Effect of rolling parameters on cold rolling of thin strip during work roll edge contact

In some cold rolling mills, a problem has been found that the sides of work rolls touch and deform when thin strip is rolled. The problem of work roll contact at the edges, which forms a new deformation feature in rolling, is analysed. In this paper, the authors focus on the research of the effects of rolling parameters on specific force such as rolling force, intermediate force, edge contact force and the profile of thin strip in cold rolling when the work roll edges contact. An influence function method is developed to simulate this special rolling process. Based on numerical simulation, the effects of the rolling parameters on the mechanics and deformation of the cold rolled thin strip are obtained. Numerical simulation tests have verified the validity of this developed method.