EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION DAYS 2017 - ESTAD 2017

Actual improvements in rolling e.g. in relation to power requirements, energy consumption and final material properties demand powerful and robust simulation tools for process optimization, pre-setting calculations or automation. The semi-industrial rolling equipment of the institute of Metal Forming of TU Bergakademie Freiberg is used during the period of simulation development as well as for evaluation purposes to ensure robust tool developments and practicable material technologies for flat and rod rolling. To illustrate the efficiency of these opportunities examples from flat and rod rolling as well as cladding are given. Focus of all actual developments are laid on a fast simulation of the heterogeneity of deformation. Therefore results in experimental and numerical simulation of direct charging, for Fe-Si alloys rod rolling of several steel grades or cladding are discussed. This presentation gives a short review of this model approaches and highlights some important stages of development.