EP1492634B1 - Vorrichtung zum kühlen von walzgut innerhalb der kühlstrecke einer walzanlage - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum kühlen von walzgut innerhalb der kühlstrecke einer walzanlage Download PDF

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EP1492634B1
EP1492634B1 EP03745757A EP03745757A EP1492634B1 EP 1492634 B1 EP1492634 B1 EP 1492634B1 EP 03745757 A EP03745757 A EP 03745757A EP 03745757 A EP03745757 A EP 03745757A EP 1492634 B1 EP1492634 B1 EP 1492634B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B39/00—Arrangements for moving, supporting, or positioning work, or controlling its movement, combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B39/14—Guiding, positioning or aligning work
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B45/02—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
    • B21B45/0203—Cooling
    • B21B45/0209—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants
    • B21B45/0215—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes
    • B21B45/0233—Spray nozzles, Nozzle headers; Spray systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B39/00—Arrangements for moving, supporting, or positioning work, or controlling its movement, combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B39/008—Rollers for roller conveyors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B39/00—Arrangements for moving, supporting, or positioning work, or controlling its movement, combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B39/02—Feeding or supporting work; Braking or tensioning arrangements, e.g. threading arrangements
    • B21B39/12—Arrangement or installation of roller tables in relation to a roll stand
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B45/02—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
    • B21B45/0203—Cooling
    • B21B45/0209—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants
    • B21B45/0215—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes
    • B21B45/0218—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes for strips, sheets, or plates

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  • the invention relates to a device for cooling of rolling stock within the cooling section of a rolling mill, in particular for a hot strip rolling mill, are arranged below the rolling stock between rollers of a roller table fixedly arranged water spraying devices and above the rolling stock held on support beams spray bar, wherein the support lever of a parallel the longitudinal axis of the roller table extending, tubular, rotatably driven and water-fed swivel tube are supported, with a central water supply pipe and a control and regulating device with associated switching valves for connecting and disconnecting the cooling water.
  • Devices for cooling rolling form an integral part of each rolling mill; they have gained in importance since, by influencing the transformation of the steel certain metallurgical conditions, for example. Grain sizes, and thus a high load capacity of the rolled product are sought.
  • the EP 0 178 281 B1 describes a device for cooling a metal product with flat top and bottom, in particular a sheet which is moved on a roller conveyor, wherein coolant is conveyed to the bottom in the gaps formed between the rollers of the roller conveyor and above the rolling stock a distance variable further arrangement provided is.
  • coolant is conveyed to the bottom in the gaps formed between the rollers of the roller conveyor and above the rolling stock a distance variable further arrangement provided is.
  • the JP-A-06212278 Although discloses adevorrichting for rolled strip having between rollers of a roller table fixedly arranged Wasserspritzvoriquesen, by means of which the rolled strip can be cooled from the bottom, measures to maximize the cooling capacity and to shorten the roller table are not stimulated here.
  • the object of the invention is to continue to raise the achievable maximum cooling capacity, but at the same time cut the length of the roller table used for this purpose, so that a compact design high cooling performance is achieved.
  • Fig. 1 a converted to a compact cooling roller conveyor 1 is shown. Slightly below the gap between the rollers of this roller table 1, lower chilled beams 2 can be seen. Over the roller table spray bar 3 are shown, which are completed down by spray tubes, interchangeable spray tube plates 4 completed. On the spray bar 3 pivotally splash guard plates 5 are hinged, which should protect the environment from water spray and ensure that used spray water runs down. It can be seen still Band Installationslineale 6, which serve the alignment and central guide in the roller table run up hot strips.
  • the cooling beam 2 which is closed at both ends by eg. For cleaning removable flaps 7.
  • the cooling beam 2 is fed through a cooling water pipe 8 via a manifold 9.
  • the rollers 10 of the roller table 1 are provided with long, slender pins 11, which carry the rollers in bearings and transmit the drive from the roller table motors 12.
  • the rollers 10 are provided in a very narrow pitch and in the formed between them narrow column still attack the spray tubes 13 of the chilled beam 2 a. But so able to drain between the rollers 10 only small quantities of cooling water; the more room for draining them is offered between the long, slender pin 11 of the rollers 10.
  • the tape guide rulers 6 are shown again: The ruler shown on the left is retracted for maximum bandwidths or a rest position, thus freeing the area of the pins 11 of the rollers for the outflow of water from the beginning.
  • the ruler shown on the right is extremely far advanced for a minimum bandwidth and thus largely covers the drain path formed between the pin 11 of the rollers 10. In practical operations you will therefore set the tape guide rulers 6 according to the width of the incoming belt when entering the band, and after the completion of both the cooling turn on and pull the tape guide rulers in their rest position of the maximum opening.
  • a rotatable pivot tube 15 is mounted, which is fed in the axial direction of cooling water.
  • tubular support arms 16 are connected, in which the cooling water of the pivot tube 15 is able to enter.
  • Two parallel spray bars 3 are attached to these support arms and are supplied by means of manifolds with cooling water via the tubular support levers 16.
  • the free ends carry the hinged splash guard plates 5.
  • Each of the support lever is supported by a hydraulic cylinder 17 and can by means of the same from its shown in Fig. 2 working position in the 3, to perform repairs and inspections, or to remove ribbons from the roller table.
  • FIG. 4 A view of the band guide rulers 6 of the roller table 1 is shown in Fig. 4.
  • the two adjusting devices 18 for the guide rulers 6 have been placed on a small bandwidth, so that the rulers are on the lateral surfaces of the rollers 10 itself:
  • the guide rulers 6 are opened maximally after running in of the tape, so that the between the pin 11th the rollers 10 formed larger intermediate spaces can derive the output of the spray bar 3 and optionally from the chilled beam 2 cooling water assets.
  • the structure of the spray bar 3 is explained with reference to FIG. 5, which shows enlarged cross-section.
  • FIG. 5 shows enlarged cross-section.
  • the free, the cooling water receiving orifice portion 21 of the spray tubes 20 is widened funnel-shaped to accommodate the incoming water without throttling can.
  • the outlet area 22, however, is either cylindrical or to the extent required to achieve the desired injection speed, usually only slightly, retracted.
  • the spray tubes 20 may be mounted in the spray tube plate 4, or, if a change or replacement due to wear, but also for reasons of the use of other dimensions is necessary to be interchangeable.
  • FIG. 6 again shows one of the lower cooling bars 2 in the side view. To recognize are again the cleaning or inspection opening closing removable caps 7 and the connection of the cooling water pipe 8 of FIGS. 2 and 3 serving manifolds 9.
  • the space formed between two adjacent rollers 10 of the roller table 1 is very narrow, so that the supply of cooling water from below and the outflow of cooling water from above are critical in such a compact arrangement.
  • This problem is solved here by arranging the actual body of the cooling bar 2 below the mid-horizontal of the rollers 10 with simultaneous pear-shaped formation of the cross section of this cooling beam in the direction streamline body.
  • a holding strip 23 At the top of this is a holding strip 23, the bores of which receive the spray tubes 13, which are closed at the top by a nozzle 24 which determines their spray pattern.
  • Leksabspritzungen 25 and 26 the arrangement for compact cooling inlet and outlet side is supplemented by pivoting and switchable Leksabspritzungen 25 and 26. These ensure that the standing at the plentiful cooling water task on the tape top cooling water does not flow into the field of technological instruments or can be transported by the band and there would cause interference or falsification of the results.
  • Leksabspritzungen 25 and 26 consist of hinged flaps 27 and 28 with nozzle tubes 29 and 30.
  • the tape inlet flaps are swung up to ensure trouble-free tape passage.
  • the flaps 27, 28 lowered for operation, and the nozzle tubes 29, 30 are turned on.
  • the nozzles are located after lowering the flaps and nozzle tubes close to the wall surface, so that an effective jet effect is ensured.
  • the flaps protect the nozzles and, in the case of strip running disturbances, for example looping, can escape upwards without substantial damage to the devices for longitudinal spraying.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Metal Rolling (AREA)
  • Heat Treatments In General, Especially Conveying And Cooling (AREA)
  • Heat Treatment Of Articles (AREA)
  • Heat Treatment Of Strip Materials And Filament Materials (AREA)
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  • Details Or Accessories Of Spraying Plant Or Apparatus (AREA)
EP03745757A 2002-04-06 2003-02-27 Vorrichtung zum kühlen von walzgut innerhalb der kühlstrecke einer walzanlage Expired - Lifetime EP1492634B1 (de)

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