Adaptation and analysis of a didactic laminator for non-ferrous metals

ABSTRACT Lamination is a plastic deformation forming process widely used in the industry for the processing of semi-finished metal alloys, as it not only gives the desired commercial shape to the product, but also provides increased mechanical properties in a continuous and high productivity process. In this way, it is important that the engineering academic understand how the equipment used in the lamination works and what are the variables that influence this process. In this context, and thinking that skills obtained through experiments that relate theory to practice are fundamental for the formation of an engineer, the purpose of this work was to design and adapt a didactic laminator of the duo type, for nonferrous metals that, employee during the graduation, promote greater proximity of engineering students with this industrial process. The adaptation of this device was based on an existing manual jewelry mill, which was coupled to an electric motor that promoted the power needed for the process. The result of this work was the adaptation of a rolling mill that met the lamination expectations, being available for the elaboration of activities that propel the academic understanding on the subject. In relation to the metals that were rolled, several characteristics of the cold rolling process and its products described in the literature and in the mechanical transformation industry were observed during the execution of the tests of operation and of the tests, thus validating the adaptation of the equipment and the achievement of its main objective.