EP2464470B1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung für die automatische einstellung der position von arbeitswalzen bei einer walzanlage - Google Patents

Verfahren und vorrichtung für die automatische einstellung der position von arbeitswalzen bei einer walzanlage Download PDF

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EP2464470B1
EP2464470B1 EP09756283.9A EP09756283A EP2464470B1 EP 2464470 B1 EP2464470 B1 EP 2464470B1 EP 09756283 A EP09756283 A EP 09756283A EP 2464470 B1 EP2464470 B1 EP 2464470B1
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    • 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
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    • B21B13/145—Lateral support devices for rolls acting mainly in a direction parallel to the movement of the product
    • 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
    • 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
    • B21B13/02—Metal-rolling stands, i.e. an assembly composed of a stand frame, rolls, and accessories with axes of rolls arranged horizontally
    • B21B2013/028—Sixto, six-high stands
    • 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
    • B21B2031/023—Transverse shifting one housing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B3/00—Rolling materials of special alloys so far as the composition of the alloy requires or permits special rolling methods or sequences ; Rolling of aluminium, copper, zinc or other non-ferrous metals
    • B21B3/02—Rolling special iron alloys, e.g. stainless steel
    • 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
    • B21B37/16—Control of thickness, width, diameter or other transverse dimensions

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for positioning, ie automatic adjustment of the position, of a pair of working rolls of a rolling mill, according to the preambles of claims 1 and 10, see for example EP-A 0621 087 .
  • the invention relates to the rolling of metal strips, especially special steels such as stainless steels, with the aid of a rolling installation generally comprising at least one rolling stand, comprising at least two superposed working rolls.
  • a rolling installation generally comprising at least one rolling stand, comprising at least two superposed working rolls.
  • vertically each having their longitudinal axis of rotation parallel to the plane of travel of the metal strip and placed in the same clamping plane substantially perpendicular to the running direction of the strip.
  • the working rolls are generally pressed against each other by a pair of support rollers having their longitudinal axis in said same clamping plane, and between which is applied a pressure - or a force - of rolling .
  • Such a rolling plant consisting of four vertically stacked cylinders, two small diameter working rolls associated with two larger diameter support rolls, is called "quarto".
  • a sexto type mill may have lateral supports.
  • each side of each of the working cylinders is in contact with a lateral support cylinder which is itself supported laterally, in particular by two rows of lateral support rollers mounted side by side.
  • the sexto rolling mills comprising said lateral supports are generally referred to as laterally supported sexto-type rolling mills.
  • the cylinders bear against each other along substantially parallel bearing lines and directed along a generatrix whose profile, normally rectilinear, depends on the forces applied and the strength of the cylinders.
  • Laterally supported sexto-type rolling cages are known to those skilled in the art and are particularly US Patents 4,270,377 and US 4,531,394 .
  • the justification for this particular arrangement of the various cylinders and rollers lies in the adaptation of the diameter of the working rolls to the resistance to plastic flow of the metal to be rolled.
  • the large diameter working rolls such as those equipping the quarto cage, have a large arcuate contact surface of the working roll with the belt, and therefore, require a greater rolling force than with working cylinders of smaller diameter that would have a smaller contact area with the band.
  • it is preferred quarto rolling mills whose large working rolls facilitate the stability of the rolling operation and which wear out less quickly.
  • the diameter of these working rolls is such that it is impossible to drive them directly, as is usual for cylinders of larger diameter, for example using extensions transmitting at one of their ends the rolling torque from a motorcycle gearbox assembly.
  • the transmission of the torque is then ensured, in the case of these working cylinders of small diameters, by friction on the intermediate support cylinders which are themselves driven by a motorcycle gear unit.
  • This friction transmission generates between the working cylinder and the intermediate support cylinder a tangential force proportional to the transmitted torque. In the case of rolls of very small diameter, this tangential force causes a longitudinal bending of the working roll leading to defects in the flatness of the rolled strip.
  • each working cylinder is supported, at least on the side of the entrance of the strip in the grip of the working rolls, by lateral supports.
  • This is generally a pair of lateral support cylinders, themselves each supported by two rows of rollers, the lateral support cylinder and its rollers being fixed on supports whose position is adjustable in order to adapt to different diameters of new or worn work rolls.
  • said rollers are replaced by pushers with oil film which act as support for the lateral support cylinders.
  • the pair of working rolls is displaced so that the plane perpendicular to the band formed by the axes of rotation of said work rolls is offset relative to the plane perpendicular to the band formed by the axes of rotation of the support rolls.
  • the working cylinders are each displaced in a substantially horizontal plane containing their axis of rotation while keeping a constant air gap, ie a constant thickness of the strip to be rolled, and the support cylinders must adapt their vertical position.
  • horizontal displacement of work rolls. This offset is intended to oppose the two horizontal forces applied to the working roll, ie the horizontal force due to the frictional transmission of the rotational torque of the support roll and the horizontal force resulting from said shifting of the work rolls, in order to reduce or cancel their result.
  • Such a device characterized by an offset, also called offset, between the longitudinal axis of rotation of the working roll and a plane passing through the longitudinal axes of rotation of the support rollers ensuring their friction drive has been proposed, either directly in order to oppose the horizontal forces, or in addition to a lateral support device to prevent the lateral bending of a working cylinder of small diameter.
  • the compensation of the horizontal forces is in particular obtained by a shift of the working rolls on the output side of the strip of the right-of-way of said work rolls.
  • rolling mills operate according to a defined rolling schedule for each rolling product.
  • rolling program reference is made in particular to the reduction in thickness referred to in each of the successive rolling passes (reversible rolling mills) and / or in each of the successive rolling stands (tandem and reversible mills with several stands).
  • Each rolling program is specific to a rolling product, in particular by defining a set of rolling parameters adapted to the rolling stock and able to configure the operations of the rolling mill. Before each new product to be rolled, it is thus necessary to introduce into the control automation system of the rolling mill, a rolling program adapted to the product to be rolled.
  • Reversible rolling cages in which the strip is laminated alternately in one direction and then in the other may have no rolling parameters related to said offset (the plane passing through the axis of the working rolls coincides with the plane passing through the axis of the intermediate support rolls) or may have a different rolling parameter at each pass and reversing the direction of the offset in the rolling direction.
  • the spacing of the lateral support cylinders of a working cylinder may be slightly greater than the spacing required to clamp said working cylinder so that, under the conditions of rolling temperatures, there may be a slight clearance leaving more of freedom to the working cylinder, in particular during the changes of direction of rotation for which it is advantageous that the transmission of frictional movement has to overcome, at first, only the inertia of the working cylinder, then in a second time, after contact and gradually, the inertia of the lateral support cylinders.
  • the working roll comes into contact with the lateral support cylinder arranged in opposition to the tangential force.
  • Slack adjusters acting in parallel with the direction of movement of the backing rolls may also bring the work roll into contact with the two side bearing rolls with preload enabling expansion to develop.
  • tandem mills that is rolling mills having a plurality of rolling stands in which the web travels in a single direction
  • a fixed offset value is generally used for rolled products whose characteristics are similar.
  • the position of the lateral supports is, in turn, adjusted by the operator at each change of cylinder to take into account the actual diameter of the working rolls, either directly by means of a control of jacks able to adjust said offset, or indirectly by means of a program for managing a sequence of cylinder changes.
  • the document EP 0 621 087 A1 discloses a rolling plant and a rolling method for adjusting an offset of the working rolls with respect to their rolls at the beginning of rolling, and then adapting said offset during rolling based on a deflection measurement and force exerted on said work rolls.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a simple method and a device for automatically adjusting the offset of working rolls of a rolling mill, compatible with an automatic control system of the thickness of the strip to be rolled. , compact, economically advantageous.
  • the present invention makes it possible, on the one hand, to adjust automatically, at the beginning of a rolling program, the first offset of said pair of work rolls from said automatic identification of the rolling parameters, and on the other hand, maintaining said first offset for the duration of the rolling program, as long as no other offset value has been determined. If another offset value has been determined, either at the beginning of said rolling program or during said program, the first offset will then be maintained throughout the rolling program, except for a transitional period during which the offset will be temporarily held constant at said other offset value.
  • the method according to the invention is characterized in particular by a temporary automatic modification of the offset to the value of said other offset value during said rolling program, especially in case of variation of at least one rolling parameter, said identification module being able to identify said rolling parameter, and the determination module being able to determine its variation, and if necessary, as will be described later, to determine said other temporarily valid setting value during the programming program. rolling.
  • the method according to the invention is in particular characterized by an identification of nominal rolling parameters and special rolling parameters, so that said nominal rolling parameters are able to be distinguished from the special rolling parameters during the rolling. identification of said rolling parameters by the identification module.
  • the first ones, ie the nominal rolling parameters are rolling parameters valid for the whole of a rolling program, or in other words, for the whole of one or more products to be rolled. exception of some parts of said rolling product or certain configurations of the rolling mill, which indeed require an adaptation of the nominal rolling parameters to special values and giving rise to said special rolling parameters.
  • the nominal rolling parameters are capable of allowing the determination of said first offset value
  • the special rolling parameters are capable of enabling the determination of at least one other offset value, for example a second and a third value of shift, which will only intervene temporarily.
  • the determination module is firstly able to determine said first offset value from the rolling parameters. nominal, said first offset value serving as a setpoint for the controller to control and maintain said offset at said first offset value. But also, on the other hand, the determination module is able to determine said other offset value from the special rolling parameters.
  • the offset maintained at said first offset value is referred to as the first offset or the nominal offset.
  • the other offsets, ie offsets whose value has been determined from special rolling parameters are simply referred to as special offsets.
  • said first offset value will be called the nominal offset value, while any offset value different from this nominal offset value will be referred to as the special offset value.
  • the identification module is able to identify at the beginning of the rolling program the nominal rolling parameters necessary for the determination by the determination module, and in particular by calculation, of the horizontal nominal offset of said first plane containing the axes of rotation. rotation of the working rolls relative to said second vertical plane, defined by the axes of rotation of the support rolls, as well as the special rolling parameters, linked for example to a management of the rolling of a strip in continuous scrolling by the program rolling and / or corresponding to the identified variation of at least one nominal rolling parameter during a rolling program, such as for example a position of a splicing weld of two successive bands (possibly identified by a welding detector), or else a position and a length of band characterized by a thickness of band (possibly identified by gauge thickness), or metallurgical characteristics (possibly identified for example by traceability data of the strip obtained on an upstream process of its transformation) different from the thickness or features of the rest of the scrolling tape.
  • the identification module is also able to identify during
  • the identification module is able to identify on the one hand nominal rolling parameters, and on the other hand special rolling parameters.
  • These different rolling parameters can come from, among other things, a part of a database linked to the rolling mill, a rolling program, or to be entered by an operator in said rolling program or said base. data, but also on the other hand, said rolling parameters can be identified by the identification module from signals coming from devices for analyzing characteristics of the strip or the processing installation. Said analysis devices are for example and non-exhaustively, tape thickness gauges, welding detectors, force sensors on the working rolls, or displacement or position measuring sensors of said cylinders. working, traction force sensors, etc.
  • These different devices are able to send, in particular in real time, a signal to the identification module which processes these signals in order to determine at least one rolling parameter which is relative thereto.
  • a set of nominal and special rolling parameters can be determined.
  • the nominal parameters are memorized by the determination module as set nominal values for the setting of the nominal shift of the working rolls, while the special rolling parameters on the one hand allow the determination module determining, at the beginning of a rolling program, transient special offsets, in particular, occurring according to a temporal datum or according to a datum related to a length of web scrolled, and secondly, to determine during rolling, said special offsets following the real-time identification of rolling parameters that would for example have varied and whose value would no longer be equal to the value of the rolling parameter nominal value identified at the beginning of the rolling program, or else, would exceed a threshold value fixed by the determination module, and predefined, for example either by automatic calculation by the determination module, or by an operator entering directly into the determination module said threshold value.
  • the module for determining the offset value is able respectively to determine said nominal offset value of the work rolls and at least one said special offset values of the working rolls, in particular at the beginning of the rolling program, provided that the special parameters are identified and / or revealed in the rolling program of the rolling mill or in the database.
  • the rolling program and the database are able to provide special rolling parameters, since said analysis devices can not transmit any special rolling parameters relating to the strip. or at the rolling plant, since at the beginning of the rolling program, said strip is not yet running in the rolling mill.
  • the determination module is able to determine, in particular in real time, whether rolling parameters identified in real time lead to a special offset.
  • the determination module is able to process in real time said special rolling parameters from the identification module, while said parameters
  • the nominal rolling rates are fixed at the beginning of the rolling program for the entire rolling program, and therefore no longer change during the said rolling program period, but instead serve as a reference for the special rolling parameters.
  • the determination module is able to compare values of special rolling parameters with nominal rolling parameter values or corresponding threshold values in order to decide whether a special offset must or must not be determined, and then transmitted to the control module. If a special offset has been determined by the determination module at the beginning of the rolling program, said special offset occurs temporarily during the duration of said rolling program.
  • a special offset is determined during the rolling program, which means that special rolling parameter values have, for example, exceeded one or more threshold values or are no longer equal to the value of the nominal rolling parameter that corresponds to them. have caused the determination of a special offset during a rolling operation, then said special offset takes effect immediately, from the moment of its determination, and ends as soon as for example, said special rolling parameters having caused said offset special values return to values allowed by the determination module, ie values not exceeding said threshold values, or, for example, values equal to the nominal values of the rolling parameters.
  • a nominal rolling parameter could be a defined web thickness at the beginning of the rolling program
  • a special rolling parameter would then be a real time measurement of said web thickness during the rolling program
  • a threshold value for this special rolling parameter would be a tolerance value with respect to the strip thickness. If this tolerance value is exceeded during rolling, a new offset value, ie a special offset, is automatically determined by the determination module, then transmitted to the control module so that the control module sets the shift between the work rolls according to said offset value special. After a defined period of time, or after said measurement of the real-time thickness returns below said threshold value, the determination module is able to transmit to the control module the nominal offset value which will be maintained until at the end of the rolling program, unless there is a determination of a new special offset value.
  • Such a temporary offset can also simply be entered, in particular by an operator, either in the rolling program or in the databank related to the transformation installation in order to be taken into account during rolling by the determination module, either directly in the determination module by defining, for example, a transitory period depending in particular on a running speed of the strip and during which a special offset predefined by said operator is controlled by the controller.
  • it will not be an automatic determination by calculating the offset value made by the determination module from the identification of the rolling parameters, but a manual determination by the operator of said value, said operator having, for example, himself estimated certain rolling parameters and entered said value in the rolling program or in the determination module.
  • said database used for identifying the rolling parameters by the identification module is for example able to contain all the rolling programs to be performed by a rolling mill, so that said offset is set automatically, product after product, and not only for a single type of product to be rolled.
  • the control device is able to temporarily change the offset of said work rolls in case of determination of at least one other offset value, ie a special shift value, by the determination module at the beginning or during the rolling program.
  • the offset of the work rolls is temporarily maintained at a special offset value, either determined by calculation from the special rolling parameters by said determination module, or determined in a manner free of calculations. by the determination module from one or more of said special rolling parameters, in particular determined from an offset value predefined by an operator and entered for example in the determination module or in the database.
  • the identification module is able to identify said offset value predefined by said operator as a rolling parameter special linked to a predefined offset value, so that the determination module is able to recognize in said special rolling parameter related to the predefined offset value said special offset defined by the operator, and thus said determination module is suitable determining without calculation the special offset value from the special rolling parameter related to the predefined offset value, then simply transmitting said special offset value to the controller.
  • the control device then comprises in particular hydraulic or electromechanical adjustment actuators for adjusting the position of the lateral support cylinders and their support rollers in order to position the work rolls according to the shift controlled by the control device.
  • the control device further comprises a device for measuring the position of the work rolls capable of performing at least one measurement, particularly in real time, of the position of the work rolls.
  • This position measuring device is in particular able to supply at least one signal relating to said position measurement to the identification module and used during the management of the offset by the identification module, the determination module and the control module.
  • the measurement of the position of the working rolls is in particular a direct or indirect measurement of the position of said rolls, based on a measurement technique with or without contact.
  • Measuring the position of the working rolls makes it possible firstly to check, for example during rolling, that the position of the work rolls is in agreement with the offset values determined by the determination module, for example For example, threshold values, or predefined values, but also, on the other hand and in particular, to help the precise positioning of said working rolls by the control device which is able to process in particular information concerning the position of the work rolls. transmitted by the device for measuring the position of the work rolls.
  • the method according to the invention is characterized by at least one measurement, in particular in real time, of said forces parallel to the resulting scroll plane on the working rolls.
  • the control device comprises at least one force measuring device able to measure, by contact or free contact and in particular in real time, the parallel forces to the running plane of the resulting strip on at least one working cylinders.
  • said force measuring device is in particular capable of supplying at least one signal relating to the measurement of forces to said identification module in order to determine at least one rolling parameter related to said measurement of forces.
  • the method and the device according to the invention are not essentially based on continuous measurements of tangential forces in order to adjust the position of the working rolls. Indeed, according to US Patents 6,003,355 and US 4,631,948 , the continuous measurement of the tangential forces makes it possible to position said working rolls in order to at least reduce said resultant tangential forces on the work rolls. On the other hand, according to the device and the method according to the invention, said measurement of the tangential forces, or in other words, parallel forces to the resultant running plane on the working rolls, serves only to control the value of said forces.
  • the positioning of said cylinders is based on the identification automatic rolling parameters, such as, for example, the rolling speed, the value of the tension of the strip upstream and downstream of the rolling stand, the torques of forces transmitted to the working rolls, or the material characteristics and geometrical of the strip and cylinders involved in the rolling operation. From these parameters, the determination module determines a nominal offset value of the work rolls, and this nominal value is kept constant throughout the rolling program, unless a special offset value has been or is determined. , then temporarily maintained, for example, when the force measuring device, or the position measuring device, respectively indicate tangential forces or a position which exceed predetermined threshold values in the determination module.
  • the identification automatic rolling parameters such as, for example, the rolling speed, the value of the tension of the strip upstream and downstream of the rolling stand, the torques of forces transmitted to the working rolls, or the material characteristics and geometrical of the strip and cylinders involved in the rolling operation. From these parameters, the determination module determines a nominal offset value of the work rolls, and this nominal value is kept constant throughout the
  • These predetermined threshold values in the determination module are limit values for the tolerance of the forces or the position which are determined by the determination module according to the rolling parameters, or entered manually by an operator, either directly in the determination module. , and thus recorded in predetermined manner in said offset determining module, either in the rolling program or the database. If these threshold values are reached, the cylinder offset is in particular temporarily modified according to a predetermined value in order to avoid any damage to the rolling installation.
  • the method according to the invention is particularly advantageously characterized by the identification, by the identification module, of at least one rolling parameter from at least one signal originating, in general, from at least one measurement made by at least one of said analysis devices.
  • the method according to the invention is characterized by the identification of at least one parameter rolling from said force measurement and at least one other rolling parameter from said position measurement.
  • the identification module is in particular able to transform at least one signal received from at least one analysis device into at least one rolling parameter linked to said received signal and to identify it as a rolling parameter. nominal or special.
  • the method is also characterized by a temporary automatic modification of said offset as soon as at least one of said special rolling parameters exceeds a predefined threshold value, in particular, as soon as said measurement of said forces parallel to the rolling plane resulting on the cylinders of work or the position of said cylinders exceed a threshold value.
  • the control device is able to temporarily change the offset of said working rolls if a predetermined threshold value is exceeded, by at least one of said special rolling parameters, in particular when at least one rolling parameter is linked. said parallel forces to the resultant scroll plane on the work rolls, or to the position of said work rolls, exceeds said threshold value.
  • This automatic modification has in particular a role of controlling the rolling operations related to securing the rolling installation.
  • the identification module, the determination module and the control device of a rolling stand can in particular advantageously be included in the control automation system of a rolling installation, so that in particular it is possible to exchange information with the identification, identification and control modules of other rolling stands of the same rolling mill and included in the same control automation system, for example to transmit to downstream cages setting information offsets having a special offset value, the ultimate goal being to prevent said downstream cages and provide for example transient offsets settings for said downstream cages.
  • the figure 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of a device for adjusting an offset or offset 0 of the first plane P 'in which are the axes of rotation of a pair of working rolls 2, 2' relative to the second perpendicular plane P to the band and in which are the axes of rotation of a first pair of support rollers 3, 3 'of a sexto mill supported laterally.
  • the band 1 passes between the two working cylinders 2, 2 'supported vertically, and in particular driven by friction, by said first pair of intermediate support rolls 3, 3', themselves supported vertically by a second pair of cylinders. end supports not shown and bearing a support on said first pair of support cylinders 3, 3 'intermediate.
  • the working cylinders 2, 2 ' are also each supported laterally by lateral support cylinders, 4a and 4'a respectively supporting the working rolls 2 and 2' on the input side of the band, and 4b and 4'b supporting respectively the work rolls 2 and 2 'on the output side.
  • the lateral support cylinders of a work roll are in particular arranged symmetrically on either side of the work roll.
  • Each of the lateral support cylinders is itself supported laterally by two rows of support rollers 5, each row being composed of a plurality of rollers arranged side by side along a common axis on a support 62 common to two rows, said support 62 being able to move relative to a fixed support 61 integral with the structure of the rolling mill.
  • an actuator 63 ensures a displacement of the support 62 and therefore of the rollers 5 and each of the lateral support rolls 4a, 4'a, 4b, 4'b with parallel longitudinal axes.
  • the displacement of the support 62 thus makes it possible to move the working rolls in order to adjust the offset 0 according to a determined offset value, for example by calculation, by a determination module 9 and transmitted by the latter to a control device 10
  • the offset 0 corresponds more precisely to the distance between the first plane P 'substantially perpendicular to the running direction of the strip 1 and in which are the axes of rotation of the working cylinders 2, 2' and the second plane P perpendicular to a running direction of the strip 1 in which are the axes of rotation of the support cylinders 3, 3 '.
  • This offset O is determined by the determination module 9 from rolling parameters identified at the beginning of a rolling program or during said program by an identification module 8 in a database or in said linked rolling program. to an automation system 7 of the rolling mill or by devices for analyzing the characteristics of the strip or rolling mill, such as a position measuring device 64 able to directly or indirectly measure the position of the rolling mill. at least one of the work rolls. Said analysis devices transmit in particular to the identification module 8 of the signals from which said identification module 8 is able to identify at least one rolling parameter.
  • the automation system 7 manages in particular the rolling operations according to a rolling program adapted to each product to be rolled, and in particular comprises at least said database relating to the characteristics of the strip and the rolling installation.
  • the identification device 8 makes it possible in particular to transmit to the determination module 9 the rolling parameters identified in particular from the data coming from the database of the automation system 7 or within the rolling program, necessary for the determination of Offset O.
  • the identification module 8 makes it possible to manually enter rolling parameters, for example to correct errors that would come from the database or the rolling program, or to insert parameters of rolling which would be missing for the determination of said offset by the determination module 9.
  • the identification module 8 is able to differentiate the nominal rolling parameters, ie valid for characteristics of strips and nominal rolling installation, special rolling parameters, valid temporarily or transiently for special configurations of the rolling mill. strip or rolling mill.
  • special parameters are in particular the position in the continuous band of a weld as well as the characteristics relating to the size of this weld, or the position according to the length of the strip of a band length interval for which a The metallurgical characteristic of the web changes, or a speed of travel increased for a short time, or a variation in thickness or variations of the webs upstream and downstream of the working rolls.
  • the determination module 9 will be able to determine different offsets. If certain parameters are missing, the determination module 9 is in particular able to warn the identification module 8 and to send it information concerning the missing rolling parameters.
  • the identification module alerts a control station or emits an alert signal as soon as it receives said information concerning said missing rolling parameters.
  • the determination module 9 is able to determine said nominal rated offset, and from the special rolling parameters, at least one of said offsets described as special.
  • the nominal rolling parameters are used to define a nominal offset or offset valid for the rolling of the entire strip, with the exception of temporary variations of said offset, in particular when special offset or offset values have been determined by the determination module. 9 or at the beginning of the rolling program and transmitted, in particular according to a time scale or a length of strip running, to the offset control device 10, either during rolling, and immediately transmitted to said control device 10.
  • the different offset values, whether nominal or special are transmitted to the shift control device 10 which controls the positioning of the work rolls 2, 2 ', in particular by means of said actuators 63, according to said offset values transmitted by the determination module 9.
  • the working rolls 2, 2 ' are positioned in purpose of a rolling program based on a nominal offset determined by the determination module 9.
  • the offset control device 10 is able to manage the shift of the rolls, in particular the transition from a nominal offset to a special offset and vice versa.
  • Maintaining said offset at a special offset value is in particular according to a time scale or as a function of a length of strip scrolled, or, depending on at least one signal, treated as a parameter of rolling by the identification module 8, and transmitted either by at least one detector capable of determining at least one characteristic of the strip before entering the air gap, said characteristic being decisive for the rolling operations, such as, for example, the presence of a weld, either by a device able to control characteristics of the rolling stand during rolling operations, such as for example the position of the work rolls, or measured voltages on the strip upstream or downstream of the rolls working.
  • control device 10 comprises at least one measuring device 64 able to directly or indirectly measure the position of at least one of the working rolls, in particular by coupling with the actuator 63.
  • Other types position measuring devices such as displacement sensors with contact or free contact can be used to measure, directly or indirectly the position and the movements of each of the work rolls 2, 2 '.
  • the control device 10 comprises in particular at least one force measuring device (not shown in the figure), making it possible to measure, in particular in real time, the forces, in particular parallel to the plane of movement of the band, resulting on at least one of the work rolls.
  • the identification module 8 is able to process signals from said analysis devices, it is in particular also able to process the signals relating to the measurements of said forces delivered by the force measuring devices and to transmit to the determination module 9 rolling parameters relating to said signals in order to adapt the value offset so that the value of the measurement of said forces remains below a threshold value predefined by an operator or by calculation via the determination module 9. If necessary, if the value of the measurement of said forces exceeds said threshold value, the determination module 9 is particularly capable of transmitting information relating to the measurement of said forces to the control automation system of the rolling installation.
  • the force measuring device advantageously makes it possible to detect any accidental overloads of the rolling mill.
  • the position measuring devices 64 and force measuring devices make it possible to ensure that the resulting forces on the working rolls or the position of the work rolls do not exceed pre-recorded or predefined threshold values in the determination module.
  • These prerecorded or predefined values can come from a calculation from rolling parameters, the automation system 7, or can be entered and recorded manually in the determination module 9 by a user or an operator. If these threshold values are reached, the cylinder offset is in particular immediately modified for a predefined or calculated temporary duration, in particular according to a new special offset value, in order to avoid any damage to the rolling installation.
  • the axis of rotation of the working rolls is shifted in the direction of the running direction of the strip by a value of offset or offset 0 sufficient for a clamping force F generates a horizontal force FL dependent 0 and RI and RW spokes cylinders respectively of support and work.
  • the horizontal force FL generated by the offset is ideally equal, in first approximation, to the horizontal component of the forces FT + (TM - TV) / 2.

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  1. Verfahren zur Regelung einer Verstellung (0) eines Paars Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') in Bezug auf ein Paar Stützwalzen (3, 3') in einer Walzanlage, wobei die Verstellung (0) dadurch definiert ist, dass eine erste Ebene (P'), welche die Drehachsen der Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') enthält, in Bezug auf eine zweite Ebene (P), die durch die Achsen der Stützwalzen (3, 3') der Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') verläuft, verstellt ist, gekennzeichnet durch eine automatische Durchführung der folgenden Schritte:
    - eine Identifizierung zu Beginn eines Walzprogramms von Nenn-Walzparametern und speziellen Walzparametern, wobei die Nenn-Walzparameter dazu geeignet sind, eine Bestimmung eines ersten Werts der Verstellung (0) zu ermöglichen, und die speziellen Walzparameter dazu geeignet sind, eine Bestimmung eines anderen Werts der Verstellung zu ermöglichen;
    - eine zu Beginn des Walzprogramms aus den Nenn- und den speziellen Walzparametern erfolgende Bestimmung mindestens des ersten Werts der Verstellung (O) und des anderen Werts der Verstellung, was die Reduzierung der resultierenden Kräfte parallel zu einer Durchlaufebene eines Bandes (1) auf die Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') ermöglicht;
    - eine erste Verstellung (0) zu Beginn des Walzprogramms der Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') gemäß dem zuvor bestimmten ersten Wert der Verstellung (0);
    - eine Beibehaltung der ersten Verstellung (0) bis zum Ende des Walzprogramms, sofern nicht mindestens ein anderer Verstellwert bestimmt wurde, wobei die erste Verstellung (0) dann mit Ausnahme einer Übergangszeit, in der die Verstellung temporär auf dem anderen Verstellwert konstant gehalten wird, bis zum Ende des Walzprogramms beibehalten wird.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch eine automatische temporäre Änderung der Verstellung (0) zum Wert des anderen Werts der Verstellung im Verlauf des Walzprogramms.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, gekennzeichnet durch die Identifizierung mindestens eines Walzparameters im Walzprogramm oder in einer Datenbank.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, gekennzeichnet durch die Identifizierung mindestens eines Walzparameters ausgehend von mindestens einem Signal aus mindestens einer Messung, die mittels einer Vorrichtung zur Analyse von Merkmalen des Bandes oder der Walzanlage durchgeführt wird.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, gekennzeichnet durch mindestens eine Messung der Position der Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') und die Identifizierung mindestens eines Walzparameters in Verbindung mit der Messung der Position.
  6. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, gekennzeichnet durch mindestens eine Messung der resultierenden Kräfte parallel zur Durchlaufebene auf die Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') und die Identifizierung mindestens eines Walzparameters in Verbindung mit der Messung der Kräfte.
  7. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, gekennzeichnet durch eine automatische temporäre Änderung der Verstellung (0), sobald mindestens einer der speziellen Walzparameter einen Grenzwert übersteigt.
  8. Vorrichtung zur Regelung einer Verstellung (0) eines Paars Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') in Bezug auf ein Paar Stützwalzen (3, 3') in einer Walzanlage, wobei die Verstellung (0) dadurch definiert ist, dass eine erste Ebene (P'), welche die Drehachsen der Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') enthält, in Bezug auf eine zweite Ebene (P), die durch die Achsen der Stützwalzen (3, 3') der Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') verläuft, verstellt ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Folgendes umfasst:
    - ein Modul (8) zur Identifizierung von Walzparametern, das dazu geeignet ist, Nenn-Walzparameter sowie spezielle Walzparameter zu Beginn eines Walzprogramms zu identifizieren;
    - ein Modul (9) zur Bestimmung ausgehend von den Walzparametern mindestens eines ersten Werts der Verstellung (0), der eine Reduzierung der resultierenden Kräfte parallel zu einer Durchlaufebene eines Bandes (1) auf die Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') ermöglicht, wobei das Bestimmungsmodul dazu geeignet ist, zu Beginn des Walzprogramms den ersten Wert der Verstellung (0) aus den Nenn-Walzparametern und einen anderen Verstellwert aus den speziellen Walzparametern zu bestimmen;
    - eine Vorrichtung (10) zur Steuerung der Verstellung, die dazu geeignet ist, die Verstellung während der gesamten Dauer des Walzprogramms auf dem ersten Verstellwert zu halten, sofern nicht mindestens ein anderer Verstellwert bestimmt wurde, wobei die Steuerungsvorrichtung (10) dann dazu geeignet ist, die Verstellung während der gesamten Dauer des Walzprogramms mit Ausnahme einer Übergangszeit, in der die Verstellung temporär auf dem anderen Verstellwert konstant gehalten wird, auf dem ersten Verstellwert zu halten.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Identifizierungsmodul dazu geeignet ist, mindestens ein Signal, das von mindestens einer Vorrichtung zur Analyse von Merkmalen des Bandes oder der Walzanlage empfangen wurde, in mindestens einen mit dem empfangenen Signal in Beziehung stehenden Walzparameter umzuwandeln.
  10. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 8 oder 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuerungsvorrichtung (10) hydraulische oder elektromechanische Stelleinrichtungen (63) umfasst.
  11. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuerungsvorrichtung (10) eine Vorrichtung (64) zur Messung der Position der Arbeitswalzen (2, 2') umfasst.
  12. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuerungsvorrichtung (10) mindestens eine Vorrichtung zur Messung von Kräften umfasst, die dazu geeignet ist, die resultierenden Kräfte parallel zur Durchlaufebene des Bandes (1) auf mindestens eine Arbeitswalze (2, 2') zu messen.
  13. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 11 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtungen zur Messung der Kräfte und der Positionen dazu geeignet sind, jeweils mindestens ein Signal zum Identifizierungsmodul zu senden.
  14. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuerungsvorrichtung (10) dazu geeignet ist, die Verstellung (0) der Arbeitswalzen beim Überschreiten eines Grenzwerts durch mindestens einen der speziellen Walzparameter temporär zu ändern.
  15. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Identifizierungsmodul (8), das Berechnungsmodul (9) und die Steuerungsvorrichtung (10) in einem Steuerungsautomatisierungssystem (7) der Walzanlage enthalten sind.
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