Influences Of Size Effects On The Rolling Of Micro Strip

Comparison between down‐scaled flat rolling experiments of thin round wire and numerical simulation of those experiments have shown that the production process of manufacturing micro strip out of thin round wire is influenced by size effects. From plane strain compression tests, used as a physical simulation of the rolling process it is concluded that second order size effects of mechanical strength cause decreasing resistance to forming with decreasing wire diameters for rolling experiments with 25% and 50% reduction.