innovative solutions for metals processing technology

A Unit of the Jason Finishing Group

Innovative Solutions forMetals Processing Technology

MillBrushes

Equipment &Systems

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OSBORN InternationalYour partner in surface finishing - worldwide

As a technical leader, we are the proud owner of many patents on both products and processes.

The North American business includes six manufacturing facilities covering all product lines, and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH. Our primary manufacturing and distribution facility is centrally located in Richmond, IN. This worldwide manufacturing and comprehensive distribution network assures prompt delivery and technical support wherever and whenever it is needed.

Osborn brings innovation to the surface!

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Brush Roll Service Centers

OSBORN International2350 Salisbury RoadRichmond, IN 47374 - USAPhone: 1 (800) 720 3358Fax: 1 (216) 361 1913eMail: [email protected]

OSBORN International Ltda.Rua Lemos Torres, 150, Jardim Galiardi09890-070 Sao Bernado do Campo - BrazilPhone: ++55 (11) 43 91 65 59Fax: ++55 (11) 43 91 65 50eMail: [email protected]

OSBORN International ChinaRm. 505, Tower H, Huiyuan Int. ApartmentNo. 8 Beichen East Road, Chaonyang DistrictBeijing 100101 - PR ChinaPhone: ++86 (10) 84 98 81 91Fax: ++86 (10) 64 99 18 63eMail: [email protected]

America OSBORN International GmbH Ringstraße 1035099 Burgwald - GermanyPhone: ++49 (64 51) 5 88-0Fax: ++49 (64 51) 5 88-206eMail: [email protected]

OSBORN Unipol Ltd.Lower Church Street Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16 5XT - UKPhone: ++44 (12 91) 63 40 00 Fax: ++44 (12 91) 63 40 98eMail: [email protected]

OSBORN International ABHuskvarnavägen 105S-56123 Huskvarna - SwedenPhone: ++46 (36) 38 92 00 Fax: ++46 (36) 14 43 49eMail: [email protected]

Europe

Brazil • China • Denmark • France • Germany • Mexico • Portugal • Romania • Spain • Sweden • Taiwan • UK • USA

Content

Brush Roll Applications

1.1 Degreasing, washing, and cleaning

1.2 Activation of strip surface Page 4

1.3 Roll cleaning and polishing Page 5

1.4 Strip polishing and finishing Page 6

1.5 Scale removal Page 7

1.6 Roll coating control Page 8

1.7 Transport roll systems for high temperature applications Page 9

1.8 Transport roll systems for HHT Furnaces Page 10

1.9 Transport roll systems for noise reduction Page 12

Brush Roll Systems

2.1 Complete brush roll systems Page 13

2.2 Factory Assembly (FA) brush roll systems (Integrated Maintenance Service) Page 14

2.3 Customer Assembly (CA) brush roll systems Page 16

2.4 OSBORN HDL® brush rolls Page 17

2.5 Lipprite® abrasive non-woven rolls Page 18

Innovative Equipment Technology

3.1 Brushing equipment for strip processing lines Page 20

Load Runners® Idler rollers and load rails Page 22

Fill Materials Page 24

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HFM: Hot Finishing MillHRFM: Hot Reversing Finishing Mill HRM: Hot Reserving MillPL: Polishing LinePLTCM: Pickling Section of Combined Tandem Cold MillSL/CCL: Slitting/Cross Cutting LineSPM: Skin Pass MillTLL: Tension Level Line TM: Temper Mill

APL: Annealing Pickling LineBAL: Bright Annealing LineBL: Brushing LineCAL: Continuous Annealing LineCAPL: Cold Strip - Annealing Pickling Line CCL: Color Coating LineCGL: Continuous Hot-dip Galvanizing Line CL: Cleaning LineCPL: Continuous Pickling LineCRM: Cold Rolling Mill

DL: Degreasing LineDPL: Descaling Pickling LineECL: Electrolytic Cleaning LineEGL: Electrolytic Galvanizing Line ETL: Electrolytic Tinning LineFL: Finishing LineGL: Grinding LineHAPL: Hot Strip - Annealing Pickling Line HCM: Hot Continuous Mill HHT: Horizontal Heat Treatment PlantHRC: Hot Rolled Coils

Companies all over the world rely on the quality and efficiency of Osborn products. We are a true global finishing manufacturer, with manufacturing facilities in 12 countries; the United States, Mexico, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, as well as a joint venture in India. We manufacture a broad range of standard products in addition to thousands of custom products specifically engineered for industrial applications. Our products are sold in more than 90 countries with all North American products meeting ANSI standards.

Terminology

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BRUSH ROLL APPLICATIONDegreasing, Washing, and Cleaning

Today’s metal manufacturers are faced with increasing demands for higher quality and more technical characteristics whether the product is aluminum, cold rolled steel, tin plated steel, electrical steel, galvanized strip, or other refined surface materials. Optimization of the tempering / refinement / coating operations of the strip cleaning section is especially critical due to increased processing speeds.

With the development of the HDL® brush roller, OSBORN provides an answer to these demands. When compared to conventional brush rollers. HDL® sets new standards in the degreasing and cleaning of strip surfaces. Brush performance and life are improved by selecting the correct filament, fill density, and brush construction, then maintaining the highest level of quality in production. This results in reduced operating and maintenance costs for our customers.

Customers’ needs depend on the type and degree of soiling of the primary material as well as on the strip cleanliness required for the subsequent process step. While optimum degreasing and micro-cleaning may be achieved with non-abrasive multi-filaments, abrasive filaments are ideally suited for the removal of strongly adhesive rolling retentions from the previous rolling process.

OSBORN HDL® brush rollers are therefore individually tailored to the relevant case in hand. At the same time, multi-filaments and special mono-filaments can be used with or without an abrasive load as single bristle or mixture filaments.

OSBORN HDL® - a new benchmark in strip cleaning

Application Category

Metallurgic Field Process Line Description of Application

OSBORNProduct Range

Degreasing, washing, and

cleaning

Carbon Steel CGL, CAL, CL/DL Removal of oil, grease, other protective coatings, rolling

residues or dirt from the strip/sheet surface

Brush rolls, abrasive or non-abrasive, OSBORN

HDL® Technology

Stainless Steel ETL

Aluminum TLL, SL/CCL

Non-Ferrous CL, DPL, APL, CPL

Besides brush rollers for degreasing and cleaning applications, OSBORN offers a series of other innovative products and solutions for cleaning sections of strip lines:

• LOAD RUNNERS® ensure a durable and maintenance- free function of roll exchange vehicles.

• Temperature and alkaline resistant brush seals provide optimum splash protection on the strip inlet and outlet of individual machine elements.

• Space saving brush machines conserve plant floor area during the modernization of strip lines through compact design and improved cleaning efficiency.

OSBORN Innovations for cleaning sections in strip processing lines

Alkaline brushcleaning

OSBORN HDL®

brush cleaning

OSBORN HDL®

Alkalinespray cleaning

Load Runners®

Electrolyticcleaning

Waterrinsing

Brush Sealings

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BRUSH ROLL APPLICATIONActivation of Strip Surface

BRUSH ROLL APPLICATIONRoll Cleaning and Polishing

The activation of the strip surface is an important task both in the production of rolled claddings as well as in the coating and/or finishing of strip steel, tinplate, electrical steel strip and other materials. In rolled cladding, the core and, if necessary, the overlay strips or plates have to be freed initially from oil, grease, dirt, carbon particles and oxides. This is done with the help of brush rollers in alkaline cleaning or acidic pickling processes.

In the next process step, an activation of surfaces then takes place by generating a defined roughness using abrasive or wire brushes. A similar process also happens in continuous strip coating. In both cases, an optimal adhesion is guaranteed for the subsequent rolled cladding and/or organic or metallic coating through surface activation.

Here too, HDL® rollers from OSBORN create an ideal combination of the different brush functions needed by our customers. The combination of non-abrasive multi-filaments and abrasive materials work together to ensure optimum micro-cleaning as well as surface activation. The grinding agent, grain size, face density and abrasive content are also individually adjusted to the respective individual application.

In steel sheet coating, the brush roller has long been promoted as an absolute high-performance and precision tool in the case of thicknesses of < 0.0059 in, coating thicknesses of 0.05 g/m2 and even higher line speeds. At the same time, the individual demands made on the brush depend on the flatness, surface hardness of the starting material and the nature of the subsequent coating or plating.

OSBORN has been devoted to this challenge for years. We are focused on being the premier producer of brush rollers through the development of innovative microfilaments and brush constructions while maintaining the highest quality.

OSBORN HDL® - micro cleaning plus surface activation

OSBORN’s Helimaster brush rolls are perfect for cleaning work and as back-up rolls in wet or dry operated rolling and skin-pass mills. They have been fitted to technological developments worldwide for decades, integrated in strip lines as well as stand-alone off-line rolling stands.

All brushes are finely finished to the respective specifications of each application.

In addition, OSBORN has developed an alternative technology for skin-pass roller cleaning. Lipprite abrasive rollers provide excellent performance and are manufactured exclusively by OSBORN.

The brush roller itself is only part of the solution. This technologically demanding application can only be optimized with a precise matching of the brush tool to operational and process parameters. To insure consistent brush performance from beginning to end, OSBORN utilizes extensive means in the manufacturing process to reproduce each brush to the desired specifications.

For the cleaning of deflector, shape control or thickness measurement rolls, special wear-resistant non-abrasive plastic filaments are used. They ensure an equally thorough removal of solids and liquid materials without damaging the roll surface or altering the roughness. At the same time, the filament type and bristle diameter are dependent on the



OSBORNProduct Range

Roll cleaning and

polishing

Carbon Steel SPM, TMI, CGL

Removal of oxides, dirt, and rolling residuals

Helimaster® brush rolls, abrasive or wire filled,

Non-abrasive brush rolls, Lipprite® abrasive non-

woven rolls

Stainless Steel SPM, TM

Aluminum CRM



OSBORNProduct Range

Activation of strip surface

Carbon Steel CGL, CCL, EGL, ETL Strip surface activation prior to coating Brush rolls, abrasive or

wire filled, OSBORN HDL® TechnologyAluminum CM Strip, sheet or plate surface

preparation prior to clad-Non-Ferrous APL, CPL

surface hardness and the degree of pollution of the roll that requires cleaning.

Roll cleaning application in a typical skin-pass mill

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BRUSH ROLL APPLICATIONStrip Polishing and Finishing

When it comes to optical finishing of strip surfaces in the form of polishing, satinizing, finishing or decorative brushing, you’re in good hands with OSBORN. Through our extensive experience in the machining of steel, stainless, aluminum, and other non-ferrous surfaces, OSBORN extends a technological advantage for each customer’s benefit.

In addition to high-quality wire and abrasive brushes, we also rely on mergers with JacksonLea® and the Lippert-Unipol Group, both global leaders in abrasive and polishing tools. We can combine polishing and abrasive rollers as well as polishing compounds on a selection / combination of tools and processing alternatives. This is unique in the market, which gives each customer the advantage of the most optimal surface finishing in their respective applications.



OSBORNProduct Range

Strippolishing

and finishing

Carbon Steel

PL, APL, FL

Oxide removal, polishing and finishing

of hardened and tempered strips

Brush rolls, abrasive or wire filled, OSBORN

HDL® Technology, Lipprite® abrasive non-woven rolls;

Polishing emulsion

Stainless Steel

Aluminum Oxide removal, polishing and finishing,

and generating decorative surfaces

Non-Ferrous

Today, increasingly higher demands are made on the final machining of strips. By correcting small defects in the final machining operations, optically perfect and homogeneous surfaces are achieved over the entire field of vision. This applies equally to the operators of strip lines as well as for service centers or direct processors of coils.

Different types of roller brushes and coverings can also be used based on several factors - material type, quality, surface hardness, and the desired final finish. For determining the respective optimum tool, we carry out individual pilot tests at test lines in our laboratory.

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BRUSH ROLL APPLICATIONScale Removal

For de-scaling strip surfaces after hot and cold mill processes, our brush rollers have been setting standards for years. OSBORN’s developments and innovations in both brush construction and filaments have set the international standards in annealing/pickling lines for steel or bright annealing lines for stainless strip materials.

Through the development of special abrasive and non-abrasive facing materials, combined with an improved level of acid resistance and excellent wearing properties, the life of brush rollers in stainless steel strip lines has now been



OSBORNProduct Range

Scaleremoval

Carbon Steel CPL Heavy duty descaling prior to acid pickling Brush rolls, abrasive or

wire filled, Heavy abrasive brush rolls, OSBORN HDL®

Technology, Lipprite® abrasive non-woven rolls

Stainless Steel HAPL

HAPL Heavy duty scaling between acid tanks

Non-FerrousHRM Scale and dirt removal

prior to rolling

significantly increased. This allows tremendous cost savings in the form of extended service life and lower maintenance costs. Ideally, the abrasive rollers are inserted on roller systems with flow through shafts. Apart from improved cooling of the filaments in the continuous operation of the roller, these also provide continuous rinsing of acid or other corrosive mediums from the brush lining. OSBORN’s design engineers optimize the rinse function by combining the correct number and size of the cooling holes to achieve the desired amount of flow.

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Where stainless steel materials reach their limits in high acid concentrations, special protective coatings on shafts and accessories provide the optimal protection of these components.

In addition, steel shafts with shock and impact resistant coatings provide cost benefits as they are an interesting alternative to stainless steel bodies.

In manufacturing stainless steel flat products, OSBORN‘s intelligent solutions and innovations play a part in process optimization and quality improvement as well.

Our solutions are deployed for de-scaling hot and cold mill strip surfaces at many levels of the value chain:

• HDL® brush rollers with a micro-fibre brush for careful and thorough cleaning of sensitive strip surfaces

• Acid and temperature resistant brush sealings

• Lipprite® abrasive rollers for surface finishing and follow- up processing plates and strips

• Helimaster brush rollers for cleaning rolls in skin pass mills

• High temperature brush transport rolls for hot and cold strip on continuous furnace lines

• Brush transportation rolls for reducing noise on slitting and cross-cutting lines for heavy plates

• LOAD RUNNERS® heavy load rolls in coil transportation devices or roll exchange vehicles.

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BRUSH ROLL APPLICATIONRoll Coating Control

Almost 50 years ago, OSBORN developed a revolutionary technology using brushes in continuous rolling processes of hot mills to optimally regulate the oxide film on working and back-up rollers. As a result hundreds of hot mills worldwide have been equipped with OSBORN technology.

To date, specially designed wire qualities, abrasive multi-filaments, individually camber ground surfaces and extensive experience in optimizing the use of brushes in numerous individual applications have secured a major technological advantage in this field. Customers worldwide benefit from OSBORN’s experience.



OSBORNProduct Range

Roll Coating Control

Aluminum CPLControl of the oxide layer

and removal of oxidesHelimaster® Brush rolls abrasive or wire-filledNon-Ferrous HCM

Lateral rings made of composite fibre materials for limiting immersion depth and sleeves for splash guarding journals and bearings - developments created by OSBORN.

On hard chrome working rollers, abrasive multi-filaments with a high density achieve a particularly uniform brushing and cleaning of roll surfaces.

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BRUSH ROLL APPLICATIONTransport Roll Systems for High Temperature Applications

Roll coverings made from extremely dense stainless steel wires in special alloys and resistant to high temperatures provide specific product features and strong advantages compared to uncoated transportation shafts or furnace

rollers with ceramic coatings. These can be used in different horizontal heat treatment lines for strips of steel, stainless steel or non ferrous metals.



OSBORNProduct Range

Transport roll systems for

high temperature applications

Carbon Steel HHT plate furnacesTransportation of high

temp strip; Avoidance of transport roll pick-up and

surface damages

High temp brush rolls; brush transport roll

systems

Stainless Steel BAL, CAPL, CAL, HAPL

AluminumHHT

Non-Ferrous

Properties and Advantages

• Temperature resistance of up to approx. 2000°F

• Shaft construction with internal cooling

• Extremely dense and accurate neutrally ground surface of the rolls

• Significantly better heat transfer characteristics of the tips of the wires in comparison to full metal surfaces

• No scale pick up (formation of spots) on account of the absorption properties of the exposed brush surface

• Reduced maintenance

• Particularly careful transportation of the plates and reduction of damage to the surface

• Very low wear to the rolls with significantly longer lifespan than ceramic coatings or other roll coatings

Excellent brush life without scale pick-up - up to 2000°F

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The benefits of using these specially designed transport brushes with heat resistant wires are very clear:

• Optimum heat transfer between the transportation roll and the plate

• Long-standing lifetime without significant wear of the brushes

• Complete avoidance of scale pick-up and spot formation on the surface of the roller, just as it is the case with self- contained roller coverings

• Total-care transportation of the plates during the heat treatment without damaging the surfaces of the plates

Aside from the production of new rolls, the recovering and replacement of worn brushes in older lines is also one of our core competences.

By precisely measuring the course of the plate as well as the state of the individual rolls within the furnace by means of self-developed test equipment, we are able to optimize plate tracking if needed, which maximizes the output of the entire system.

Capacity optimization at older furnace installationsPlate tracking in initial state

Plate tracking after optimization as per OSBORN’s recommendation

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BRUSH ROLL APPLICATIONTransport Roll Systems for HHT Furnaces

Today, higher strength and strain values, combined with improved levels of corrosion resistance, are required for aircraft structural parts in accordance with the strict requirements of standards AMS 2750D, AMS 2750C, and AMS-H-6088. These requirements are best achieved through solution annealing by tempering hot mill plates made of precipitation hardening aluminum alloys.

The careful transportation of these aluminum plates in hard metal and hard material technology roll hearth

furnaces takes place as a batch or continuous process at temperatures of up to 1000°F on brush transportation rolls. In close cooperation with leading equipment manufacturers, numerous furnaces around the world have been equipped in recent years with OSBORN’s sophisticated technology. In the process, plates with thicknesses of up to 15 in, lengths of 65 ft and weights of over 11 tons do not present a problem for us. Tolerances have been continually reduced and product features optimized, so that now more than ever, the brush roller is an integral and technologically superior component in the overall design of the line.



OSBORNProduct Range

Transport roll systems for

HHT furnaces

Aluminum HHT plate furnaces

Transportation of hot plates through the heat treat-

ment process; optimized heat transfer; Avoidance of transport roll pick-up and

surface damages

Brush transport rolls; HHT brush transport roll sys-

tems; Furnace capacity increase

concepts

With brush furnace transportation rolls, OSBORN customers can place their trust in several decades of experience and well known global references. In the complex production of the rolls, some with a total length of over 20 ft, the highest level of precision and reliability are required in all manufacturing processes. After the rolls have been manufactured, the latter course of the sheet is accurately simulated in advance in our

factory. For roll assemblies in new furnace lines, this allows OSBORN to guarantee an optimum course of the sheet within tight tolerances even when starting the run. In order to guarantee the lowest possible sheet tracking with the ‘re-brushing’ of entire furnace zones, the transportation of the sheets is simulated on a test rig just like new lines.

Surface-sparing plate tracking with long-standing roll life

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BRUSH ROLL APPLICATIONTransport Roll Systems for Noise Reduction

BRUSH ROLL SYSTEMSComplete Brush Roll Systems

When transporting the sheets onto rolling tables, extreme noise levels may occur in slitting/cross cutting lines by heavy plates after the shearing process. At over 110 dB, this may exceed the threshold of noise pain for the human ear.

By coating the bright transport rollers with brush sections, the noise level can be reduced to approximately 70 dB so that any health risk to the labor force is significantly reduced.



OSBORNProduct Range

Transport roll systems for noise reduc-

tions

Carbon Steel

SL, CCL, transport roll tables

Low noise, surface friendly transportation of plates or

sheets

Noise-reduction transport rolls; Noise-

reduction transport roll systems

Stainless Steel

Aluminum

Non-Ferrous

All in all, our brush transportation rolls offer a number of advantages for the user through their positive product features:

• Significant noise reduction in transporting sheets > 30%• Improved and safer working conditions• Reduced investment costs by applying brush cassettes to existing shafts• Reduced wear of the heavy wire brush roll surface• Roll service life of up to 10 years • Particularly careful transportation of the sheet surface• No soiling of the roll surface through the absorption of dirt into the brush lining• Reduced maintenance costs for the rolling table

120 dB 110 dB 100 dB 90 dB 80 dB 70 dB 60 dB

Pain threshold Obligation of ear protection

Noise level reduction from 110 dB to 70 dB with OSBORN

transport rolls

development from the initial design to commissioning. Many well-known manufacturers in the area of strip and heat treatment plants and rolling mill technology benefits from this expertise, which ultimately rewards the plant operator in the form of highly-engineered products, innovative technologies and cost effective solutions.

Product Group OSBORN Product Range

Complete brush roll sys-tems

Shafts for brush rolls

Brush roll fillings

Re-usable bodies

Shafts for back-up rolls and other roll types

Balancing collars

Bearings and Complete bearing units

Splash rings

Other fittings and accessories

Transport boxes and packaging concepts

In addition to the manufacturing of complete brush rollers with different shafts and body constructions, our range of services also includes bearing units, splash rings and accessories.

We also manufacture and supply shafts and complete systems for other roll types used in strip line systems. These come without or upon request, with hard chrome, polyurethane, rubber or other special coatings.

Customized solutions for equipment manufacturers

OSBORN has developed extensive experience in the design of brush roll systems through cooperation with premier machinery manufacturers as well as working directly with actual metal processors for production line optimization. Through our worldwide sales and service network we are able to guarantee comprehensive technical support for new production lines around the globe in all stages of project

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BRUSH ROLL SYSTEMSFactory Assembly (FA) Brush Roll Systems

and local partners are located in many other countries to offer a comprehensive service for your rollers. This allows customers around the globe to directly benefit from our technology and the comprehensive range of services on-site.


Factory Assembly (FA) brush roll systems

(Integrated maintenance service)

Brush roll re-filling

Integrated maintenance service concepts

Re-trimming and re-balancing of brush rolls

Shafts and journal control and repairing

Bearing control and exchange

Shaft improvement/adaption

Shaft straightening

Stress free annealing of shafts

Replacement of end and balancing collars

Replacement of fittings and accessories

Transport and packaging concepts

Supply of brush roll trimming equipment

inspections as well as repair and service work related to our customer’s needs.

We combine global know-how with local full service

At OSBORN, decades of global expertise is consistently combined with a local, comprehensive all-round service package on the customer’s premises. In addition to six centralized technology centers in Asia, Europe, North America and South America, other OSBORN service centers

Apart from the direct re-brushing of customers’ shafts or the on-site assembly of brush cassettes, our comprehensive range of services includes all necessary

Upon receipt by our service center, each roller immediately undergoes a professional inspection in accordance to the agreed upon service contract. The condition of each brush is documented by use of standardized protocols to determine any repairs that may be recommended.

The quiet and low-vibration running of the rollers is important in order to avoid shatter marks or shading on the strip surface caused by the brush roller. Before recovering, each shaft is therefore examined with regard to imbalance and concentricity deviation.

The longer the service life of rollers, the more important it is to have the proper condition of the bearings to avoid additional downtime or outages. For this reason, bearing units are checked and maintained by us. If necessary, the bearing unit or other accessories are renewed.

Worn bearing seats are welded and precisely re-machined to the original specification. Following this, immediate re-brushing or assembly of prefabricated brush cassettes takes place.

Conditioning

Reworking

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BRUSH ROLL SYSTEMSCustomer Assembly (CA) Brush Roll Systems

BRUSH ROLL SYSTEMSOsborn HDL® Brush Rolls

every different shaft that a customer has, unlike any other manufacturer in the world.

At the same time all of the usual filaments, wires or natural bristles can be processed and realized according to individual requirements at different trim lengths and densities - from light to standard, to extremely dense.

We also provide the right equipment for simple follow-up shearing of the roller on a lathe.


Customer Assembly (CA) brush roll systems

Cassette brush rolls - spiral type

Cassette brush rolls - disk type

Brush rolls - one-way tube construction

Hotani® Cassette brush rolls

Single brush disks

Loose spiral coils

Cassette systems for simple self-assembly onto customer’s shaft

OSBORN has the right solution for customers who want to recover and maintain their brushes in-house – roller systems for self-assembly. Our range of products and services includes cassettes in fully-automatic spiral or disk constructions as well as one-way tube bodies and single discs or loose spirals. In order to individually adapt these to existing shaft constructions, they are additionally provided with one-way adapters, if required.

As such, we can supply the right cassette for almost

wear properties. Constantly increasing demands on production lines can be addressed through Osborn’s close cooperation with technology partners throughout the world.


OSBORN HDL®

brush rolls

High-density brush rolls, abrasive or non-abrasive

Individual concepts improved brushing application in process lines (life and brush performance)

Complete brush roll systems

Factory Assembly (FA) brush roll systems

Customer Assembly (CA) brush roll systems

Adaption/improvement of existing rolls/shafts

• Targeted and better control of the rollers due to the compact design with higher density make a significant contribution to reliability and a controlled process

Unlike conventional mono-filaments with bristle diameters ranging between 0.15 and 1.5 mm, our Novofil microfiber material can also reach rough depths of strip surfaces. This is due to their very thin thread thicknesses of up to 0.02 mm, which brings with it significantly improved cleaning and degreasing levels. In the process, a multi-filament bristle can be made from several hundred microfibers. Due to the extremely high density and the individual mix with new, especially hard and rigid abrasive materials, heavy soiling and coarse metallic rolling retentions are removed in a way which is better than ever before.

OSBORN HDL® - the benchmark in lifetime and brush performance

OSBORN International once again sets a new benchmark in brush technology with our latest development -- HDL brush rollers. By combining streamlined brush construction with specially developed microfiber fill materials, we have been able to introduce a product with significantly improved performance levels and

OSBORN HDL® provides even more than this. HDL optimizes the brush within the working parameters of each application. In the first step to find a solution for you, we will analyze the current fine weaknesses. Depending on the type of line and degree to which the brushes are required for cleaning, degreasing and surface activation, an individual covering is defined for the roller. This covering is made from non-abrasive and/or abrasive microfibers and monofilaments. Parallel to this, the shaft construction is optimized and adjusted. In general, the customers’ existing shafts can be used. The usage parameters of the respective brush rollers are evaluated with regard to cooling, in-feed and revolution speed. We then develop a customized optimization recommendation.

Compared to conventional standard brushes, OSBORN HDL® rollers offer decisive advantages:

• Significantly increased lifetime and reduced operating, maintenance and overall brush costs

• Improved cleanliness levels in strip cleaning, contribut- ing to quality improvements, process optimization and increases in line speed

Micro filaments improve strip cleanliness

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Lipprite® abrasive rollers are manufactured from abrasive non-woven flaps through radial adhe-sion to a core. The abrasive grain made of silicon carbide (SiC) or aluminium oxide (Al2O3) is, at the same time, embedded into the surface of the random web fi-bre non-woven material (made of polyamide or other synthetic ma-terial) by means of resin. The aggressiveness of the roller is individually determined by selecting the best material grain and density of the material, i.e. the number of flaps.

An optional additional impregnation makes the roller even more aggressive and increases the life span. It is necessary to keep in mind, however, that because of the significantly increased hardness, impregnated rollers are less flexible. As such, surface undulations can be harder to balance, which may result in a less uniform finish or, in terms of the machining profile, visual shading.

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BRUSH ROLL SYSTEMSLipprite® Abrasive Non-Woven Rolls

In the process, Lipprite® abrasive rollers represent an alternative to brush rollers in various applications. Besides finishing applications, they are used for working-roll cleaning, for surface activation, as well as for de-scaling.

Lipprite® - the abrasive alternative for a perfect surface

Through the merger of the groups OSBORN International JacksonLea, and Lippert-Unipol, we have been able to significantly expand our range in the field of rollers for achieving any technical or optical surface finishing.

Overview of the roller coverings and material specifications for Lipprite® abrasive rollers

Silicon carbide abrasive (SiC)

S4 medium MED Grain 100S6 fine FN Grain 180 - 240S7 very fine VFN Grain 280 - 320S8 super fine SFN Grain 500S9 ultra fine UFN Grain 800S10 micro fine MFN Grain 1500

Additional Lipprite® impregnation for increased lifetime and roller performance

PH 90 Standard hard impregnation PH 210 extra hard

Based on many years of experience or by individual tests on our test lines, we are able to specify the right product in a targeted way for almost any surface roughness required. Contact our application engineers.

Aluminium oxide abrasive grain (AI2 O3)

A1 extra coarse XCRS Grain 36A2 coarse CRS Grain 80A4 medium MED Grain 100A6 fine FN Grain 180 - 240 A7 very fine VFN Grain 280 - 320

Different hardness specifications for Lipprite®

103 - soft 105 - medium107 - hard109 - very hard

The processing results achieved by Lipprite® abrasive rollers may vary depending on the roller specifications, surface and individual usage parameters. For orientation, the following approximate values for the achievable surface roughness (Rt) are:• A4 (coarse) = 3.3 - 3.9 µm• A6 (fine) = 2.9 - 3.6 µm• A7 (very fine) = 1.1 - 1.8 µm

Technical data and product characteristics:

• max. roller width 6.5 ft• max. roller diameter 1.5 ft • Versions available with or without impregnation • Rollers are dynamically balanced in accordance with DIN EN ISO 1940

Recommendations concerning the use of rollers:

• Use in wet or dry operations• Optimum cutting speed 49-82 ft/s • Line (strip) speed or feed speed up to 98 ft/min. (max.)• Processing in the opposite direction to the running direction of the material feed• Optimum depth of immersion 0.078-0.23 in, depending on the roller diameter and hardness • Oscillation improves the uniformity of the machining profile

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INNOVATIVE EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGYBrushing Equipment for Strip Processing Lines

in existing lines, while at the same time optimizing brush rollers and usage parameters to achieve sustainable quality and process improvements.

New intelligent concepts for brushing machines

By working with many of the world’s foremost equipment manufacturers, we can offer professionally engineered brush machines and line concepts that extend performance past established standard machinery. Our primary focus is to replace old equipment which no longer works efficiently

• Easy and precise positioning of the rollers through mechanical clamping

• Optimum and reliable feeding of the brush rollers via the immersion depth by means of height adjustment using precision lifting spindle elements with a servo positioning motor (parallelism tolerance approx. 0.003 in) • Replacement of the rollers without disassembling the bearing units • Optical control at any time through side access doors with large windows on the operator side and the interior lighting of the plant • Non-contact measurement of the roller diameter in operation

• Optional construction according to the brush/brush principle

Along with this background, we are also able to offer a new, fully patented machine package which includes a variety of innovative developments:

• A rigid machine housing which is heavily cushioned against vibrations and protected against corrosion made of a composite stainless steel/mineral cast construction

• Compact and extremely dense OSBORN HDL® brush rollers enable precise control of the depth of immersion • Easy and quicker replacement of the rollers within a few minutes using an insertion skid with no additional dismantling tools

• Compact design enabling the unit to require little space - only 5 ft for each upper/lower brush for strip widths up of to approx. 6.5 ft

• In all, the performance of the respective strip cleaning unit is significantly improved. As a result, strip quality and line speed can be increased.

• Acquisition and maintenance costs are correspondingly reduced.

• Above all, when exchanging brush machines in existing strip lines, valuable space for additional pre-cleaning sections can be achieved in addition to more intensive brushing.

• The contact surfaces strip/upper brush and strip/lower brush are identical. This reduces vibrations. Through gentler running of the strip, shading and shatter marks on the strip surface are avoided.

For many years, Japanese lines have maintained a leading role in technology. Together with our Japanese partners, we have been able to successfully install new line projects with renowned steel producers in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. With these lines, the brush/brush principle instead of the conventional brush/back-up roll design provides a number of advantages.

• Due to the reduction of required roll pairs by half, a 50% space saving is achieved.

• In the case of thin straps, the brush in the border area no longer works on the back-up roll but combs in the opposite brush. Fully uniform wear of the brush balling is achieved in the border area through the additional oscillation of the rolls.

Brushing machine in brush/brush construction including oscillation

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LOAD RUNNERS®

Idler Rollers and Load Rails

Apart from an extensive standard program of over 300 articles in stock or available at short notice (up to a diameter of 10 in), special sized rolls can also be tailor-made in small quantities for special requirements.

Load Runners® carry heavy loads in harsh environments

The name Load Runners® stands for five decades of experience in the manufacturing of idler rolls and guidance systems for precision moving heavy loads under difficult conditions. Line builders and operators of rolling mills, strip lines or heat treatment plants trust in OSBORN’s coil, plate, tray and roller transport or bearing equipment.

Load Runners® idler rolls are tightly sealed and greased for their entire service life. As such they are insensitive to dirt, moisture and extreme temperatures. Long-life and maintenance-free operation ensures high levels of economy.

The treads are made of high-strength steel and are then surface hardened to 55-60 HRC. As such, they feature an especially wear-resistant surface with a tough core.

The precision tapered roll bearings and grooved ball bearings used are particularly suitable for both radial and axial loads and can even be used at high speeds. This secures key advantages over conventional needle bearings. Precision adjusted and hardened guiding rails made of high-duty alloy steel are extremely resilient, wear resistant and free from twist effects. As such, heavy loads can be moved precisely and reliably.

Our complete Load Runners® line can be found in our Load Runners® catalog or at www.LOADRUNNERS.com.

Types

Plain Stud Style

• radial and thrust loads• easy to install

Plain Eccentric Stud Style

• radial and thrust loads• easy to install• vertical adjustment

Plain Yoke Style

• radial and thrust loads• higher capacity then stud style

Flanged Stud Style

• radial and thrust loads• easy to install

Flanged Eccentric Stud Style

• radial and thrust loads• easy to install• vertical adjustment

Flanged Yoke Style

• radial and thrust loads• higher capacity then stud style

V-Grooved Stud Style

• radial and thrust loads• roller profile sheds solid contaminants

V-Grooved Eccentric Stud Style

• radial and thrust loads• roller profile sheds solid contaminants• vertical adjustment

V-Grooved Yoke Style

• radial and thrust loads• higher capacity than stud style• roller profile sheds solid contaminants

Cam Runner

• composite outer• stainless steels shaft• wet environments

U-Grooved Stud Style

• wire guides• idler pulleys• easy to install

Flanged Crown Style

• concentric and eccentric• radial and thrust loads• use on channels and l-beams

Crown Yoke Style

• radial and thrust loads• higher capacity than stud style

Shafts for Yoke Style Idler Rollers

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Density (g/cm2) 1.14 1.1 1.07 1.14 1.16 0.9 1.5

Temperature Resistance

Permanent (°C) 90 90 90 95 190 70 100

Max. short-term (°C) 120 120 120 120 250 100 130

Water Absorption

(at 23 °C) 10% 8% 3% 9% 7.5% <1% <0.5%

Mechanical Properties

Bend recovery + + + + + 0 +

Stiffness - 0 + - 0 + +

Resistance to abrasion + + + + 0 0 -

Chemical resistance

Against alkalines + + + + + 0 0

Against acids - - 0 - + + +

Novofil Synthetic Monofilaments - ABRASIVE

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Abrasive Material SiC AI²0³ SiC AI²0³ SiC AI²0³ SiC AI²0³ Ceramic SiC AI²0³Grit Size

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(at 23 °C) 10% 10% 3% 3% 10% 10% 3% 3% 3% 1.5% 1.5%

Mechanical Properties

Bend recovery 0 0 + + + + + + + 0 0

Stiffness 0 0 + + + + + + + 0 0

Resistance to abrasion 0 0 + + + + + + + + +

Chemical resistance

Against alkalines + + + + + + + + + 0 0

Against acids - - 0 0 - - - - - + +

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Density (g/cm2) 7.85 7.85 7.85 7.85 7.85 7.90 8 8 8.30 7.80 8.90

Temperature resistance

Permanent (°C) 300 300 300 300 300 620 500 1150 170 250 170

Wear Properties

Elastically module (kN/mm2) 210 210 210 210 210 195 195 195 80 200 110

Tensile strength (N/mm2) 1900 2100 2400 2300 1900 1800 1800 1600 900 700-1200 1000-1300

Hardness (Knopp) 480 500 630 530 530 370 400 160 200 330

Fatigue resistance - 0 + + + 0 - + - - 0

Erosion performance - 0 + + + 0 - 0 - - -

Chemical Resistance

Against alkalines - - - 0 0 + + + + - +

Against acids - - - - - 0 + + - - 0

Application medium med hvy heavy medium heavy medium medium medium light light med lght

Novofil Micro-fiber multifilament

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abrasive abrasive filament mixture

Abrasive Material - AI203 SiC SiC/ AI203

Properties

Micro-fiber multifilaments are usually manufactured with high densities into special OSBORN HDL® brush constructions.

The filament selection and specification will be defined and customized to the specific application.

Our application engineers are glad to give further assistance.

Natural fibers and animal hair

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Very soft bris-tle with low static charging and excellent sealing effect

Suitable for careful cleaning of extremely sensitive surfaces, to apply liquids or for brush sealings

Very good temperature resistance as well as electric conductivity

Used for dedusting, light cleaning and apply-ing polishing emulsions

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OSBORN/JACKSONLEA • Manufacturer of Industrial Brushes, Surface Finishing Tools, Load Runners, Buffs and Compounds5401 Hamilton Avenue • Cleveland, Ohio 44114 • 800.720.3358 • [email protected]

www.OSBORN.com • www.JACKSONLEA.com

innovative solutions for metals processing technology

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