Brandner, G.Kowarik. Challenges Eisenwerk Sulzau-Werfen, R&E Weinberger AG.
The European roll foundries, mostly family-owned small and medium-sized enterprises, are facing many different challenges of different nature, which require great efforts and investments to cope with this situation and at the same time pose...
Wear and Thermal fatigue (TF) cracking represent very important damage mechanism in hot rolls.
The tribological contact between the roll surface and the hot strip causes wear, characterized by the loss of materials, as well as deterioration of surface finishing. Friction also plays an important phenomenon affecting the surface quality of rolls. The authors’ experience learns that the...
