High-Performance Lubrication for Hot Rolling Mills

Outstanding performance, even under the most demanding operating conditions.

HMF is a new generation of lubricants designed for a wide range of hot rolling applications, including strip, bar and tube rolling.

HMF lubricants form stable water-based dispersions. When the oil-water mixture is applied to the roll bite, the oil separates instantaneously, forming a stable lubricating film that ensures continuous and effective lubrication throughout the rolling process.

HMF technology helps customers achieve ambitious production targets, support debottlenecking programs and improve strip surface quality.

Kimya acts as a strategic partner, providing fully integrated turnkey solutions:

  • Advanced formulations: Lubricants tailor made for the specific hot mill operating parameters.
  • Lubricant-supply systems: Application technologies engineered according to the specific mill design.
  • Continuous support: An ongoing technical assistance program designed to ensure sustained performance, monitoring and process optimization.

HMF: advanced lubrication technology for the most extreme rolling conditions.

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Hot Rolling Oil Technology

HMF is applied as a water-based dispersion, which carries the lubricant directly to the roll bite. The lubrication level can be precisely adjusted by varying the oil concentration in water.
Thanks to its polar properties, the oil adheres firmly to the contacting surfaces, ensuring uniform and highly effective lubrication.

HMF reduces roll wear while increasing mill productivity and improving strip surface quality, even during the longest and most demanding rolling campaigns.

HMF technology has also been successfully implemented in particularly severe applications, such as stainless steel rolling, where it delivers a significant reduction in friction and work roll wear, together with a marked improvement in the surface quality of the rolled product.

Kimya Experience

Kimya has gained more than 35 years of experience in the formulation and application of hot rolling lubricants across a wide range of mill configurations and steel grades.
Kimya’s team of specialist includes:

Field Service Team

Collect mill data, commissioning and start-up of the hot rolling oil supply system, trial assistance and data collection for performance monitoring.

Hot Rolling Mill Specialists

Monitor Mill performances during lubricant trials, support Customers in mill optimizations, debottlenecking and troubleshooting.

R&D Team

Select and customize lubricant formulation based on the Mill specific characteristics.

HMF Benefits

Kimya HMF state-of-art Hot Rolling Mill Lubrificant help Clients to achieve their production targets and successfully implement debottlenecking programs.

Here are the main benefits we can deliver:

Features

Benefits

Roll surfaces

Minimise roll wear while maintaining roll surface quality over extended operating periods.

Lower roll change frequency.

  • Increased production through reduced downtime for roll changes.
  • Elimination of partial roll changes.
  • Reduced costs associated with the purchase of new rolls.
  • Lower grinding and bearing replacement costs thanks to a reduced number of rolls requiring maintenance.

Improved strip surface quality and shape.

  • Reduced scrap rates and customer claims, resulting in improved profitability.
  • Easier pickling at higher line speeds, with lower acid consumption and reduced production costs.
  • Improved product quality supports customer retention and facilitates access to new market opportunities.
Reduction in rolling friction and forces

Lower friction and rolling forces.

Lower power consumption.

  • Reduced power consumption and corresponding operating cost savings.
  • Ability to achieve greater reductions and process wider or higher-yield-strength materials, expanding the product range and enabling access to new markets.

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