EP1704000B1 - Verfahren zum schmieren von walzgut - Google Patents

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EP1704000B1
EP1704000B1 EP04820950A EP04820950A EP1704000B1 EP 1704000 B1 EP1704000 B1 EP 1704000B1 EP 04820950 A EP04820950 A EP 04820950A EP 04820950 A EP04820950 A EP 04820950A EP 1704000 B1 EP1704000 B1 EP 1704000B1
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Christian Bilgen
Christoph Eichert
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B27/00—Rolls, roll alloys or roll fabrication; Lubricating, cooling or heating rolls while in use
    • B21B27/06—Lubricating, cooling or heating rolls
    • B21B27/10—Lubricating, cooling or heating rolls externally
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B1/00—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations
    • B21B1/22—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling plates, strips, bands or sheets of indefinite length
    • B21B1/24—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling plates, strips, bands or sheets of indefinite length in a continuous or semi-continuous process
    • B21B1/26—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling plates, strips, bands or sheets of indefinite length in a continuous or semi-continuous process by hot-rolling, e.g. Steckel hot mill
    • 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
    • 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
    • B21B45/0239—Lubricating
    • B21B45/0245—Lubricating devices
    • B21B45/0248—Lubricating devices using liquid lubricants, e.g. for sections, for tubes
    • B21B45/0251—Lubricating devices using liquid lubricants, e.g. for sections, for tubes for strips, sheets, or plates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B1/00—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations
    • B21B1/46—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting

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  • the invention relates to a method for rolling stock, in particular for hot strip rolling in a finishing train or a casting mill, in which a lubricant, directly on the surface of the work rolls or indirectly on the surface of the support rollers with transfer to the surface of the work rolls, applied before the rolling stock enters the nip of a roll stand, forming a strong adhesive lubricant film on the work roll surface, which leads in the nip as an intermediate layer between the roll and rolling to reduce friction.
  • the apparatus comprises an oil spraying means for the rolling stand, means for supplying oil to the spraying means, means for initiating operation of the oil feeding means shortly after the leading end of the workpiece passes through the rolling stand, and means for stopping the operation of the oil feeding means just before the rear End of the workpiece reaches the mill.
  • a method and apparatus for applying a lubricant to a workpiece in a hot strip mill wherein lubricant and atomizing air are dispensed from a plurality of spray nozzles in a four-roll stand provided with two work rolls and two back-up rolls.
  • the spray nozzles are arranged across the width of at least one of these support rollers.
  • the starting point for the promotion of lubricant is the puncture in the scaffold under consideration.
  • a disadvantage of this method or this device is that first a closed Schmierstoffim must form on the back-up roll surface, which is transmitted in the gap back-up roll / work roll on the work roll surface. From here, the lubricant enters the nip. It takes too much time (several seconds) for the lubricant to reach the rolling stock, depending on the roller peripheral speed and roller diameter. In such a method or in such a device, the tape head is not supplied with fresh lubricant during threading, which leads briefly to higher rolling forces.
  • the grip angle and the rolling speed play a role.
  • the gripping capacity decreases.
  • the gripping angle which is dependent on the thickness of the incoming rolling stock, the relative reduction in thickness during rolling and the diameter of the rolls, it is said that it must always be smaller than the friction angle to allow slip-free rolling.
  • the gripping angle in finishing lines decreases from the first to the last stand. After that, the biggest gripping problems, a slippage at the beginning of the rolling stock, occur in the first finishing stand.
  • the roll gap lubrication is used so that the lubrication is switched on only after a puncture in the respective frame and is switched off some time before the removal of the rolling stock. In this way, enough work roll overruns remain to completely burn the lubricant on the roll surface. This will avoid that the gripping at the beginning of the subsequent rolling stock is compromised.
  • the described lubrication strategy results in two different load levels within the rolling stock, provided that the preliminary sliver or the thin slab enters the finishing train with homogeneous properties over the length and without speed-up.
  • the deflection of the work rolls changes. This simultaneously changes the flatness condition (mainly in the rear scaffolds) and profile (mainly in the front scaffolds) of the rolling stock.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a method for applying a lubricant to a working or support roller surface, which enables an improvement of the rolling process, leads to a reduction in the wear of the rollers and lowers the energy consumption of the finishing train.
  • a lubrication system which conveys the lubricant from a reservoir via lines and nozzles to the working or support rollers, already 5 to 15 sec. Switched before entry of the rolling stock in the rolling stand, all dead times are compensated in the lubrication system, so that on In any case, before the tapping has formed a closed lubricating film on the work roll.
  • the decisive advantage of the method according to the invention is that over the entire length of the rolling stock a constant rolling force level for the respective framework results because a lubrication over the entire length of the rolling stock is maintained.
  • the lubricating effect is at the beginning of the rolling stock by a smaller amount of lubricant or by a modified, i. limited properties of other lubricants.
  • a further advantage of the method according to the invention is that a constant overfeed is achieved with constant lubrication, which in turn results in a constant mass flow.
  • roll-gap lubrication is used to favorably influence the shearing texture on the surface.
  • the application of the lubricant according to the invention brings about a homogeneous surface texture over the entire length of the rolling stock.
  • the lubrication system includes the construction of a ring line with return to the lubricant tank and the installation of a switchable 3/2-way valve in front of the lubricant mixer (for example a static tube mixer).

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Metal Rolling (AREA)
  • Application Of Or Painting With Fluid Materials (AREA)
  • Continuous Casting (AREA)
  • Lubricants (AREA)
EP04820950A 2003-12-23 2004-11-30 Verfahren zum schmieren von walzgut Revoked EP1704000B1 (de)

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DE10361493 2003-12-23
DE102004006130A DE102004006130A1 (de) 2003-12-23 2004-02-07 Verfahren zum Schmieren von Walzgut
PCT/EP2004/013571 WO2005065854A1 (de) 2003-12-23 2004-11-30 Verfahren zum schmieren von walzgut

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EP1704000A1 EP1704000A1 (de) 2006-09-27
EP1704000B1 true EP1704000B1 (de) 2008-01-02

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US (1) US20090038356A1 (zh)
EP (1) EP1704000B1 (zh)
JP (1) JP2007515297A (zh)
KR (1) KR101140808B1 (zh)
CN (1) CN1898038B (zh)
AR (1) AR047573A1 (zh)
AT (1) ATE382440T1 (zh)
AU (1) AU2004311509A1 (zh)
BR (1) BRPI0417850A (zh)
CA (1) CA2547960A1 (zh)
DE (2) DE102004006130A1 (zh)
EG (1) EG24296A (zh)
ES (1) ES2295981T3 (zh)
RU (1) RU2364454C2 (zh)
TW (1) TW200533432A (zh)
WO (1) WO2005065854A1 (zh)
ZA (1) ZA200601118B (zh)

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AU2004311509A1 (en) 2005-07-21
BRPI0417850A (pt) 2007-04-27
RU2364454C2 (ru) 2009-08-20
EG24296A (en) 2009-01-11
KR101140808B1 (ko) 2012-05-03
EP1704000A1 (de) 2006-09-27
RU2006108529A (ru) 2006-07-10
DE502004005872D1 (de) 2008-02-14
TW200533432A (en) 2005-10-16
WO2005065854A1 (de) 2005-07-21
CN1898038B (zh) 2011-03-09
US20090038356A1 (en) 2009-02-12
KR20060113667A (ko) 2006-11-02
CA2547960A1 (en) 2005-07-21
CN1898038A (zh) 2007-01-17
DE102004006130A1 (de) 2005-07-28
ES2295981T3 (es) 2008-04-16

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