Development of Grooveless Rolling

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Grooveless rolling is a new method which in corporates flat rolls for the production of billets and bars. This method has been researched and developed in a billet mill at Mizushima Works and applied in practice with many benefits. The points in order to achieve this technique are shown as follows.
1) Design of pass schedule,
2) Design of guides,
3) Technique for preventing overlaps.