X-Pact^® Extended Bending System (EBS)

Challenges

• Uniform roll roughness transfer across and along the entire strip

Solution

• SMS group uses a strengthened top intermediate roll bending for applying the roll separating force needed in EDT passes

Technical advantages

• Aluminum strips rolled with lowest elongations and amount of lubricants
• Running the mill with very low roll forces under stable closed-loop force control

Quality

• EBS improves the control of the rolling process by reducing mill friction
• Meeting market requirements for automotive sheet production