Management method for a coiler apparatus and corresponding device
AssigneeDanieli Automation S.P.A.
InventorsAntonello Mordeglia, Giuseppe Buzzi, Alessandro Ardesi
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Abstract
Method and device to manage a coiler apparatus associated with a distributor, in which there is at least an exit of the feeder of hot or cold semi-worked metal products, and with a reel, both being respectively moved with suitable controlled movement and rotation means, able to manage the coiling obtaining coils with desired characteristics.
Claims6
A management method for a coder apparatus provided with a distributor, in which there is at least an exit of the feeder of semi-worked hot or cold metal products, a reel, and a management device comprising a video recording system focusing on a semi-worked metal product, said distributor and said reel being respectively moved by controlled movement and rotation means, wherein said management method comprises:
- inserting data in a control and command unit of said management device of the reference operating coiling parameters, said reference operating parameters being at least a desired angle of inclination (αSETi,l), and a diameter (DSETi,l) corresponding to said semi-worked metal product to an i-th rotation of said reel and to an l-th layer of the coil being formed, said angle of inclination (αSETi,l) being defined between an axis of said exit from the feeder and the instantaneous coiling point of said semi-worked metal product on said reel,
- collecting the video images, at a specific speed, from said video recording system during coiling, the speed is determined such that the collecting of the video images is coordinated with an actual coiling speed;
- processing the video images and calculating at least operating parameters (αi,l, Di,l) by means of a processing and calculating unit of said management device, said operating parameters being at least said angle of inclination (αi,l) and said equivalent diameter (Di,l) of said semi-worked metal product;
- comparing said operating parameters (αi,l, Di,l) obtained from the collection of video images with said reference operating parameters (αSETi,l, DSETi,l) inserted in the control and command unit;
- converting the differences between said reference operating parameters (αSETi,l, DSETi,l) and said operating parameters (αSETi,l, DSETi,l), into mutually dependent variations (ΔVDFB, ΔVRFB) of the speed of movement (VD) of said distributor and/or of speed of rotation (VR) of said reel,
- wherein the coordinated variations comprise:
- ΔVRFB is the variation in the speed of rotation of said reel proportional to the difference between the reference operating coiling parameters and the operating parameters detected;
- ΔVDFB is the variation in the speed of the movement mean of said distributor proportional to the difference between the reference operating coiling parameters and the operating parameters detected;
- adjustment of the speed of movement (VD) of said distributor and of the speed of rotation (VR) of said reel based on the variations, respectively;
- wherein the adjustment produces the desired coiling speed, such that the actual coiling speed changes to the desired coiling speed;
- wherein the collecting of video images will automatically adjust to the change in the coiling speed.
A management device for a coiler apparatus provided with a distributor, in which there is at least one exit of a feeder of semi-worked metal products, and a reel, respectively moved by suitable controlled movement and rotation means, said management device comprising a video recording system configured to acquire images of said semi-worked metal product, wherein said management device comprises:
- a processing and calculating unit configured to process said images and calculate continuously obtained operating parameters comprising an equivalent diameter (Di,l) of said semi-worked metal product and an angle of inclination (αi,l) defined between an axis of said exit of the feeder and an instantaneous coiling point of said semi-worked metal product on said reel;
- a control and command unit configured to control the obtained operating parameters (αi,l, Di,l) with previously supplied reference operating parameters for the equivalent diameter and angle of inclination (αSETi,l, DSETi,l), and to command in a coordinated manner said movement and rotation means of said distributor and said reel and
- wherein the control and command unit is configured to convert the differences between the obtained operating parameters (αi,l, Di,l) and the previously supplied reference operating parameters (αSETi,l, DSETi,l) into mutually dependent variations (ΔVDFB, ΔVRRB) of speed of movement (VD) of said distributor and/or of speed of rotation (VR) of said reel,
- wherein the coordinated variations comprise:
- ΔVRFB is the variation in the speed of rotation of said reel proportional to the difference between the reference operating coiling parameters and the operating parameters detected;
- ΔVDFB is the variation in the speed of the movement mean of said distributor proportional to the difference between the reference operating coiling parameters and the operating parameters detected;
- wherein adjustment of the speed of movement (VD) of said distributor and of the speed of rotation (VR) of said reel is based on the variations, respectively;
- wherein the adjustment produces a desired coiling speed, such that an actual coiling speed changes to the desired coiling speed;
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- wherein the collecting of video images will automatically adjust to a change in the coiling speed.
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