Analysis of interface temperature, forward slip and lubricant influence on friction and wear in cold rolling

To improve cold rolling processes, it is necessary to understand and to optimise contact at roll–strip interface. Thus a simulation test has been developed in our laboratory. The upsetting rolling test (URT) enables to study friction and iron fines pollution by the reproduction of the main industrial contact conditions such as plastic strain, normal and tangential stresses and forward slip. On the basis of the URT, a new experimental protocol has been developed to reproduce industrial lubrication regime. Moreover, a new heating system has been designed to simulate interface temperature which has a decisive effect on lubricant behaviour. These optimisations permit to analyse contact temperature, forward slip and lubricant influence on friction, iron fine pollution and surface aspects. A great influence of temperature and lubricant on friction and wear has been put forward. Actually an increase of the Coulomb friction coefficient associated with a decrease of the iron fines quantity have been shown with an increase of temperature. These results seem to indicate more adhesive wear when temperature increases.