# US 10,482,406 B2 · Energy-saving-operation recommending system

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- Number: US 10,482,406 B2
- Document ID: US10482406B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/909,379
- Filed: 2013-08-02
- Published: 2016-06-23
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2013-08-02
- Assignees: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
- Applicants: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
- Inventors: Naoki Shimoda; Kazuhiro Ohara; Hiroyuki Imanari
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482406B2

## CPC

- G06Q 10/06312: {Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling}
- B21B 37/00: Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby (methods or devices for measuring specially adapted for metal-rolling mills B21B38/00)
- G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply
- Y02P 90/82: Energy audits or management systems therefor
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B21B: ROLLING OF METAL (auxiliary operations used in connection with metal-working operations covered in B21, see B21C; bending by rolling B21D; manufacture of particular objects, e.g. screws, wheels, rings, barrels, balls, by rolling B21H; pressure welding by means of a rolling mill B23K20/04)
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

In an energy-saving-operation recommending system, a total energy consumption of plural facilities during passage of one material to be rolled through a rolling line is calculated, and the total energy consumption is divided by a width and a length of the material to be rolled before rolling to calculate an energy consumption reference value that defines energy consumption per unit width and unit length of the material to be rolled. The energy consumption reference value is stored in association with a steel grade and a target post-rolling plate thickness of the material to be rolled. An energy consumption reference value corresponding to a steel grade and a target post-rolling plate thickness of a material to be next rolled on the rolling line is obtained. The energy consumption reference value is multiplied by a width and a length of the material to be next rolled to calculate predicted energy consumption.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An energy-saving-operation recommending system in a rolling line for rolling a material to be rolled using a plurality of facilities including a finishing mill having a plurality of rolling stands, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
calculate total energy consumption of the plurality of facilities during passage of one material to be rolled through the rolling line,
divide the total energy consumption by a width and a length of the material to be rolled before rolling to calculate an energy consumption reference value that defines energy consumption per unit width and unit length of the material to be rolled, and
store the calculated energy consumption reference value in association with a steel grade and a target post-rolling plate thickness of the material to be rolled in an energy consumption reference value table; and
a sensor configured to measure a crown value of a material on a downstream side of the finishing mill and output a signal representing the crown value,
wherein the one or more processor is further configured to:
obtain an energy consumption reference value corresponding to a steel grade and a target post-rolling plate thickness of a material to be next rolled on the rolling line, from the energy consumption reference value table,
multiply the energy consumption reference value obtained from the energy consumption reference value table by a width and a length of the material to be next rolled to calculate predicted energy consumption predicted to be consumed by the plurality of facilities during passage of the material to be next rolled through the rolling line,
obtain the signal representing the crown value output from the sensor, and
recommend to an operator an operation condition reducing energy consumption consumed by the plurality of facilities to be smaller than the predicted energy consumption while maintaining a product quality of a rolled material and a mechanical property of a product material quality within an allowable range including increasing a rolling load distribution ratio of a front stand of the plurality of rolling stands and reducing a rolling load distribution ratio of a rear stand of the plurality of rolling stands when the crown value as determined from the signal representing the crown value output from the sensor is an allowable value or smaller, which is set to be smaller than an upper limit value of the product quality.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The energy-saving-operation recommending system according to claim 1, wherein
the plurality of facilities include a coiler provided downstream of the finishing mill; and
the one or more processors is further configured to:
detect flatness of the material to be rolled from a downstream side of the finishing mill to an upstream side of the coiler, and
recommend an operation condition of increasing the rolling load distribution ratio of the front stand of the plurality of rolling stands and reducing the rolling load distribution ratio of the rear stand of the plurality of rolling stands when an indicator representing variations of flatness is an upper limit value or larger of the product quality.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The energy-saving-operation recommending system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to:
calculate a mechanical property value related to yield stress and tensile strength of the rolled material, and
recommend an operation condition of increasing a finishing mill outlet side target temperature when the mechanical property value is an allowable value or larger, which is set to be larger than a lower limit value of the mechanical property.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The energy-saving-operation recommending system according to claim 1, wherein
the one or more processors is further configured to calculate a mechanical property value related to yield stress and tensile strength of the rolled material,
the plurality of facilities include a roughing mill,
the finishing mill is provided downstream of the roughing mill, and
the one or more processors is further configured to recommend an operation condition of reducing a target plate thickness of the material to be rolled between the roughing mill and the finishing mill when the mechanical property value is an allowable value or larger, which is set to be larger than a lower limit value of the mechanical property.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The energy-saving-operation recommending system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of facilities include a rolling machine for rolling the material to be rolled, a cooling pump for pumping up cooling water for cooling the material to be rolled, a conveying table for conveying the material to be rolled, and a coiler for winding the material to be rolled.