Anti-Skid Coating

We at Sterling Machine were asked to look at a problem a Steel Mill was having with their Forming Rolls, when first redressed or machined. Redressing the forming rolls leaves a smooth slippery surface which was causing the hot billets to slip in production. Once the forming roll has been in production for a while with slippage problems, the rolls develop a rough surface resulting from the production of the hot billets, which eventually corrects the problem. The delays in down time from a freshly dressed roll to a worked in roll were too costly.

Sterling’s Metalizing Technology was considered and tried to correct this problem and was successful. We were able to spray a wearable coating on the redressed forming roll, which eliminated any slippage. Through many tests, using many materials, the end result was a mixture that wore off slowly, maintaining a smooth transition to the transformed state of an worked-in forming roll.