THE EFFECT OF SKEW ANGLE ON THE AXIAL PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN FLEXIBLE RUBBER-COVERED ROLLERS

This work presents a simplified means to determine the axial contact p ressure distribution between two pinched, flexible, rubber-clad, cylin drical rolls that are aligned with axes skewed. Of particular interest is the effect of the skew angle on the axial contact pressure distrib ution. A finite element model is used with beam elements to model the bending of the roll cores and spring elements to model the load-indent ation relationship between the rubber coatings. Numerical results of c ontact pressure and contact width vs axial location are presented for varying amounts of skew, and these are compared with experimental resu lts.