Premature failure analysis of forged cold back-up roll in a continuous tandem mill

• Main Authors: Bakhsheshi Rad, Hamid Reza, Monshi, Ahmad, Idris, Mohd. Hasbullah, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Jafari, Hassan
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2011
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/29371/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2011.03.078

In this paper, premature failure of a forged back-up roll from a continuous tandem mill was investigated. Microstructural evolutions of the spalled specimen and surface of the roll were characterized by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and ferritscopy, while hardne...