What is steel rolling machinery? What is a rolling mill? How are rolling mills classified?

Steel rolling machinery is a complete set of units required for the main and auxiliary processes of the rolling steel production process, which includes: transportation, steel turning, cutting, straightening and other equipment. Broadly speaking, steel rolling machine is also called steel rolling machinery.

Rolling machine definition: The rolling piece produces plastic deformation between the rotating rolls, rolling out the required section shape and size of the steel, this machine is called rolling machine. Nominal diameter of rolling mill: nominal diameter of roll used in billet and shape mill. If several rows or stands of rolling mills are installed in a rolling shop, the nominal diameter of the roll of the later finishing mill is used as the nominal name of the rolling mill. Plate mills are nominal by roll length. The steel pipe mill is nominal by the larger outer diameter of the steel pipe it rolls.

Due to the variety and specifications of rolled steel, rolling forms are also varied. Generally, rolling mill can be classified according to the use, construction and layout of three methods. In addition, depending on the axis of the roll and the motion tendency of the rolling piece, the longitudinal rolling mill, the transverse rolling mill and the inclined rolling mill are divided.