Method for controlling edge taper in metal rolling mill
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorDonald J. Fapiano
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Abstract
A method for controlling edge taper ("feather") in a rolled metal strip utilizes a rolling mill having at least one pair of opposed work rolls through which the strip is passed for thickness reduction. The method first provides that a target rolling pressure is established as a function of the desired maximum amount of edge taper. A target crown for the finished strip is then established and the final work roll crown which will produce the target crown at the target rolling pressure is determined. The work roll crown is then adjusted to the final work roll crown for making the final pass of the strip through the work rolls.
Claims6
For use in a metal rolling mill having at least one pair of opposed workrolls for reducing the thickness of a metal workpiece passed therebetween, a method for controlling edge taper on the workpiece produced to a specified final gage and crown comprising the steps:
- (a) establishing a target rolling pressure for the final pass of the workpiece through the workrolls as a function of a desired maximum amount of edge taper;
- (b) establishing a target crown for the workpiece after said final pass;
- (c) determining a final roll crown which will produce the target crown for the workpiece using said target rolling pressure;
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- (d) adjusting the crown of said rolls to said final roll crown.
For use in a metal rolling mill having at least one pair of opposed work rolls for reducing the thickness of a metal workpiece passed therebetween and means for changing the effective crown on at least one of the workrolls, a method for controlling edge taper on the workpiece produced to a specified final gage and crown comprising the steps:
- (a) establishing a target rolling pressure for the final pass of the workpiece through the workrolls as a function of a desired maximum amount of edge taper;
- (b) establishing a target crown for the workpiece after said final pass;
- (c) determining a final roll crown which will produce the target crown for the workpiece using said target rolling pressure;
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- (d) controlling the means for changing the effective crown to provide said effective roll crown on said final pass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.