Tube Mill Ceramic Rolls  New Roll Manufacture

A Successful Material Replacement
• Control your rolling mill downtime
• Gain miles of productivity
• We’re committed to keeping you running

Application
Forming non-ferrous tubing on a state of the art high production tube mill
Service Conditions
1.	Forming non-ferrous tubing
2.	Production Rate greater than 160 meters/minute
3.	Twenty-four hour six days per week production
4.	Scheduled maintenance every two weeks
Problems
1.	Component availability only from a non-domestic source
2.	Unscheduled downtime due to random chipping of the ceramic tooling
3.	Tubing defects resulting from chipped tooling
4.	Difficult technical communication with suppliers
Solution
1.	Replace existing ceramic rolls with Accuratus sintered silicon nitride ceramic
2.	Control precision manufacture of the rolls to maximize intrinsic properties of the ceramic
3.	Maintain open communication for optimization
Results
	Replacement material does not chip. Unscheduled downtime eliminated
	Wear of ceramic rolls after two weeks less than .0002” (5 microns)
	Production rate raised to over 144 miles (230km) of tubing per machine per day

Accuratus Regrinding Services
• A supplier of new and reworked components
• A supplier dedicated to customer service

Application
Regrind service on mill rolls
Service Conditions
1.	High temperature guide rolls for non-ferrous rod mill
2.	Guiding of copper rod from head end to back end of mill
3.	Mill guides have large adjustment range
Problems
1.	Rolls wear in contact with hot metal
2.	New rolls are expensive
3.	Metal rolls cannot be used due to contamination of product
Solution
1.	Offered to regrind existing rolls to remove galling, adhered metal and worn areas
2.	Mill guides easily adjusted to accommodate resized rolls
Results
	Saved customer significant money and time
	Fast turnaround provided. Far faster than new roll fabrication.
	Critical geometries were recovered

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