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DIE BIBLIOTHEK DER TECHNIK

Basic Knowledge with the Know-how of Leading Companies

BT

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DIE BIBLIOTHEK DER TECHNIK

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Aluminium Rolling

Mill Technology

Future concepts in thin-strip and foil rolling

VERLAG MODERNE

INDUSTRIE Achenbach Buschhütten

Aluminium Rolling Mill T

echnology

Your direct line to us: www.mi-verlag.de/bdt

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Contents

Aluminium – an innovative material 4

Aluminium for future generations... 4

Importance of aluminium rolled products... 6

Aluminium thin strip and foil for packaging ... 7

Sustainability of packaging solutions ... 9

Technological trends in aluminium packaging ... 12

Basics of aluminium rolling mill technology 15 Flat-rolled aluminium from slab to foil... 15

Rolling theory... 20

Performance targets... 24

Rolling mill technology 29 Rolling mill sizing... 29

Mechanical design... 34

Mill actuation ... 51

Process control and automation 54 Technological controls ... 54

Teleservice... 67

Coolant systems and environment control 68 Roll coolant circulation systems ... 68

Mechanical coolant filtration ... 70

Thermal coolant rectification ... 73

Exhaust air collection – fume hoods ... 74

Fume exhaust cleaning ... 77

Future developments 80

Literature 82

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15

Basics of aluminium

rolling mill technology

Flat-rolled aluminium from

slab to foil

The production of aluminium flat-rolled prod-ucts can schematically be divided into four major steps as shown in Figure 9.

Fig. 9:

Major steps in the production of flat-rolled aluminium

In step 1 – the hot strip production process – traditionally the molten metal is cast after refin-ing and alloyrefin-ing processes into 10 to 25-ton slabs in semi-continuous casters, then prean-nealed, hot-rolled in single-stand or tandem hot rolling mills and, at a strip thickness of 6 to 2.5 mm, coiled at a temperature of approx. 300°C (Fig. 10).

Hot strip production Auxiliaries

Semi-continuous caster

Hot rolling mill In-line belt-caster Strip caster hot mill

Melting and casting furnace

Strip rolling Auxiliaries

Reversing strip rolling mill Non-reversing

strip rolling mill Tandem strip

rolling mill

Coil annealing furnaces

Thin-strip and foil rolling Auxiliaries

Auxiliaries

Thin-strip rolling mill

Foil rolling mill Finish-annealing furnaces

Transportation system Storage system Roll grinding shop Litho rolling mill

Trimming and slitting line Tension levelling line

Cut-to-length line Foil doubler

Foil separator Foil slitter

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16 Basics of aluminium rolling mill technology

More economical in terms of energy saving is the direct casting process into strips of 12 to 20 mm thickness in twin-belt casters with a continuing hot rolling process in a tandem hot rolling line at an hourly production rate of 25 kg per mm width. The suitability of this pro-cess is restricted to a limited number of alloys allowing a quick cooling without segregation. The third and most economic way is hot strip casting between two rolls in a so-called twin-roll caster with an exit thickness between 6 and 3 mm at low speed (Fig. 11). This casting method can also only be used for pure alu-minium or material with a low alloy content for the production of foil.

All three different hot strip production methods have advantages and limitations in terms of material quality, productivity,

en-Fig. 10: Conventional hot strip production

Fig. 11:

Twin-roll caster for hot strip production

Hot strip production

Slab casting Preheating Hot rolling

Pusher furnace Reversing hot rolling mill Tandem hot rolling mill Coiler Coiling Shear Driving rolls Twin-roll caster Holding furnace Melting furnace

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Flat-rolled aluminium from slab to foil 17

ergy and labour intensity. The investment and operational costs are also key factors for the final decision about the optimum solution. After the hot strip production in step 2, the

cold strip rolling starts. Even though this

de-formation process is called “cold” rolling, the strip is heated up to approx. 100°C during each pass and large quantities of coolant have to be poured over the rolls to keep a thermal equilibrium. After each of the three to four

Fig. 12: Different types of strip rolling mills

Cold strip rolling

Tandem strip rolling mill Non-reversing strip rolling mill

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18 Basics of aluminium rolling mill technology

passes, the coils have to be cooled down to room temperature for several hours.

During each cold rolling pass, a material hard-ening is effected by the deformation process of the strip. Depending on the grain structure mainly influenced by the alloy composition, one or two annealing sessions for recrystallisa-tion have to be integrated into the producrecrystallisa-tion programme to permit a continuation of the roll-ing passes and to fulfil the final requirements of the product specification.

The strip rolling process itself can be done with different types of rolling mills (Fig. 12). For small coil weights up to 5 tons, reversing rolling mills are still used. For normal coil weights between 10 and 15 tons, non-revers-ing snon-revers-ingle-stand rollnon-revers-ing mills are common. For high coil weights up to 25 tons, and large production volumes, multi-stand tandem roll-ing mills are used.

Step 3 – thin-strip and foil rolling – is the fin-ishing operation for nearly all flat-rolled pro-ducts on non-reversing single-stand rolling mills. Either universal rolling mills or groups or lines of two to five rolling mills are used. The thin-strip rolling mills used for the pro-duction of can stock provide extremely narrow strip gauge and flatness tolerances.

Lithogra-Fig. 13: Foil rolling mill with double decoiler

Material hardening

Thin-strip and foil rolling

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Flat-rolled aluminium from slab to foil 19

phic sheet rolling mills, in particular, fulfil high demands on the strip surface. Foil rolling mills are the most accurate in gauge and tension controls. All rolling mills used for these dif-ferent purposes are equipped with specific components to ensure the quality requirements. The last pass of foil rolling is done with a double web (Fig. 13). This requires a doub-ling operation of foils after the penultimate pass and a separating operation after the last pass. The finished foil typically consists of a shiny and a matt side. Both sides are used for different printing images in a later stage. Foil rolling is an aluminium-specific process. No other material can be rolled down to a thick-ness of 5 or 6 µm. Taking into consideration that a human hair has a diameter of about 12 µm, finished converter foil has about half of this (Fig. 14). Foil rolling mills manage to be twice

Fig. 14: Thickness of light-gauge foil

as accurate in their controls as a wristwatch and use deformation forces of several hundred tons. Step 4, the last step of the production line of flat-rolled products, is the slitting operation of wide-rolled thin strips and foil. Aluminium strip and foil has to be supplied on spools spe-cifically tailored to the downstream production processes. High-speed slitting and winding machines with very accurate slitting geom-etries have been developed for these purposes.

Foil rolling: an aluminium-specific process Slitting operation 12 µm 6 µm

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