Cold Rolling Mill for Aluminium Sheet

Dr. P. Mallesham, V.V. Ram Babu

Rolling aluminum and its alloys is one of the principle ways of converting cast aluminum slab from the smelters and wrought re-melts into a usable industrial form. By hot rolling, it is possible to reduce a slab of about 600 mm thickness down to plate material with thicknesses of 6 – 250 mm and further down as low as 2 mm for subsequent cold rolling to sheet with thicknesses as low as 0.2 mm. Further rolling can produce the thinnest of foil with a thickness as low as 0.006 mm, approximately one-third the thickness of a human hair. Aluminum rolling has very short history of about two centuries. The technology of rolling has matured and stabilized in the last decade or so , with sophistications resulting in higher degree of refinement and richness of final product. Aluminum rolling processes, principles &applications seeks to fill a perceived gap in published information available, which addresses both the theory and practice of aluminum rolling in a comprehensive manner. Although primarily focused on rolling, the book takes a much broader view, covering the entire production processes from ore to finished sheet, plate or foil product the author uses an analytical approach throughout the book and discusses various important aspects of the subject like cold rolling, hot rolling, foil rolling, quality control and technical extensions. The book is used to industrial professionals in production and marketing of finished products. It will also be helpful to the professional students and university, Who will find a good base to work further in this field.