EP0998992A2 - Dispositif de réglage de la position des cylindres dans des laminoirs à cylindres multiples - Google Patents

Dispositif de réglage de la position des cylindres dans des laminoirs à cylindres multiples Download PDF

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EP0998992A2
EP0998992A2 EP99202359A EP99202359A EP0998992A2 EP 0998992 A2 EP0998992 A2 EP 0998992A2 EP 99202359 A EP99202359 A EP 99202359A EP 99202359 A EP99202359 A EP 99202359A EP 0998992 A2 EP0998992 A2 EP 0998992A2
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Peter Grocock
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B31/00—Rolling stand structures; Mounting, adjusting, or interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames
    • B21B31/02—Rolling stand frames or housings; Roll mountings ; Roll chocks
    • B21B31/028—Prestressing of rolls or roll mountings in stand frames
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B13/00—Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories
    • B21B13/14—Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories having counter-pressure devices acting on rolls to inhibit deflection of same under load; Back-up rolls
    • B21B13/147—Cluster mills, e.g. Sendzimir mills, Rohn mills, i.e. each work roll being supported by two rolls only arranged symmetrically with respect to the plane passing through the working rolls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B31/00—Rolling stand structures; Mounting, adjusting, or interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames
    • B21B31/02—Rolling stand frames or housings; Roll mountings ; Roll chocks
    • B21B31/04—Rolling stand frames or housings; Roll mountings ; Roll chocks with tie rods in frameless stands, e.g. prestressed tie rods
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B37/00—Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby
    • B21B37/58—Roll-force control; Roll-gap control
    • B21B37/62—Roll-force control; Roll-gap control by control of a hydraulic adjusting device

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  • the present invention relates to cluster mills, in particular, the controlling of the position of the rolls presented to the strip.
  • the type of cluster mill commonly known as a "Sendzimir” mill or “Z” mill comprises a housing containing two sets of opposing rolls in a 1-2-3-4 arrangement.
  • a pair of work rolls is typically supported by two pairs of first intermediate rolls, in turn supported by three pairs of second intermediate rolls, these being finally supported by four pairs of roller bearing assemblies.
  • the housing includes an entrance and exit by which metal strips to be rolled can gain access to the work rolls and leave the mill. Means are provided for adjusting the positions of the backing rolls so as to adjust the gap between the work rolls.
  • the housing is a single piece in which all rolls are mounted, this housing being known as a monobloc housing.
  • the housing is a two-part housing, the two parts being split horizontally.
  • the two parts of the housing, arranged one on top of the other, are held together by four columns mounted at the corners of the housing, each column running through both halves of the housing and anchored in the lower housing, securing the two halves of the housing together.
  • Four hydraulic cylinders are mounted upon the corners of the upper half of the housing, each cylinder pulls upon a respective column to secure the two halves of the housing whilst the strips are being rolled.
  • the relative position between the rolls may be varied to achieve particular transverse profiles and longitudinal sections, or in response to the strip's shape. Conventionally, this is done by varying eccentrics within the backing assemblies.
  • Each backing assembly consists of a plurality of roller bearings mounted upon a shaft. The shaft is mounted upon a series of eccentrics keyed to the shaft, each eccentric being mounted upon a saddle which rests in a partial bore of the mill housing.
  • the eccentrics include eccentric rings, these rings having teeth which engage with similarly toothed racks. Movement of the racks, by a hydraulic cylinder, turns the eccentrics, and so, via the roll stacks, alters the position of the work rolls.
  • the housings aligned transversely and longitudinally by the columns, have position transducers monitoring their vertical height, which is then regulated by varying the cylinders' pull upon the respective columns.
  • the roll profile and separation may be varied by changing the force with which the hydraulic cylinders pull upon their shafts.
  • the shafts are to some degree elastic, this deformation being known as 'shaft stretch'. This makes it difficult to quickly and accurately vary the roll profile and separation as small oscillations may result after any change.
  • each cylinder pulls upon a respective column to provide a clamping force.
  • This clamping force exerted by the cylinders pre-stresses the system, seeking to emulate the rigidity of the monobloc housing.
  • This mill is thus stiffer than the alternative design of split housing mill, but like the monobloc, the work rolls may only be varied through the backing assemblies.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a means for quickly and accurately altering the position and separation presented by the work rolls while the mill is in operation.
  • a position control means for a cluster mill having a two-part pre-stressed housing in which the two parts are joined by hydraulic cylinders and associated columns, comprising an actuating means located between the housings of the mill, so as to vary or maintain the relative separation or the relative orientation or both of the two halves of the housing during rolling.
  • the preferred embodiments provide a means for altering the orientation of the two halves of the housing relative to each other in a rapid and accurate manner. There is also a reduction in any vibration resulting from the resilience of parts of the cluster mill.
  • four pressure actuators are disposed one at each corner of the housings, when viewed from above, between the two halves of the housing, so that they act as if to force the two halves apart.
  • the four actuators enable the two halves of the housing to move relative to each other with three modes of movement: a simple change in the separation of the two halves of the housing; a tilt or rotation of one housing relative to the other in the direction of the path of the metal strip through the mill; and a tilt or rotation of one housing relative to the other in the transverse direction across the width of the metal strip passing through the mill.
  • Position transducers arranged close to each of the corners of the housing, enable the pressure actuators to precisely vary the orientation of the housings.
  • the relative movement of the two housings in turn causes a relative movement between the two work rolls, increasing or decreasing the separation between them whilst they are parallel, or increasing or decreasing the separation of the rolls at one end relative to the other so as to present a tapered opening between the rolls.
  • a conventional split housing cluster mill is rectangular in plan, and four hydraulic cylinders 28 situated on top of the upper half of the housing 24 hold the two halves of the housing 24,25 together under high pressure by means of four columns 19 which run through the entire housing (only two of which have been shown here), and are secured to the lower housing 25 at their lower ends.
  • the cylinders and columns are located approximately at the corners of the rectangular plan of the cluster mill.
  • the cluster mill position control comprises four pressure actuators 20 (of which only two are shown here), and four position transducers 22 (again only two of which are shown), arranged in conjunction with a conventional split housing cluster mill having an upper housing half 24 and a lower housing half 25, and various rolls A to H and 12 to 15, and a control system for monitoring the position transducers and varying the pressure actuators (which is not shown).
  • Each pressure actuator includes a doughnut actuator 20, that is, the lifting ram is annular in plan, and its sleeve is of similarly annular plan, so that each actuator may be fitted so as to encompass the column of the corresponding hydraulic cylinder 19.
  • each hydraulic cylinder is exerting a force pulling the two halves of the housing together, in close conjunction with a pressure actuator exerting a force pushing the two halves apart.
  • the forces exerted by both the set of hydraulic cylinders and the set of pressure actuators will of course vary depending upon the particular mill and the type of strip, but typically could be in the order of 1000 to 1200 tonnes.
  • Each pressure actuator is controlled by a servo mechanism located close to it, so that the volume of fluid in the system is kept to a minimum, so as to reduce the compressibility of the system.
  • a position and/or pressure transducer 22 is located close to each actuator, so that the independent effects of each actuator may be accurately measured.
  • a control mechanism for operating the actuators which may take many conventional forms, also monitors the transducers, so that the information obtained from the transducers may be used to automatically adjust the operation of the actuators in response to any small unpredictable variations.
  • the hydraulic cylinders and pressure actuators working in opposition, ensure that all the hydraulic fluid in the whole system may be kept at a very high pressure, and therefore less compressible and less prone to vibration.
  • the two halves of the housing may be made to lift (so that their opposing surfaces are kept parallel), tilt (so that one housing makes an approximate rotation about its longitudinal axis, that is parallel to the feed direction), and rock (so that one housing makes an approximate rotation about its transverse axis, that is horizontally perpendicular to the feed direction) independently. These independent actions may then be superimposed at great speed to achieve different roll positions.
  • any three of the transducers are sufficient to completely define the relative positions of the two housings in terms of their lift, tilt and rock.
  • the profile presented by the work rolls will be similarly known (if the backing assemblies are also being used, the alteration due to this must also be accounted for).
  • the work rolls are set to the required strip profile (which may vary in time) by adjustment of the actuators. When the position transducers show that the actual strip profile is deviating from the desired profile, the actuators are caused to oppose this deviation, so that the profile is returned to its desired dimensions.
  • the simplest method of regulating the work roll profile is as follows.
  • a transducer finds that the separation of the housings at the point of that transducer is becoming narrower than the desired housing separation (this corresponding to the desired work roll profile)
  • the associated actuator is caused to exert an extra amount of force proportional to the separation deviation.
  • the actuator lessens the force that it applies.
  • a some form of controller such as a PID controller
  • a PID controller should be present in the processing means, so that as the time that the deviation has been apparent increases, the actuators are caused, using some integral component of the deviation, to oppose the deviation in an increasing fashion.
  • Shapemeters and the like could also be introduced in order to monitor the strip as it enters and/or leaves the mill, the signals from such measuring devices being weighted and added to those of the housing's position transducers. Data from the strip entering the mill could be used to synchronise the exertion of the actuators with the strip variation. Data from the strip leaving the mill could be used as feedback to improve the accuracy of the actuators effect.
  • the control means may be used in conjunction with other means of varying the roll position, in particular by varying the roll eccentrics.
  • the control means may then allocate a proportion of the necessary variation to the different means.
  • the division could be in fixed proportion, or one means could be implemented in preference to the second means which would only be added over a particular pressure, or some other strategy.
  • By varying the eccentrics small changes at many points along the rolls may be achieved. A uniform change across the strip's width, a wedge shape profile for example, is more easily tackled by varying the tilt of the rolls by using the actuators between the housing as herein described.
  • the control means may then allocate small-scale changes to be controlled by the roll eccentrics, whilst large-scale changes are dealt with by the actuators between the housings.

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EP99202359A 1998-09-25 1999-07-19 Dispositif de réglage de la position des cylindres dans des laminoirs à cylindres multiples Expired - Lifetime EP0998992B1 (fr)

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US6725701B2 (en) 2001-02-20 2004-04-27 Hitachi, Ltd. Cluster type multistage rolling mill
DE102006057040B3 (de) * 2006-12-04 2008-05-08 Siemens Ag Walzspaltmessung für ein Vielwalzengerüst
WO2009082441A1 (fr) 2007-12-20 2009-07-02 Integrated Industrial Systems, Inc. Ensemble de logement de laminoir précontraint présentant des caractéristiques de fonctionnement améliorées
CN104226694A (zh) * 2014-09-30 2014-12-24 中色科技股份有限公司 一种铸轧机预应力控制系统

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EP0429812A2 (fr) * 1989-11-25 1991-06-05 SUNDWIGER EISENHÜTTE MASCHINENFABRIK GmbH & CO. Laminoir à plusieurs cylindres avec serrage hydraulique
EP0693328A1 (fr) * 1994-07-22 1996-01-24 T. Sendzimir, Inc. Bâtis pour laminoir à cylindres multiples

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EP0429812A2 (fr) * 1989-11-25 1991-06-05 SUNDWIGER EISENHÜTTE MASCHINENFABRIK GmbH & CO. Laminoir à plusieurs cylindres avec serrage hydraulique
EP0693328A1 (fr) * 1994-07-22 1996-01-24 T. Sendzimir, Inc. Bâtis pour laminoir à cylindres multiples

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US6725701B2 (en) 2001-02-20 2004-04-27 Hitachi, Ltd. Cluster type multistage rolling mill
DE102006057040B3 (de) * 2006-12-04 2008-05-08 Siemens Ag Walzspaltmessung für ein Vielwalzengerüst
WO2009082441A1 (fr) 2007-12-20 2009-07-02 Integrated Industrial Systems, Inc. Ensemble de logement de laminoir précontraint présentant des caractéristiques de fonctionnement améliorées
EP2234739A1 (fr) * 2007-12-20 2010-10-06 I2S, Llc Ensemble de logement de laminoir précontraint présentant des caractéristiques de fonctionnement améliorées
EP2234739A4 (fr) * 2007-12-20 2012-08-29 I2S Llc Ensemble de logement de laminoir précontraint présentant des caractéristiques de fonctionnement améliorées
CN101970139B (zh) * 2007-12-20 2014-03-12 12S有限责任公司 操作特性改善的预应力轧机机架组件
CN104226694A (zh) * 2014-09-30 2014-12-24 中色科技股份有限公司 一种铸轧机预应力控制系统
CN104226694B (zh) * 2014-09-30 2017-02-15 中色科技股份有限公司 一种铸轧机预应力控制系统

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