Large back up rolls

Forged steel all the way
No matter where you are located, we can supply you with a comprehensive range of forged steel back-up rolls. Forged steel back up rolls below 1,060 mm are manufactured in the same way and materials as cold mill work rolls. This section covers forged steel back up rolls above 1,060 mm as well as back up rolls in cast iron grades. The ingots used in the manufacture of our forged rolls are produced by our plant in Thionville, while heat treating and final machining is carried out at our factory in Berlaimont.

Today, we focus on producing back up rolls made from forged steel. The reason for this is that forged rolls offer a higher resistance to work hardening and better mechanical properties at the neck at a comparable cost with cast steel.

Forged back up rolls can be supplied in two different grades, one with 3% chromium and one with 5% chromium to meet different hardness and wear resistance requirements. 

In addition, we also provide cast back up rolls for special applications, which products are made at our plants in Sedan, France and Åkers Styckebruk, Sweden. Cast back up rolls can be supplied in ICDP, high chromium iron or SG iron.

The following table gives a general overview of our main grades in this product segment. Further information is given in our product data sheets.  

Grade	Characteristics	Wear resistance	Endurance limit
BACRA3	Forged steel with 3%Cr. Standard grade for hot and cold rolling.	++	++
BACRA5	Forged steel with 5%Cr. Standard grade for hot and cold rolling.	+++	+++