Choosing the materials performance and the form of an indenter for arrangement of texture at the surface of skin mill rolls

The fraction for forming texture of rolls surface of the training mills is investigated in this work. The fraction from various manufacturers has been estimated by comparing the most important characteristics. Metallographic studies of the steel fraction microstructure were carried out on the MEIJI 2700 optical microscope (Japan). Automated processing of measuring results of various shapes indenters microhardness was conducted. Comparing the obtained results with the characteristics declared by the manufacturers was carried out. The rolling roll surface microstructure with which the texture of the cold-rolled strip surface is formed, is investigated in the paper. Roller steel widely used at present as well as the most common methods of rolling roll surface microrelief forming, such as mechanical and electroerosion ones, are discussed in the work. It was established that with the electroerosion method, a more uniform structure with a smoothly changing microrelief was formed on the surface of the roll as compared with the mechanical action of the abrasive. According to the results of the research, recommendations were formulated on the use of the fraction that has the best performance characteristics and which allows one to obtain surface roughness by transferring it to the surface of a cold-rolled strip in accordance with the requirements of consumers.