This presentation will explore the various sources of vibration that can affect strip marking in steel and aluminium rolling mills. Among these, a common marking source is grinder chatter on the rolls, even as micro-chatter that is invisible to the naked eye.

Real case studies will be used to describe how these vibrations are addressed in practice, both in terms of improving the structural dynamics of rolling mills and grinding machines and also in providing the necessary tools such as monitoring systems that help the operators find the best conditions that minimise the occurrence of vibrations during rolling and grinding and Chatter_Detect that has proved invaluable in detecting invisible chatter marks on the finished roll.

Moving downstream Farrat present findings from a 3 year research project exploring the behaviour of presses running in different sites, at different speeds supported by different vibration isolation systems.


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