Motivation
Current sustainability goals include efficient use of resources. As roll-formed products cover a large share of the world's steel production, it is a goal to minimise scrap in this industry. In addition, there is increasing product diversification in this sector, which increases the demands on the flexibility of the production process and on set-up and straightening times. At the same time, there are uncertainties in the semi-finished product and thus fluctuating sheet properties, so that the goal must be to increase the robustness of profile straightening and to reduce straightening iterations. In order to achieve the objectives of reducing emissions and increasing economic efficiency, a reliable and efficient process for straightening profiles is to be developed.
Objective
A new procedure and methodology for straightening profiles by partial rolling of the profile cross-section is to be developed within the scope of this project. A calculation model should make it possible to determine the relative longitudinal strain distribution over the cross-section on the basis of the occurring deviations of the profile from the straightness and to derive targeted measures in the form of a partial rolling of the profile cross-section on the basis of this.
Methodical approach
Within the scope of this project, numerical and experimental investigations are to be carried out in order to identify and quantify the influencing variables on the longitudinal strain and the deviations of the profile straightness. Based on the findings, an analytical model for predicting the longitudinal strain distribution and effective countermeasures by partial rolling shall be derived. This is to be based on geometric approaches and applicable for three-dimensionally curved and twisted profiles.
Acknowledgment
The PtU would like to thank the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen “Otto von Guericke” e.V. (AiF)”, the Research Association for Steel Applications (FOSTA) for their support within the framework of the project. (AiF), and the following project partners. (FOSTA), and the following project partners:
AIRBUS GmbH
GEBHARDT STAHL GmbH
HERKULES GmbH
DataM GmbH
LINDE+WIEMANN SE & Co.KG
WAELZHOLZ GmbH & Co.KG
DREISTERN GmbH & Co.KG
HÖRMANN Automotive Gustavsburg GmbH
KIRCHHOFF&LEHR GmbH
PROFILMETALL GmbH
TILLMANN PROFIL GmbH
UBECO GmbH
