MAV – 3 Roll

MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY THANKS TO 3 MOTORIZED ROLLS WITH FLAT GEARBOXES

The torque is transmitted to the rolls through DAVI exclusive flat gearboxes. This arrangement features the side rolls rotation axis eccentric to their gearboxes: the side rolls can then travel much closer to the top roll thanks to the avoided interference between the hydraulic motors and the top roll cylinder shaft (minimum gauge). With rotation controlled by the motorized side and top rolls, the side rolls flat gearbox enables the operators to pinch at the appropriate tangent point. Thanks to this system, the top and (pinching) side roll axis can almost overlap while pre-bending, achieving the shortest possible flat end without compromises on machine capacity.

SUPERIOR RE-ROLLING PERFORMANCE THANKS TO STURDY AND COMPACT FRAME

The frameconstitutes, effectively, the back-bone of the machine. All stresses during plate forming must be withstood by this critical component and, eventually, transmitted to the foundations. DAVI machines feature the largest and most compact frame on the market, which allows to: improve therigidity of connection to the ground as well as machine stability; increase the available side rolls stroke, hence increasing the maximum interaxis distance; construct a much shallower pit, due to reinforcement beams installed between frames (intra-frame design) rather than base platform.

SUPERIOR CONE BENDING CAPACITY THANKS TO 3 TILTING ROLLS

Forming cones is always a challenge. However, thanks to three fully tilting rolls we will make this very demanding operation as accurate and shift as possible. DAVI pendular shaft-mounted gearboxes configuration allows for stress-free tilting of the rolls up to 100 mm (4”) every 3 meters (10 feet) rolls length. In combination with the three motorized rollsas a standard, DAVI MAV guarantees unparallel performance in continuous cones rolling. Moreover, in case of thick and very thick plates, DAVI MAV will exhibit extraordinary cone forming performance thanks to the Progressive Bumping Mode. In this mode and similarly to a press-brake, the cone will be formed bumping the plate step-by-step with geometrical accuracy guaranteed by the exact positioning of all three rolls.

IMPROVED WORKPIECE TOLERANCES WITH MECHANICAL SYMMETRY 

While forming, the load on the plate must be as uniform as possible along the whole width. If this condition can’t be satisfied, the machine output will significantly deviate from the drawing and manual correction will be necessary. As the forming pressure is provided by hydraulic cylinders installed at the two ends of the machine rolls, the geometry of the machine and related (frame and rolls) deformation behavior greatly affect the loads distribution. For this reason, all DAVI 3-roll machines are designed with full mechanical symmetry, guaranteeing the best forces distribution and, hence, workpiece dimensional tolerances.

MAXIMUM PRECISION WITH HYDRAULIC SYMMETRY AND SIDE CYLINDERS DESIGN

The direction and intensity of the forces generated by the hydraulic cylinders determine how the frame would deform under stress. While forming small and very small diameters, the horizontal component of the bending force strongly prevails on the vertical one. In this situation the side rolls hydraulic cylinders push hard on the machine frame. Unlike other solutions on the market, DAVI cylinder cans are mounted inside the frame and kept in position by leaning on thick frame plates rather than multiple bolts. It is hence not necessary to limit the force available to the cylinders, thus achieving the maximum performance rolling tight cans. Moreover, for the same load, stretched structures would necessarily deform significantly more than compressed ones.  The different displacement at the ends of the machine would, by itself, generate a non-symmetrical geometry and hence load distribution. The relevance of this effect increases exponentially with increasing machine capacity, where available forces – and related deformations – are larger. For this reason, DAVI high capacity 3-roll machines unique design features a perfect hydraulic symmetry on top of the full geometrical symmetry, with all cylinders having the very same displacement; specifically: below 3,000 ton pressing capacity – “push-push configuration with two identical cylinders “pushing” with the same force to the top roll, for a simpler design in combination with an extremely resistant frame; above 3,000 ton pressing capacity – “pull-pull” configuration with two identical cylinders “pulling” the top roll from below, compressing the frame for minimum distortions. The full hydraulic symmetryis a DAVI exclusive feature that, unlike other solutions available on the Market, does not require a continuous actuation of the electronically-controlled rolls parallelism system to the benefit of the rolling accuracy as well as equipment durability. In fact, by exerting the very same force (cylinders with the same displacement) in the very same way (“push-push” or “pull-pull”) at the two ends of the top-roll, DAVI MAV guarantees a perfectly even load distribution along the forming plate to achieve the best output in every condition.

BEST ROLLS PARALLELISM THANKS TO PATENDED SERVO-TRONIC© SYSTEM

The rolls movement is actuated by hydraulic cylinders installed at the two ends of the machine. The patented Servo-Tronic© system keeps the machine’s rolls parallel at all times thanks to its dual, independent but integrated, parallelism control system. In fact, the oil feeding each roll cylinder is mechanically kept at the very same pressure and mass flow thanks to dedicated pumping groups and circuits supported by electro-valves in charge of fine-tuning only. This way, even in case of electronic failure, the rolls parallelism is hydraulically and mechanically maintained and the machine can keep operating with excellent results. The Servo-Tronic©allows for: maximum accuracyof the rolls positioning; limited reliance on electronics with reduced downtimesin case of its failure; best geometrical toleranceson the workpiece.

BEST OPERABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY THANKS TO MULTI-GEARBOXES CONFIGURATION

Majority of the torque generated by the hydraulic motors is transmitted to the plate through the top roll. For this reason, the gearbox connecting hydraulic motor and top-roll, is necessarily one of the most stressed components in the machine. For large capacity rolling machines, special gearboxes with extremely long production lead time would be necessary. For this reason, for machines having pressing capacity above 3,000 ton, DAVI torque transmission system features multiple standard gearboxes connected to a single heavy-duty reduction gear driving the top roll. The system allows for: eliminated downtime in case of failure of one or more gearboxes, since the machine can still operate at reduced torque; improved maintainability, with smaller gearboxes with much shorted delivery time.