Everything You Need To Know About Cold Rolling Process
The cold rolling process is what steel and iron manufacturers use to produce various products such as flat bright bar, cold-rolled flat wire, cold-rolled shaped wire, and the cold-rolled profile wires. The process requires the metal sheets to pass through rollers at a temperature below its recrystallization point or the room temperature. And while it is used on the metal to give it additional mechanical properties, the properties can be controlled by controlling the strain used on the metal.
Benefits Of Cold Rolling Process
Cold Rolling techniques used to produce flat bright bar, cold-rolled flat wire, cold-rolled shaped wire, cold-rolled profile wire gives them the following properties:
Increased smoothness
Controlled increase to the hardness of the metal
Excellent dimensional accuracy
Tensile strength
Surface finish
Yield strength
Controlled increase in ductility
Usage Of Cold Rolling
The process results in giving unique properties to the steel, making it compatible with various uses in several industries.
Cold-rolled steel finds use in the furniture industry, for example, metal furniture, cabinets, desks, tables, etc.
It is also a must for home and kitchen appliances like water heaters, fan blades, frying pans, lawnmowers, metal-containers, etc.
Its high strength is also preferred for making components such as hinges, tubes, mounting kits, shelves, lighting fixtures, etc.
The automobile industry uses cold-rolled steel for a few parts, such as exhaust pipes, etc.
Another industry that prefers cold-rolled processed steel for its improved and beneficial properties is construction for developing various machines and related products.
Cold Rolling Techniques
Rolling is a standard process used in the steel industry. It is majorly a part of the fabrication process and ends up giving the metal various required properties. While the article talks about cold-rolling only, rolling is known to be of two types, both used for cold and hot rolling processes.
Flat Rolling- The name itself is enough to give away that the end product is in the form of a sheet and is thus used in the manufacturing process of the flat bright bars and the cold-rolled flat wires.
Profile Rolling- Profile rolling, on the other hand, assists in the manufacture of shaped or rods, for example, cold-rolled shaped wire and cold-rolled profile wires.
Considering how the process can control the hardness and other properties on the steel, Matta Drawing customizes steel properties as per the client
Publish Date : 02-09-2020