Bar peeling is a method which is used to remove oxide scale, mill scale, surface cracks, etc. from hot-rolled and forged blanks. The size of blank can vary from 4 mm to over 400 mm in diameter. Bar peeling is also applied to thick walled tubes.
The most common materials which are peeled are carbon steel, spring steel and stainless steels. Bar peeling is also applied to other materials, such as high-temperature steel, titanium, aluminium and uranium. | |
Application areas vary, but bar peeled blanks are often used as an intermediate stage in the production of products which are to be processed further. Examples of these are extrusion blanks for tube manufacturing and axle components for the automobile industry.
Compared with conventional turning, bar peeling is a method of machining which provides high productivity and low production costs due to the shorter throughput times. The surface quality and dimensional tolerances are also high, which in turn leads to less machining at subsequent stages. |
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