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Hot rolling of AISI 304 tailored strips produced by twin roll strip casting

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A process for the production of steel strips with an optimized cross section by means of twin-roll strip casting has recently been developed at the Institute of Metal Forming and offers considerable technical and commercial potentials. This production concept is based on the use of profiled casting rolls which continuously transfer the profile geometry to the solidified strip. In order to reduce the internal porosity and improve the surface finish the cast strip was hot rolled using profiled rolls. Offline and inline rolling experiments were performed to prove the effectiveness of this combined forming process. This paper describes the design of a proper rolling tool and the effect of this forming step on the final profile geometry, surface quality, internal porosity and mechanical properties of the strip. The experiments showed that a rolling step with 15 % thickness reduction already allows the global internal porosity to be reduced by 48 % and the strip surface roughness to reach a minimum value of Ra = 2.3 µm. The tensile strength is improved after the hot rolling operation and the obtained values are within the 500–700 MPa range specified by the norm EN 10088-3 for the stainless steel AISI 304. The prescribed ultimate elongation of 45 % is also reached.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the project “Dünnbandgießen von profilierten Flachprodukten—Profilgießen”. The authors also would like to express their thanks to ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG for the productive cooperation and express their gratitude to the mechanical staff A. Galle and A. Karul.

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  1. Institute of Metal Forming (IBF), RWTH Aachen University, Intzestraße 10, 52056, Aachen, Germany

    M. Vidoni, M. Daamen, J. Gastreich, N. Offermanns & G. Hirt

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Vidoni, M., Daamen, M., Gastreich, J. et al. Hot rolling of AISI 304 tailored strips produced by twin roll strip casting. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 8, 619–626 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-014-0567-6

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