Types of Wire Rod Mills

The production of wire rods is mainly continuous, and the number of rolling mills for the wire rod mill is generally large, which can be divided into roughing rolling, intermediate rolling mill, and finishing mills. Wire rod mill has gone through the development process from horizontal, semi-continuous, continuous to the high-speed rolling mill. Every new type of mill and every new production line arrangement has improved the rolling speed, rolling quality and caries weight of wire rod. High-speed non-twist finishing mill and controlled cooling equipment are used in wire rod production, marking the salivation of a new generation of wire rod mill.

Roughing Mill

The roughing mill acts as a blanking machine, often using several layout forms, such as horizontal, sequential and continuous. Roughing mills with continuous layout are mostly composed of 6-8 two-roll horizontal mills, which are arranged at the exit of the heating furnace, and twisting rolls are used to turn over steel between the stand. A distributor and a counting device are arranged at the entrance of the roughing mill to realize multi-channel rolling. Flying shears are installed at the exit to remove the splitters that may occur after rolling, to prevent the steel jamming accident when entering the next unit, and to cut the rolling piece continuously when production failure occurs in the next unit. The production of alloy steel or small-batch, multi-variety ordinary steel workshop, sometimes also uses a Y-type rolling mill to form a rough rolling unit. At this time, there is no need to twist the steel between the frames, and the blank size used is also flexible, but only can roll a rolled piece.

Intermediate Mill

The function of the intermediate mill is to connect the preceding and the following. It can not only produce the finished wire rod with a large diameter but also adjust the cross-section size of the rolled piece entering the finishing mill to ensure the stable rolling of the finishing mill. The layout forms of intermediate rolling mills are horizontal, double and continuous, while the continuous layout is divided into two forms: full continuous rolling and semi-continuous rolling. In addition to full continuous rolling, the rolling stock generally forms more than one looper during rolling to facilitate the adjustment. The intermediate mill can be a two-high horizontal mill, a horizontal-vertical alternating arrangement mill, and a Y-type mill. Generally, the length of the looper is controlled by photoelectricity. When the looper is lifted from the lower sleeve, the length of the looper can also be controlled by the principle of capacitance or inductance. Flying shears are usually set up between intermediate rolling mill and finishing mill for cutting head and accident shearing.

Finishing Mill

The function of finishing mill is to ensure the production of qualified products. The layout forms are double-double finishing mill, semi-continuous rolling, and full-continuous rolling. Full tandem rolling is divided into the full horizontal mill, horizontal-vertical alternating mill, Y-type finishing mill, and 45-degree finishing mills. There are many double lines finishing mills for wire rod mills in China. They are driven by AC motors in groups and rolled by multi-groove parallel rolling with the enclosure. When rolling, the rolled parts are twisted and tipped. The rolling speed is more than 15-20 m/s and the weight of the disc is less than 160 kg.

The semi-continuous rolling is a two-roll horizontal rolling mill. The rolling operation is carried out in 1~2 trough by parallel operation and twisting steel. The rolling speed is generally about 25~30m/s. Such rolling mills generally use prestressed rolling mills and rolling bearings. The precision of the rolled products is high, the DC motor is used for transmission, and the loops are provided between the racks. Therefore, the adjustment is convenient and the production is flexible. The intermediate frames can be rolled out of different specifications and are suitable for small batches and varieties of wires produce. Horizontal full tandem rolling is a collective transmission, multi-wire rolling, rolling speed is 20-30 m/s; The vertical and horizontal roller mills are arranged alternately by the cantilever type vertical roll and horizontal roll mill. The rolling speed can reach about 35m/s and the weight of the disc can reach 800kg. The rolling speed of a Y-type finishing mill can reach 50m/s.

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