EP1980345B1 - Production method for steel continuously cast piece and system for caring surface defect of cast piece - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method of producing a continuous casting slab of steel, according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a conditioning system of surface layer defects according to the preamble of claim 4.
- US 6,436,205 B1 there is described a method for surface processing of a continuously cast steel product and device therefor.
- at least a portion of at least one metal product surface is cooled for a defined temperature decrease of a surface to be treated and a surface treatment is then performed.
- the device has a cooling device for cooling at least a portion of at least one metal product surface for a defined temperature decrease of a surface to be treated and a surface treatment device downstream of the cooling device in the product conveying direction.
- the production arrangement for this has a continuous slab casting device, a heating arrangement with at least one of a heating device and a temperature equilibration device arranged downstream of the casting device.
- a hot mill train is arranged downstream of the heating arrangement in the conveying direction.
- the surface processing device for removing surface flaws has a device for cooling at least a portion of at least one metal product surface for a defined temperature decrease of a surface to be treated and a surface treatment device downstream of the cooling device in the product conveying direction.
- the surface processing device is arranged between the casting device and the hot mill train.
- slab continuous casting slab
- defects such as inclusions of surface layers of slabs
- the surface conditioning of slabs is often performed by, for example, partial scarfing or overall scarfing using a oxygen torch, or partial grinding or overall grinding using a grinder.
- partial scarfing or overall scarfing using a oxygen torch or partial grinding or overall grinding using a grinder.
- the defects are removed by further performing partial scarfing using an oxygen torch or partial grinding using a grinder.
- the surface conditioning operations using these methods can be used to remove defects up to a certain depth of a slab
- the surface conditioning operations cannot be used to remove defects that are deeper than the certain depth. Therefore, for example, a defect in the slab remaining directly below a scarfed surface or a ground surface may become a surface defect of a thin sheet after the slab is rolled into the thin sheet. Consequently, even if the surface conditioning of the slab is performed, the occurrence of the surface defect in the rolled sheet, which is a product, cannot be prevented completely.
- an attempt is made to remove a deep defect at a slab stage even a flawless portion around the defect is removed, thereby increasing a decrease in yield ratio or increasing the conditioning work time.
- Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 02-15806 proposes a method of producing a stainless steel sheet that does not have scabs.
- the technology discussed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 02-15806 corresponds to a method of producing a stainless steel sheet which is subjected to hot rolling.
- pinholes existing at at least portions near front and rear surfaces of side faces of slabs and existing in the front and rear surfaces of the slabs are detected, after which the portions pinholes having a diameter greater than or equal to 0.2 mm among the detected pinholes are conditioned and removed.
- Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 10-296306 proposes a method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet.
- pinholes in a slab prior to rough rolling are detected.
- the depths of the pinholes from a slab surface, the slab thickness, and the finish rolling thickness are estimated.
- conditioning is performed at a sheet bar stage or a slab stage prior to the finish rolling.
- an artificial flaw is previously provided in a slab to perform a rolling test.
- the depth from a slab surface and the size of pinholes that become surface flaws after the rolling, and rolling reduction are formulated as parameters. Based on this, the sizes of the pinholes to be removed prior to the rolling are determined.
- pinholes that are formed at deep positions from the slab surface are ground after rough rolling because the grinding amount of the slab at the slab stage is large, thereby decreasing yield ratio.
- the sizes of pinholes to be removed are estimated on the basis of the result of a rolling test of artificial flaw.
- the slabs according to the present invention are for ordinary steel sheets.
- surface layer defects which cause surface detects, include, in addition to pinholes, inclusions, formed of deoxidation products or mold powder, and cracks.
- the present invention can overcome such related art problems, and has as its object the provision of a method of producing a continuous casting slab of steel, which can restrict the occurrence of surface defects in a thin steel sheet (thin sheet), which is a product, so that the thin sheet (rolled product) has a required surface quality level.
- the present invention has as its object the provision of a conditioning system of surface layer defects of slabs, which can efficiently remove surface layer defects of slabs, which become surface defects of thin sheets (rolled products).
- the gist of the present invention is as follows.
- the conditioning standards are composed of a step 9, in which the surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs 1, which determines the sizes and the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 5 in the slabs 1, is compared with and checked against (9A) surface defects data 6A of sheets 7, which determines sizes (widths, lengths) and two-dimensional positions of the surface defects 6 in the sheets 7, obtained from the slabs 1, and in which features of the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs 1, which become the surface defects 6A of the sheets 7, are extracted (9B), is repeatedly performed on the slabs 1, so that said any surface layer defect 5B that needs to be removed in accordance with steel type and process is determined and classified so that the surface layer defects are capable of being indicated.
- the two-dimensional positions of the surface defects 6 refer to a position in a production line direction (thin-sheet longitudinal direction), and a position perpendicular to the production line direction (thin-sheet widthwise direction).
- the width of the surface defects 6 refers to a maximum width in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction of the thin sheets 7, and the length of the surface defects 6 refers to a maximum length in the rolling direction of the thin sheets 7.
- the inventors et al. have found out that, to obtain thin sheets 7 (rolled products) having a required surface quality level, it was important to efficiently and completely remove surface layer defects 5B of slabs 1, which become surface defects 6 of the thin sheets 7 (rolled products), which are products. To achieve this, the inventor et al.
- means 12 of measuring surface layer defects of slabs (surface layer defects measuring device) of an ultrasonic reflection type defects measuring device was used to measure the size (diameter of the equivalent circle) and three-dimensional positions (position in a lengthwise direction of the slabs, position in the widthwise direction of the slabs, and a position from the slab surfaces) of the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs 1 (primarily inclusions). Then, the measured values were stored in a storage means so as to be retrievable.
- Fig. 5 stored surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs 1 and surface defects data 6A of the steel sheets 7, which are materials of the slabs, were extracted, and compared and checked (9A) to confirm the state of correspondence between the surface layer defects 5 and the surface defects 6.
- the results of the relationships between the depth (three-dimensional position) of the surface layer defects 5 at the slabs and the size of the surface layer defects are shown in Fig. 5 .
- the symbol ⁇ stands for surface layer defects 5 that were not detected as surface defects 6 of the steel sheets 7; and the symbol ⁇ stands for surface layer defects 5 that were detected as the surface defects 6 of the steel sheets.
- Fig. 5 the same scabs level ranges of the surface defects 6 were divided. From Fig. 5 , it can be understood that boundary lines between the ⁇ and ⁇ , or division lines of the scab levels can be used as the features (three-dimension positions, sizes) of the surface layer defects 5B of the slabs to be removed.
- the inventor et al. have conceived that setting the features of the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs, which become the surface defects 6 of such products, as predetermined conditioning standards in accordance with a surface quality demand degree of the products (steel sheets), indicating the surface layer defects 5B to be removed, and removing the matched surface layer defects 5 of the slabs at the slab stage can effectively and considerably reduce the occurrence of the surface defects 6 (scabs) of the products.
- the present invention since the surface layer defects 5, which cause the surface defects of the products (steel sheets 7), can be efficiently removed, the present invention is industrially considerably effective in making it possible to considerably reduce frequency of surface defects of the products and of considerably improving manufacturing yield ratio.
- it is not necessary to perform overall scarfing and grinding conditioning of the entire slabs, so that the present invention is also effective in making it possible to easily and efficiently produce products required to satisfy strict surface quality level.
- the present invention makes it possible to efficiently remove all inclusions, which become scabs of the products, without a decrease in yield ratio caused by excessive conditioning or without any scabs remaining due to insufficient conditioning in overall conditioning to a certain thickness.
- a method of producing a slab according to the present invention includes a continuous casting process 2, in which molten steel is continuously casted into slabs, and a conditioning process 4 of slabs 1, in which the slabs 1 are conditioned after the continuous casting process 2.
- the means 12 of measuring surface layer defects of the slabs measures the surface layer defects of the slabs 1, to extract the surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs. From the obtained results, the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed are removed by the conditioning process 4 of the slabs. This procedure is schematically illustrated in Fig. 4 .
- the sizes (diameters of the equivalent circle) and the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs 1 to be measured are determined.
- Examples of the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs 1 are inclusions, blowholes, and cracks.
- conditioning places and depths of the slabs 1 become clear, so that conditioning is facilitated, and correspondences between the surface layer defects 5 and the occurrence of the surface defects of the steel sheets 7 after rolling can be easily made clear.
- the obtained surface layer defects data is, as the surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs 1, is stored in surface layer defects database 5C of the slabs so that it can be searched.
- Fig. 3 on the basis of predetermined conditioning standards 8, that is, by comparing data (5B'), which is indicated in the conditioning standards 8, of the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed with the surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs 1, a determination is made as to whether or not the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs correspond to the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed.
- the conditioning standards 8 it is desirable that the surface layer defects that need to be removed in accordance with steel type, sheet thickness, and process be classified (so that they can be indicated) so as to be searchable.
- Fig. 6 shows example conditioning standards 8. For example, in Fig.
- the slabs 1 having the surface layer defects 5 that are determined as corresponding to the surface layer defects 53 that need to be removed are immediately conveyed to the conditioning process 4 of the slabs, and are removed by means 11 of conditioning the slabs.
- Any means of conditioning the slabs may be used for the means 11 of conditioning the slabs as long as it is a device of a type that is connected to a process computer and that is automatically operated, and that can remove local defects. Accordingly, the means 11 is not particularly limited.
- Example means 11 may be those that perform scarfing using an oxygen torch or grinding using a grinder.
- the slabs 1 whose surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed in the slab conditioning process 4 have been removed, or the flawless slabs 1 whose surface layer defects 5B do not need to be removed are subjected to the following processes, that is, the hot rolling process 21 and the cold rolling process 22, or are further subjected to a surface treatment process 23, so that they are formed as the products 7 (steel sheets).
- the procedure is shown in Fig. 3 .
- a surface inspection process 24 in a surface inspection process 24, the products 7 (steel sheets) are inspected by the means 13 of measuring surface layer defects to determine whether or not surface defects 6 exist.
- the conditioning standards 8 need to be such that the data (5B') of the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed in accordance with steel type, process, use, sheet thickness, etc., can be classified, searched, checked, indicated, and updated. As shown in Fig. 2 , it is desirable that it be predetermined by the following procedure.
- the means 12 of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs is used to obtain the surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs that determines the sizes and the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 6 of the slabs 1.
- the means 12 of measuring the surface layer defects of slabs any one of the following surface layer defects measuring devices, that is, an ultrasonic reflection type defects measuring device, a transmitting type defects measuring device using radiation such as X rays or ⁇ rays, and a leakage magnetic flux type defects measuring device, may be suitably used.
- the slabs 1 are subjected to the hot rolling process 21, the cold rolling process 22, or the surface treatment process 23 to form the steel sheets 7.
- the means 13 of measuring the surface layer defects of the steel sheets is used to determine the sizes (width, length) and two-dimensional positions of the surface defects 6 (surface scabs, etc.) of the steel sheets. Accordingly, the surface defects data 6A of the steel sheets obtained as the materials of the slabs is obtained. Examples of the surface defects 6 of the steel sheets may include scabs, sliver, and blisters.
- any one of the following surface defects measuring devices that is, a surface defects measuring device based on image data processing and online continuous photography of the surfaces of the steel sheets 7 (coils), and a leakage magnetic flux type measuring device, may be suitably used.
- the obtained surface defects data 6A is stored in the storage means of the database 5C of the surface layer defects of the slabs and database 6C of surface layer defects of the steel sheets so that it can be retrieved, searched, and checked. It is desirable that the surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs 1 and the surface defects data 6A of the steel sheets 7, which are the materials of the slabs 1 be constantly collected and accumulated online.
- the obtained surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs 1 and the surface defects data 6A of the steel sheets 7, which are the materials of the slabs 1, are compared with each other (9A), so that features regarding the sizes and the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 5B of the slabs 1, which become the surface defects 6 of the steel sheets 7, are extracted (9B).
- This step is repeatedly performed on the plurality of slabs 1, to provide the conditioning standards 8 in which the features (the sizes (diameters of the equivalent circle), three-dimensional positions) of the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs 1, which need to be removed in accordance with steel type, process, use, sheet thickness, etc., because they become the surface defects 6 of the steel sheets 7, can be classified, searched, checked, and indicated.
- the obtained conditioning standards 8 are stored in the storage means of conditioning standard database 14 so that it can be retrieved and updated.
- the features (the sizes (diameters of the equivalent circle), three-dimensional positions) of the surface layer defects 6 of the slabs 1, which become the surface defects 6 of the steel sheet products 7, can be extracted and indicated as the conditioning standards 8 in accordance with, for example, steel type, process, or use, or the sizes (widths, lengths) of the surface defects 6 (surface scabs) of the steel sheets 7.
- the surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs 1 and the surface defects data 6A of the steel sheets 7, which are the materials of the slabs 1, be constantly collected and accumulated online.
- the conditioning standards 8 to be updated periodically or non-periodically on the basis of latest data. This makes it possible to constantly possess the latest conditioning standards 8 in accordance with changes in, for example, casting conditions and rolling conditions.
- the surface layer defects conditioning system 10 of the slabs 1 used in the present invention comprises the means 12 of measuring surface layer defects of slabs, the means 13 of measuring surface defects of steel sheets, the means 15 of calculation, the means 11 of conditioning slabs, the database 5C of surface layer defects of slabs, the database 6C of surface defects of steel sheets, and the conditioning standard database 14.
- the surface layer defects conditioning system 10 of the slabs 1 is connected to, for example, a high-end process computer and a low-end process computer. It goes without saying that the surface layer defects conditioning system 10 of the slabs 1 is formed so as to allow input of information of, for example, use and process of the steel sheets, which are products, or of the history of, for example, manufacturing conditions and slab composition.
- the means 12 of measuring surface layer defects of slabs and the means 13 of measuring surface defects of steel sheets, and the means 11 of conditioning slabs 11 are connected to the means 15 of calculation.
- the database 5C of surface layer defects of slabs, the database 6C of surface defects of steel sheets, and the conditioning standard base 14 are also connected to the means 15 of calculation.
- the surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs regarding, for example, the three-dimensional positions and sizes of the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs 1 is measured.
- the surface defects data 6A regarding the sizes (widths, lengths) and the two-dimensional positions of the surface defects 6 of the steel sheets 7, obtained as materials of the slabs 1 is measured.
- the database 5C of the surface layer defects of the slabs is a database in which the obtained surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs 1 is stored so that it can be input and output along with process-related information such as manufacturing conditions and composition.
- the database 5C of the surface layer defects of the steel sheets is a database in which the surface defects data 6A of the steel sheets 7, obtained as the materials of the slabs 1, is stored so that it can be input and output along with process-related information such as processes and steel type.
- the conditioning standard database 14 is a database in which the surface layer defects that need to be removed in accordance with, for example, steel type, process, and use is stored so that it can be input and output as the surface layer defects data 5B that need to be determined, classified, and removed.
- the surface layer defects data 5A of the slabs 1, measured by the means 12 of measuring surface layer defects of slabs, and the surface layer defects data 5B', which need to be removed in accordance with, for example, steel type, process, and use and is output from the conditioning standard database 14, are input.
- they are compared (9A), to determine the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed in the conditioning slabs.
- a signal 16 used to remove the surface layer defects 5B is output to the means 11 of conditioning slabs.
- the slabs 1 prior to the rolling operations using the means of measuring surface layer defects of slabs (surface layer defects measuring device) of an ultrasonic reflection type shown in Fig. 7 , the sizes and the three-dimensional positions (position in a lengthwise direction of the slabs, position in the widthwise direction of the slabs, and a depth from the front and back surfaces of the slabs) of the surface layer defects 5 (primarily inclusions) of the entire front and back surfaces of the slabs 1 (surface layer defects data 5A) were measured. Then, the surface layer defects data 5A was compared with the data 5A of the surface layer defects to be removed at a slab stage, the data 5A being indicated in the conditioning standards 8 output from the conditioning standard database 14 and used for the present purpose.
- a slab conditioning operation was performed to selectively remove the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed by the means 11 of conditioning slabs (a grinder that can perform local conditioning).
- This corresponds to the example (number of coils 102) of the present invention.
- Some of the slabs 1 were subjected to overall grinding for a 2mm slab thickness. This corresponds to a comparative example (number of coils 98).
- the frequency of the surface defects in the example of the present invention was 0.1% on average. In contrast, in the comparative example, it was 1.0% on average.
- the present invention since the surface layer defects, which cause the surface defects of the products (steel sheets), can be efficiently removed, the present invention is industrially considerably effective in making it possible to considerably reduce frequency of surface defects of the products and of considerably improving manufacturing yield ratio.
- it is not necessary to perform overall scarfing and grinding conditioning of the entire slabs, so that the present invention is also effective in making it possible to easily and efficiently produce products required to satisfy strict surface quality level.
- the present invention makes it possible to efficiently remove all inclusions, which become scabs of the products, without a decrease in yield ratio caused by excessive conditioning or without any scabs remaining due to insufficient conditioning in overall conditioning to a certain thickness.
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- The present invention relates to a method of producing a continuous casting slab of steel, according to the preamble of
claim 1 and to a conditioning system of surface layer defects according to the preamble ofclaim 4. - In
US 6,436,205 B1 there is described a method for surface processing of a continuously cast steel product and device therefor. Here, at least a portion of at least one metal product surface is cooled for a defined temperature decrease of a surface to be treated and a surface treatment is then performed. The device has a cooling device for cooling at least a portion of at least one metal product surface for a defined temperature decrease of a surface to be treated and a surface treatment device downstream of the cooling device in the product conveying direction. The production arrangement for this has a continuous slab casting device, a heating arrangement with at least one of a heating device and a temperature equilibration device arranged downstream of the casting device. A hot mill train is arranged downstream of the heating arrangement in the conveying direction. The surface processing device for removing surface flaws, has a device for cooling at least a portion of at least one metal product surface for a defined temperature decrease of a surface to be treated and a surface treatment device downstream of the cooling device in the product conveying direction. The surface processing device is arranged between the casting device and the hot mill train. - In
DE 29 04 951 A1 there is described a method and device for display and removal of errors from metallic slabs. Slabs are characterized by numbers or similar identifications prior to detection of faults. Then, the basis of a determined fault, a necessary treatment of the slab or a related replacement of a part of the slab is determined. Upon substitution of path of the slabs this may be achieved using discarded metal. - Further, one important quality that is required of a continuous casting slab (hereunder simply referred to as "slab") that is produced by a continuous casting method of steel is that defects, such as inclusions of surface layers of slabs, are rarely produced. However, it is actually difficult to completely eliminate surface layer defects. Therefore, in steel sheets in which surface defects should not occur to the extent possible, an overall surface conditioning is widely performed on the slabs, which are materials.
- In general, the surface conditioning of slabs is often performed by, for example, partial scarfing or overall scarfing using a oxygen torch, or partial grinding or overall grinding using a grinder. For example, in the surface conditioning of an ordinary steel slab, when defects still remain in the surface after overall scarfing using an oxygen torch, the defects are removed by further performing partial scarfing using an oxygen torch or partial grinding using a grinder.
- However, although the surface conditioning operations using these methods can be used to remove defects up to a certain depth of a slab, the surface conditioning operations cannot be used to remove defects that are deeper than the certain depth. Therefore, for example, a defect in the slab remaining directly below a scarfed surface or a ground surface may become a surface defect of a thin sheet after the slab is rolled into the thin sheet. Consequently, even if the surface conditioning of the slab is performed, the occurrence of the surface defect in the rolled sheet, which is a product, cannot be prevented completely. In addition, when an attempt is made to remove a deep defect at a slab stage, even a flawless portion around the defect is removed, thereby increasing a decrease in yield ratio or increasing the conditioning work time.
- To overcome this problem, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
02-15806 02-15806 02-15806 - Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
10-296306 10-296306 10-296306 - In the technology discussed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
02-15806 02-15806 - In the technology discussed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
10-296306 - The present invention can overcome such related art problems, and has as its object the provision of a method of producing a continuous casting slab of steel, which can restrict the occurrence of surface defects in a thin steel sheet (thin sheet), which is a product, so that the thin sheet (rolled product) has a required surface quality level. In addition, the present invention has as its object the provision of a conditioning system of surface layer defects of slabs, which can efficiently remove surface layer defects of slabs, which become surface defects of thin sheets (rolled products).
- The gist of the present invention is as follows.
- (1) A method of producing
steel slabs 1 has the features ofclaim 1 and comprises acontinuous casting process 2 of continuously casting molten steel to form theslabs 1, and aconditioning process 4 of the slabs of conditioning surfaces of theslabs 1 after thecontinuous casting process 2. After thecontinuous casting process 2 and prior to theconditioning process 4 of the slabs, aninspection process 3 of the slabs is performed on theslabs 1 to obtain surfacelayer defects data 5A of the slabs, which determines sizes and three-dimensional positions of surface layer defects 5 in theslabs 1, and, regarding the obtained surfacelayer defects data 5A of the slabs, a determination is made as to whether or not any surface layer defect 5B that needs to be removed on the basis ofpredetermined conditioning standards 8 exists, after which, if said any surface layer defect 5B that needs to be removed exists, said any surface layer defect 5B is removed in theconditioning process 4 of the slabs. Here, the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 5 refer to a position in a production line direction (a slab longitudinal direction), a position perpendicular to the production line direction (slab widthwise direction) and a slab thickness direction. In addition, the size (diameter) of the surface layer defects 5 refers to a diameter of a circle of an area that is equivalent to the area obtained by image processing the defect. Hereunder, the size will be called the "diameter of the equivalent circle." - In the method of producing
steel slabs 1, the conditioning standards are composed of astep 9, in which the surface layer defectsdata 5A of theslabs 1, which determines the sizes and the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 5 in theslabs 1, is compared with and checked against (9A) surface defects data 6A ofsheets 7, which determines sizes (widths, lengths) and two-dimensional positions of thesurface defects 6 in thesheets 7, obtained from theslabs 1, and in which features of the surface layer defects 5 of theslabs 1, which become the surface defects 6A of thesheets 7, are extracted (9B), is repeatedly performed on theslabs 1, so that said any surface layer defect 5B that needs to be removed in accordance with steel type and process is determined and classified so that the surface layer defects are capable of being indicated. Here, the two-dimensional positions of thesurface defects 6 refer to a position in a production line direction (thin-sheet longitudinal direction), and a position perpendicular to the production line direction (thin-sheet widthwise direction). The width of thesurface defects 6 refers to a maximum width in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction of thethin sheets 7, and the length of thesurface defects 6 refers to a maximum length in the rolling direction of thethin sheets 7. - (2) In the method of producing
steel slabs 1 according to (1), the surface layer defects 5 are any one of inclusions, blowholes, and cracks. - (3) A
conditioning system 10 of surface layer defects of slabs according toclaim 3, comprise means 12 of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs, means 13 of measuring surface defects of sheets, adatabase 5C of the surface layer defects of the slabs, a database 6C of the surface defects of the sheets, a conditioningstandard database 14, means 15 of calculation, and means 11 of conditioning the slabs. Thedatabase 5C of the surface layer defects of the slabs stores surfacelayer defects data 5A of theslabs 1, which is measured by themeans 12 of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs and which determines sizes and three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 5 of theslabs 1, so that the surfacelayer defects data 5A of theslabs 1 is capable of being input and output. The database 6C of the surface defects of the sheets stores surface defects data 6A of the sheets, which is measured by themeans 13 of measuring the surface defects of the sheets and which determines sizes and two-dimensional positions of thesurface defects 6 of thesheets 7, obtained as materials of theslabs 1, so that the surface defects data 6A of the sheets is capable of being input and output. The conditioningstandard database 14 is obtained when astep 9, in which, using themeans 15 of calculation, the surfacelayer defects data 5A of theslabs 1, which is stored in thedatabase 5C of the surface layer defects of the slabs, is compared with and checked against (9A) the surface defects data 6A of thesheets 7, which is stored in the database 6C of the surface defects of the sheets, obtained as materials of theslabs 1, and in which features of the surface layer defects 5B of the slabs, which become thesurface defects 6 of the sheets, are extracted (9B), is repeatedly performed on theslabs 1, so that any surface layer defect 5B that needs to be removed is stored in the conditioning standard database so as to be capable of being input and output as data 5B' of the surface layer defect that needs to be determined, classified, and removed. Regarding any conditioning slab, themeans 12 of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs measures the surface layer defect 5 thereof to form surfacelayer defect data 5A of said any conditioning slab; using themeans 15 of calculation, said surfacelayer defect data 5A is compared with and checked against the data 5B' of the surface layer defect that needs to be removed, the data of the surface layer defect that needs to be removed being output from the conditioningstandard database 14; and a determination is made as to whether or not there exists any surface layer defect 5B that needs to be removed in said any conditioning slab, so that, when said any surface layer defect 5B that needs to be removed exists in theslab 1, asignal 16 used to remove said any surface layer defect 5B that needs to be removed is output to themeans 11 of conditioning the slabs. - (4) In the
conditioning system 10 of surface layer defects of slabs according to (3), themeans 12 of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs is at least one of following defects measuring devices: an ultrasonic reflection type defects measuring device, a transmitting type defects measuring device using radiation, and a leakage magnetic flux type defects measuring device. - (5) In the conditioning system of surface layer defects of slabs according to either (3) or (4), the
means 13 of measuring surface defects of sheets 7 (coils) is at least one of following defects measuring devices: a surface defects measuring device based on online continuous photography and image data processing and a leakage magnetic flux type defects measuring device. -
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Fig. 1 is a general flowchart of an example structure of aslab conditioning system 10 according to the present invention. -
Fig. 2 is a general flowchart showing a procedure of forming aconditioning standard 8 used in the present invention. -
Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of determining whether or not slab conditioning is required in the present invention. -
Fig. 4 is a general flowchart showing an example production process in the present invention. -
Fig. 5 is a graph showing relationships between the depth and size of a surface layer defect 5 of a slab that causes asurface defect 6 of a thin sheet to be produced. -
Fig. 6 illustrates an example of theconditioning standard 8. -
Fig. 7 shows an example of a slab surface layer defects measuring device. -
Fig. 8 is an example of a thin-sheet surface defects measuring device of an online continuous photography type. - The inventors et al. have found out that, to obtain thin sheets 7 (rolled products) having a required surface quality level, it was important to efficiently and completely remove surface layer defects 5B of
slabs 1, which becomesurface defects 6 of the thin sheets 7 (rolled products), which are products. To achieve this, the inventor et al. have found out that it was important to measure three-dimensional positions and sizes (diameters) of the surface layer defects 5 of theslabs 1, and to measure two-dimensional positions and sizes (widths, lengths) of thesurface defects 6 of thethin sheets 7, which are materials of theslabs 1; to cause the surface layer defects 5 of theslabs 1 and thesurface defects 6 of thethin sheet 7 to correspond on a one-to-one basis; and to identify, classify, and standardize (cause to become masters) the surface layer defects 5B, which become thesurface defects 6 of thethin sheets 7, to be removed. - First, experimental results, which have become the base of the present invention, will be described.
- Molten steel having an extra-low-carbon steel composition within a range, in mass percent, of C: less than or equal to 0.0020%, Si: less than or equal to 0.03%, Mn: 0.1 to 0.25%, P: less than or equal to 0.020%, S: 0.005 to 0.012%, sol.Al: 0.010 to 0.050%, and N: less than or equal to 0.0035%, was refined in a converter. Then, an ordinary
continuous casting process 2 was performed to form theslabs 1 of extra-low-carbon steel for steel sheets. Thereafter, theseslabs 1 were subjected to ahot rolling process 21 and acold rolling process 22, to form the steel sheets 7 (rolled products) having various sheet thicknesses. - Regarding the
slabs 1 prior to the rolling operations, means 12 of measuring surface layer defects of slabs (surface layer defects measuring device) of an ultrasonic reflection type defects measuring device was used to measure the size (diameter of the equivalent circle) and three-dimensional positions (position in a lengthwise direction of the slabs, position in the widthwise direction of the slabs, and a position from the slab surfaces) of the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs 1 (primarily inclusions). Then, the measured values were stored in a storage means so as to be retrievable. Then, regarding the steel sheets 7 (rolled products: coils), which are products, means 13 of measuring surface defects of steel sheets (surface defects measuring device) of an online continuous photography type was used to measure the sizes (width, length) and two-dimensional positions (position in a lengthwise direction of the steel sheets, and position in the widthwise direction of the steel sheets) of the surface defects 6 (surface scabs) of thesteel sheets 7. Then, the measured values were stored in the storage means so as to be retrievable. - Then, stored surface
layer defects data 5A of theslabs 1 and surface defects data 6A of thesteel sheets 7, which are materials of the slabs, were extracted, and compared and checked (9A) to confirm the state of correspondence between the surface layer defects 5 and thesurface defects 6. The results of the relationships between the depth (three-dimensional position) of the surface layer defects 5 at the slabs and the size of the surface layer defects are shown inFig. 5 . The symbol ○ stands for surface layer defects 5 that were not detected assurface defects 6 of thesteel sheets 7; and the symbol Δ stands for surface layer defects 5 that were detected as thesurface defects 6 of the steel sheets. InFig. 5 , the same scabs level ranges of thesurface defects 6 were divided. FromFig. 5 , it can be understood that boundary lines between the ○ and Δ, or division lines of the scab levels can be used as the features (three-dimension positions, sizes) of the surface layer defects 5B of the slabs to be removed. - The inventor et al. have conceived that setting the features of the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs, which become the
surface defects 6 of such products, as predetermined conditioning standards in accordance with a surface quality demand degree of the products (steel sheets), indicating the surface layer defects 5B to be removed, and removing the matched surface layer defects 5 of the slabs at the slab stage can effectively and considerably reduce the occurrence of the surface defects 6 (scabs) of the products. - According to the present invention, since the surface layer defects 5, which cause the surface defects of the products (steel sheets 7), can be efficiently removed, the present invention is industrially considerably effective in making it possible to considerably reduce frequency of surface defects of the products and of considerably improving manufacturing yield ratio. In addition, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to perform overall scarfing and grinding conditioning of the entire slabs, so that the present invention is also effective in making it possible to easily and efficiently produce products required to satisfy strict surface quality level.
- Further, the present invention makes it possible to efficiently remove all inclusions, which become scabs of the products, without a decrease in yield ratio caused by excessive conditioning or without any scabs remaining due to insufficient conditioning in overall conditioning to a certain thickness.
- A method of producing a slab according to the present invention includes a
continuous casting process 2, in which molten steel is continuously casted into slabs, and aconditioning process 4 ofslabs 1, in which theslabs 1 are conditioned after thecontinuous casting process 2. After thecontinuous casting process 2 and prior to theconditioning process 4 of the slabs, themeans 12 of measuring surface layer defects of the slabs measures the surface layer defects of theslabs 1, to extract the surfacelayer defects data 5A of the slabs. From the obtained results, the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed are removed by theconditioning process 4 of the slabs. This procedure is schematically illustrated inFig. 4 . - In measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs in the present invention, the sizes (diameters of the equivalent circle) and the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 5 of the
slabs 1 to be measured are determined. Examples of the surface layer defects 5 of theslabs 1 are inclusions, blowholes, and cracks. By determining the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 5, in the next process, conditioning places and depths of theslabs 1 become clear, so that conditioning is facilitated, and correspondences between the surface layer defects 5 and the occurrence of the surface defects of thesteel sheets 7 after rolling can be easily made clear. The obtained surface layer defects data is, as the surfacelayer defects data 5A of theslabs 1, is stored in surfacelayer defects database 5C of the slabs so that it can be searched. - As shown in
Fig. 3 , on the basis ofpredetermined conditioning standards 8, that is, by comparing data (5B'), which is indicated in theconditioning standards 8, of the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed with the surfacelayer defects data 5A of theslabs 1, a determination is made as to whether or not the surface layer defects 5 of the slabs correspond to the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed. In theconditioning standards 8, it is desirable that the surface layer defects that need to be removed in accordance with steel type, sheet thickness, and process be classified (so that they can be indicated) so as to be searchable.Fig. 6 showsexample conditioning standards 8. For example, inFig. 6 , when the depth of the surface layer defects of the slabs from the slab surfaces is greater than 2 mm and less than or equal to 4 mm, and the size (diameter of the equivalent circle) of the surface layer defects of the slabs is less than or equal to 600 µm and greater than 400 µm, ○ are indicated, so that local condition is not required. However, when the depth of the surface layer defects of the slabs from the slab surfaces is greater than 2 mm and less than or equal to 4 mm, and the size (diameter of the equivalent circle) of the surface layer defects of the slabs is less than or equal to 800 µm and greater than 600 µm, × are indicated inFig. 6 . Therefore, local conditioning is required. Theslabs 1 having the surface layer defects 5 that are determined as corresponding to the surface layer defects 53 that need to be removed (inFig. 6 , the defects are indicated by ×) are immediately conveyed to theconditioning process 4 of the slabs, and are removed bymeans 11 of conditioning the slabs. Any means of conditioning the slabs may be used for themeans 11 of conditioning the slabs as long as it is a device of a type that is connected to a process computer and that is automatically operated, and that can remove local defects. Accordingly, themeans 11 is not particularly limited. Example means 11 may be those that perform scarfing using an oxygen torch or grinding using a grinder. - The
slabs 1 whose surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed in theslab conditioning process 4 have been removed, or theflawless slabs 1 whose surface layer defects 5B do not need to be removed are subjected to the following processes, that is, thehot rolling process 21 and thecold rolling process 22, or are further subjected to asurface treatment process 23, so that they are formed as the products 7 (steel sheets). The procedure is shown inFig. 3 . As shown inFig. 4 , in asurface inspection process 24, the products 7 (steel sheets) are inspected by themeans 13 of measuring surface layer defects to determine whether or not surfacedefects 6 exist. - In the method of producing the
steel slabs 1 according to the present invention, since the surface layer defects 5B of theslabs 1, which become thesurface defects 6 of theproducts 7, are removed in accordance with steel type, process, etc., it is possible to prevent the production of thesurface defects 6. Therefore, it is possible to facilitate the production of thesteel sheets 7 having a surface quality that conforms to use, so that product yield ratio is increased. - In the present invention, the
conditioning standards 8 need to be such that the data (5B') of the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed in accordance with steel type, process, use, sheet thickness, etc., can be classified, searched, checked, indicated, and updated. As shown inFig. 2 , it is desirable that it be predetermined by the following procedure. - First, in the
inspection process 3 of the slabs, themeans 12 of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs is used to obtain the surfacelayer defects data 5A of the slabs that determines the sizes and the three-dimensional positions of thesurface layer defects 6 of theslabs 1. For themeans 12 of measuring the surface layer defects of slabs (slab surface layer defects measuring device), any one of the following surface layer defects measuring devices, that is, an ultrasonic reflection type defects measuring device, a transmitting type defects measuring device using radiation such as X rays or γ rays, and a leakage magnetic flux type defects measuring device, may be suitably used. - Then, the
slabs 1 are subjected to thehot rolling process 21, thecold rolling process 22, or thesurface treatment process 23 to form thesteel sheets 7. Then, regarding thesteel sheets 7, in thesurface inspection process 24, themeans 13 of measuring the surface layer defects of the steel sheets is used to determine the sizes (width, length) and two-dimensional positions of the surface defects 6 (surface scabs, etc.) of the steel sheets. Accordingly, the surface defects data 6A of the steel sheets obtained as the materials of the slabs is obtained. Examples of thesurface defects 6 of the steel sheets may include scabs, sliver, and blisters. As examples of themeans 13 of measuring surface defects of the steel sheets, any one of the following surface defects measuring devices, that is, a surface defects measuring device based on image data processing and online continuous photography of the surfaces of the steel sheets 7 (coils), and a leakage magnetic flux type measuring device, may be suitably used. - The obtained surface defects data 6A is stored in the storage means of the
database 5C of the surface layer defects of the slabs and database 6C of surface layer defects of the steel sheets so that it can be retrieved, searched, and checked. It is desirable that the surfacelayer defects data 5A of theslabs 1 and the surface defects data 6A of thesteel sheets 7, which are the materials of theslabs 1 be constantly collected and accumulated online. - Then, using means 15 of calculation (computer), the obtained surface
layer defects data 5A of theslabs 1 and the surface defects data 6A of thesteel sheets 7, which are the materials of theslabs 1, are compared with each other (9A), so that features regarding the sizes and the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects 5B of theslabs 1, which become thesurface defects 6 of thesteel sheets 7, are extracted (9B). This step is repeatedly performed on the plurality ofslabs 1, to provide theconditioning standards 8 in which the features (the sizes (diameters of the equivalent circle), three-dimensional positions) of the surface layer defects 5 of theslabs 1, which need to be removed in accordance with steel type, process, use, sheet thickness, etc., because they become thesurface defects 6 of thesteel sheets 7, can be classified, searched, checked, and indicated. The obtainedconditioning standards 8 are stored in the storage means of conditioningstandard database 14 so that it can be retrieved and updated. - By this, the features (the sizes (diameters of the equivalent circle), three-dimensional positions) of the
surface layer defects 6 of theslabs 1, which become thesurface defects 6 of thesteel sheet products 7, can be extracted and indicated as theconditioning standards 8 in accordance with, for example, steel type, process, or use, or the sizes (widths, lengths) of the surface defects 6 (surface scabs) of thesteel sheets 7. - It is desirable that the surface
layer defects data 5A of theslabs 1 and the surface defects data 6A of thesteel sheets 7, which are the materials of theslabs 1, be constantly collected and accumulated online. This makes it possible for theconditioning standards 8 to be updated periodically or non-periodically on the basis of latest data. This makes it possible to constantly possess thelatest conditioning standards 8 in accordance with changes in, for example, casting conditions and rolling conditions. - Next, the general structure of a surface layer
defects conditioning system 10 of theslabs 1 used in the present invention will be described. - As shown in
Fig. 1 , the surface layerdefects conditioning system 10 of theslabs 1 used in the present invention comprises themeans 12 of measuring surface layer defects of slabs, themeans 13 of measuring surface defects of steel sheets, themeans 15 of calculation, themeans 11 of conditioning slabs, thedatabase 5C of surface layer defects of slabs, the database 6C of surface defects of steel sheets, and theconditioning standard database 14. - The surface layer
defects conditioning system 10 of theslabs 1 is connected to, for example, a high-end process computer and a low-end process computer. It goes without saying that the surface layerdefects conditioning system 10 of theslabs 1 is formed so as to allow input of information of, for example, use and process of the steel sheets, which are products, or of the history of, for example, manufacturing conditions and slab composition. - In the surface layer
defects conditioning system 10 of the slabs used in the present invention, themeans 12 of measuring surface layer defects of slabs and themeans 13 of measuring surface defects of steel sheets, and themeans 11 ofconditioning slabs 11 are connected to themeans 15 of calculation. Thedatabase 5C of surface layer defects of slabs, the database 6C of surface defects of steel sheets, and theconditioning standard base 14 are also connected to themeans 15 of calculation. - In the
means 12 of measuring surface layer defects of slabs, the surfacelayer defects data 5A of the slabs regarding, for example, the three-dimensional positions and sizes of the surface layer defects 5 of theslabs 1 is measured. In themeans 13 of measuring surface defects of steel sheets, the surface defects data 6A regarding the sizes (widths, lengths) and the two-dimensional positions of thesurface defects 6 of thesteel sheets 7, obtained as materials of theslabs 1 is measured. As described above, thedatabase 5C of the surface layer defects of the slabs is a database in which the obtained surfacelayer defects data 5A of theslabs 1 is stored so that it can be input and output along with process-related information such as manufacturing conditions and composition. Thedatabase 5C of the surface layer defects of the steel sheets is a database in which the surface defects data 6A of thesteel sheets 7, obtained as the materials of theslabs 1, is stored so that it can be input and output along with process-related information such as processes and steel type. Theconditioning standard database 14 is a database in which the surface layer defects that need to be removed in accordance with, for example, steel type, process, and use is stored so that it can be input and output as the surface layer defects data 5B that need to be determined, classified, and removed. - In the surface layer
defect conditioning system 10 of theslabs 1 used in the present invention, regarding theconditioning slabs 1, the surfacelayer defects data 5A of theslabs 1, measured by themeans 12 of measuring surface layer defects of slabs, and the surface layer defects data 5B', which need to be removed in accordance with, for example, steel type, process, and use and is output from theconditioning standard database 14, are input. Using themeans 15 of calculation, they are compared (9A), to determine the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed in the conditioning slabs. Then, when the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed exist in theslabs 1, asignal 16 used to remove the surface layer defects 5B is output to themeans 11 of conditioning slabs. - Molten steel having an extra-low-carbon steel composition within a range, in mass percent, of C: less than or equal to 0.0020%, Si: less than or equal to 0.03%, Mn: 0.1 to 0.25%, P: less than or equal to 0.020%, S: 0.005 to 0.012%, sol.Al: 0.010 to 0.050%, and N: less than or equal to 0.0035%, was refined in a converter. Then, after being formed into
slabs 1 of extra-low-carbon steel for steel sheets in thecontinuous casting process 2 shown inFig. 4 , theseslabs 1 were subjected to thehot rolling process 21 and thecold rolling process 22, to form steel sheets (products: coils) having sheet thicknesses of from 0.7 to 1.2 mm. Regarding theslabs 1 prior to the rolling operations, using the means of measuring surface layer defects of slabs (surface layer defects measuring device) of an ultrasonic reflection type shown inFig. 7 , the sizes and the three-dimensional positions (position in a lengthwise direction of the slabs, position in the widthwise direction of the slabs, and a depth from the front and back surfaces of the slabs) of the surface layer defects 5 (primarily inclusions) of the entire front and back surfaces of the slabs 1 (surfacelayer defects data 5A) were measured. Then, the surfacelayer defects data 5A was compared with thedata 5A of the surface layer defects to be removed at a slab stage, thedata 5A being indicated in theconditioning standards 8 output from theconditioning standard database 14 and used for the present purpose. Then, a slab conditioning operation was performed to selectively remove the surface layer defects 5B that need to be removed by themeans 11 of conditioning slabs (a grinder that can perform local conditioning). This corresponds to the example (number of coils = 102) of the present invention. Some of theslabs 1 were subjected to overall grinding for a 2mm slab thickness. This corresponds to a comparative example (number of coils = 98). - Regarding obtained steel sheets 7 (products: coils), surface defects 6 (surface scabs) of the steel sheets were measured by the
means 13 of measuring surface layer defects of steel sheets (surface defects measuring device) of the online continuous photography type shown inFig. 8 , to determine the frequency of the surface defects of the products 7 (coils). The frequency of the surface defects is calculated by the following formula: - The frequency of the surface defects in the example of the present invention was 0.1% on average. In contrast, in the comparative example, it was 1.0% on average.
- According to the present invention, since the surface layer defects, which cause the surface defects of the products (steel sheets), can be efficiently removed, the present invention is industrially considerably effective in making it possible to considerably reduce frequency of surface defects of the products and of considerably improving manufacturing yield ratio. In addition, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to perform overall scarfing and grinding conditioning of the entire slabs, so that the present invention is also effective in making it possible to easily and efficiently produce products required to satisfy strict surface quality level.
- Further, the present invention makes it possible to efficiently remove all inclusions, which become scabs of the products, without a decrease in yield ratio caused by excessive conditioning or without any scabs remaining due to insufficient conditioning in overall conditioning to a certain thickness.
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- A method of producing steel slabs, comprising a continuous casting process (2) of continuously casting molten steel to form slabs (1), wherein slabs are subjected to a hot rolling process (21) and a cold rolling process (22) to form sheets (7), the method further being characterized by comprising:a conditioning process of the slabs (1) of conditioning surfaces of the slabs (1) after the continuous casting process,wherein, after the continuous casting process and prior to the conditioning process of the slabs (1), an inspection process of the slabs (1) is performed on the slabs (1) to obtain surface layer defects data (5A) of the slabs (1), which determines sizes and three-dimensional positions of surface layer defects in the slabs (1), and, regarding the obtained surface layer defects data of the slabs (1), a determination is made as to whether or not any surface layer defect that needs to be removed on the basis of predetermined conditioning standards (8) exists, after which, if said any surface layer defect that needs to be removed exists, said any surface layer defect is removed in the conditioning process of the slabs (1); andwherein the conditioning standards (8) are composed of a step, in which the surface layer defects data (5A) of the slabs (1), which determines the sizes and the three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects in the slabs (1), is compared with and checked against surface defects data (6A) of the sheets (7), which determines sizes and two-dimensional positions of the surface defects in the sheets (7) obtained from the slabs (1), and in which features of the surface layer defects of the slabs (1), which become the surface defects of the sheets (7) are extracted, is repeatedly performed on the slabs (1), so that said any surface layer defect that needs to be removed in accordance with steel type and process is determined and classified so that the surface layer defects are capable of being indicated.
- The method of producing steel slabs according to claim 1, wherein the surface layer defects are any one of inclusions, blowholes, and cracks.
- A conditioning system of surface layer defects of slabs (1), wherein slabs are formed by performing a continuous casting process (2) and are subjected to a hot rolling process (21) and a cold rolling process (22) to form sheets, the conditioning system being characterized by:comprising means (12) of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs (1), means (13) of measuring surface defects of sheets (7), a database (5C) of the surface layer defects of the slabs (1), a database (6C) of the surface defects of the sheets (7), a conditioning standard database (14), means (15) of calculation, andmeans (11) of conditioning the slabs (1),wherein the database (5C of the surface layer defects of the slabs (1) stores surface layer defects data (5A) of the slabs (1), which is measured by the means (12) of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs (1) andwhich determines sizes and three-dimensional positions of the surface layer defects of the slabs (1), so that the surface layer defects data (5A) of the slabs (1) is capable of being input and output,wherein the database (6C) of the surface defects of the sheets (7) stores surface defects data (6A) of the sheets (7), which is measured by the means (13) of measuring the surface defects of the sheets (7) and which determines degrees and two-dimensional positions of the surface defects of the sheets (7), obtained as materials of the slabs (1), so that the surface defects data (6A) of the sheets (7) is capable of being input and output,wherein the conditioning standard database (14) is obtained when a step, in which, using the means (15) of calculation, the surface layer defects data of the slabs (1), which is stored in the database (5C) of the surface layer defects of the slabs (1), is compared with and checked against the surface defects data of the sheets (7), which is stored in the database (6C) of the surface defects of the sheets (7), obtained as materials of the slabs (1), and in which features of the surface layer defects of the slabs (1), which become the surface defects of the sheets (7), are extracted, is repeatedly performed on the slabs (1), so that any surface layer defects that needs to be removed is stored in the conditioning standard database (14) so as to be capable of being input and output as data of the surface layer defect that needs to be determined, classified, and removed,wherein, regarding any conditioning slab, the means (12) of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs (1) measures the surface layer defect thereof to form surface layer defect data of said any conditioning slab; using the means (15) of calculation, said surface layer defect data is compared with and checked against the data of the surface layer defect that needs to be removed, the data of the surface layer defect that needs to be removed being output from the conditioning standard database (14); and a determination is made as to whether or not there exists any surface layer defect that needs to be removed in said any conditioning slab, so that, when said any surface layer defect that needs to be removed exists in the slab (1), a signal used to remove said any surface layer defect that needs to be removed is output to the means (11) of conditioning the slabs.
- The conditioning system of surface layer defects of slabs according to claim 3, wherein the means (12) of measuring the surface layer defects of the slabs (1) is at least one of following defects measuring devices: an ultrasonic reflection type defects measuring device, a transmitting type defects measuring device using radiation, and a leakage magnetic flux type defects measuring device.
- The conditioning system of surface layer defects of slabs according to either claim 3 or claim 4, wherein the means (13) of measuring surface defects of sheets is at least one of following defects measuring devices: a surface defects measuring device based on online continuous photography and image data processing and a leakage magnetic flux type defects measuring device.
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