Problem:

A 10-in. wide, 1.0-in thick plate is to be reduced in a single pass in a two-high rolling
mill to a thickness of 0.8 in. The roll has a radius = 20 in., and its speed = 50 ft/min. The
work material has a strength coefficient = 35.000 lb/in.2 and a strain hardening exponent
= 0.2. Determine (a) roll force, (b) roll torque, and (c) power required to accomplish this
operation.

Solution:
Given: rolling, t0=1.0 in., tf=0.80 in., w=10.0 in., R=20 in., vr=50 ft/min, flow curve
n=0.20 and K=35,000 lb/in2.
Find: (a) F, (b) T, (c) HP.

(a) Draft d=1.0-0.8=0.2 in.

Contact length L = (200.20)0.5 = 2.0 in.
True strain = ln (1.0/0.8) = ln 1.25= 0.223
Average flow stress Y f = 35,000(0.223)0.20/1.20 = 21,607 lb/in2
Rolling force F = 21,607(10)(2) = 423,149 lb

(b) Torque T = 0.5(432,149)(2.0) = 432,149 in-lb.

(c) N = (50 ft/min)/(220/12) = 4.77 rev/min.
Power P=2 (4.77)(432,149)(2) = 25,929,940 in-lb/min
HP = (25,929,940 in-lb/min)/(396,000) = 65.5 hp