Ring and Wheel Rolling

Module for simulation of wheel and ring rolling on radial and radial-axial mills. Covers all stages of the production process: heating of billets, forging, punching, rolling, and cooling

End-to-End Ring and Wheel Rolling Process Simulation

Final shape and defects presence prediction
Calculation of load and torque in all tools
Calculation of load gradient, wear and deflections of the tools
Monitoring temperature and detecting out-of-range zones
Evaluation of rolling curves and strategies: analysis of ring growth speed versus diameter, and height variation versus thickness
Grain flow quality prediction using flow line tracing from preforming to final rolling
Evaluation of optimal rolling regimes

Full process chain simulation

The software supports various machine types: radial, radial-axial, wheel rolling, and frame (case) configurations. Users can simulate the entire technological chain, from initial workpiece heating to preforming, punching, and final rolling, enabling comprehensive process analysis in one platform.

QForm Ring and Wheel Rolling allows users to define rolling curves and strategies based on widely used rolling machines, including SMS Meer, Muraro, Siempelkamp, Mitsubishi etc.

Fast simulation and an intuitive interface enable quick iterations during technology development

Possibility to predict final ring or wheel shape with selected rolling parameters

Macrostructure and fiber structure prediction to control fiber location on the working surface of ring

Estimation of temperature profile of the ring and tools through the entire rolling process

Evaluation of heating temperature and parameters of forging operations of billets before rolling

The characteristics of the rolling equipment are taken into account to accurately determine the kinematics of the tool

High-speed, high-precision simulation

QForm Ring and Wheel Rolling includes a specially developed, fully automated dual mesh algorithm that significantly increases the speed of simulations for incremental processes. A dedicated meshing algorithm also provides highly densified mesh in tool contact zones with the workpiece, greatly improving simulation accuracy without adding to computation time. These features ensure both precision and efficiency during complex simulations.

QForm ring rolling tutorial

The following technological tasks are solved in QForm software during simulation of ring and wheel rolling processes:

Control of temperatures within the process and checking for locations that exceed the specified temperature range of steel deformation for the entire technological process chain
Prediction of grain flow quality in ring or wheel thanks to lines tracing from the preforming operation through the final rolling operation
Evaluation of rolling curves and strategies: dependence of ring growth speed from diameter and dependence of height from thickness
Evaluation of optimal rolling regimes

Railway wheel rolling cross-cut section

Rolling of railway wheels is the most widely used manufacturing process. QForm simulation makes it possible to predict the final wheel geometry with high accuracy, analyze metal flow and temperature distribution, identify potential defects at early stages, and optimize process parameters. As a result, numerical simulation reduces the number of physical trials, lowers production costs, improves product quality, and ensures reliable evaluation of loads and torques acting on all tools.

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