US 4,392,367 AGranted

Process and apparatus for the rolling of strip metal

AssigneeSchloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft

InventorWilfried Bald

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Abstract

Process and apparatus for the cold rolling of ferrous metal or nonferrous metal strip, e.g. steel or aluminum strip, in which the strip is passed at a high rate through a multiplicity of cold rolling stands and a coolant is dispensed from nozzles directed against the rolls or the band in the region of the rolling gaps. According to the invention, the planarity of the strip is measured immediately downstream (in the direction of strip movement) of the last rolling stand and deviations from planarity are determined and converted into control signals. The planarity measurement signal is compared with a deviation-maximum signal processor until the measured deviation reaches a first threshold within the range to maximum. Only the coolant spray from the nozzles of the last stand are controlled in a planarity-restoring sense. When the measured deviation exceeds this threshold at least the nozzles of the penultimate stand are controlled.

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Dependent claims

A method of operating a plane rolling line comprising a multiplicity of cold rolling stands, each having a pair of working rolls defining a gap, said gap being traversed by a strip of steel or nonferrous metal with said strip passing through a penultimate stand and a last stand in succession prior to emerging from said line, the rolls of each stand being cooled by respective arrays of nozzles training coolant on the surfaces of said rolls, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) monitoring deviations from planarity of said strip at a location downstream of said last stand in the direction of movement of said strip through said line and across said strip, said deviations having a maximum value;
(b) proportionally controlling coolant flow through nozzles of said last stand exclusively in response to measured planarity deviation values up to a threshold planarity deviation less than said maximum deviation in a sense tending to reduce the measured deviations;
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(c) additionally controlling the nozzles of at least said penultimate stand in response to the measured deviation values only upon the measured deviation values exceeding said threshold, said threshold planarity deviation corresponding to substantially 30% of said maximum value, the control of the flow of coolant being effected by directing coolant only along the upstream side on the surface of the rolls of the last stand and by directing coolant on both the upstream and downstream sides of the rolls of the other stands.

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In a cold-rolling line for the cold reduction of steel or nonferrous metal strip, wherein said strip is passed in succession between working rolls of a multiplicity of rolling stands and respective arrays of nozzles at each of said stands train coolant onto surfaces of the respective rolls, said strip passing through a penultimate stand and a last stand prior to emergence from said line, the improvement comprising:

(a) means for monitoring the planarity of said strip downstream of said last stand in the direction of movement of said strip for producing signals representing deviations from planarity at locations across said strip;
(b) means responsive to said signals for controlling the nozzles of said last stand exclusively upon the detection of planarity deviations up to a threshold value of substantially 30% of the maximum deviation of planarity;
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(c) means automatically responsive to said signals for additionally controlling the nozzles of said penultimate stand upon the measured planarity deviation exceeding said threshold value, the means responsive to said signals being constructed and arranged to controlledly cool the rolls of said penultimate and last stands so as to reduce the measured deviation, said means responsive to said signals including a proportional controller, said nozzles being provided only on the upstream side of said last but on both the upstream and the downstream sides of the other stands of said line.

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