JP2007167898A - Arm and device for holding metallic material - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a holding arm which has a proper heat insulated structure in a holding part on which a high-temperature metallic material is mounted and a holding device provided with the holding arm which are used for lifting the high-temperature metallic material in hot-rolling equipment or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A heat insulated structure part 40 provided on the top of the holding-part main body 39 comprises a first heat insulating material 46 which covers a side which is brought into contact with the steel 10 of the holding-part main body 39 and a steel cover 45 which covers the first heat insulating material 46 and also is brought into contact with the steel 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a metal material holding arm used for lifting a high-temperature metal material, for example, in a hot rolling facility or the like, and a metal material holding device including the holding arm.

  For example, in the steel plate rolling, an excellent steel material is built by performing controlled rolling (CR).

  At that time, if the temperature at the time of controlled rolling (controlled rolling start temperature) is low and the plate thickness at the time of controlled rolling (controlled rolling start plate thickness) is thick, until the steel reaches the controlled rolling start temperature Since a considerable amount of time is required, the metal material is kept waiting until the controlled rolling start temperature is reached on the conveyance table in the vicinity of the hot rolling mill. As a result, there is a problem that idle time is generated in the hot rolling mill due to the waiting for cooling, and the rolling efficiency is hindered.

In order to avoid that the idle time is generated in the hot rolling mill due to such a cooling waiting and the rolling efficiency is hindered, for example, in Patent Document 1, the transfer is performed on the finishing rolling mill entrance side of the hot rolling facility. There is disclosed a steel standby device (holding device) including a lifting device having a cantilevered fork-like arm that lifts a hot steel material on a table to a height at which a subsequent steel material can pass and holds it in a standby state.
JP-A-4-274814

  In the case of using the steel material holding device as described above, a portion (holding portion) on which the high temperature steel material is placed on the upper surface needs to have a heat resistant structure. At that time, not only can the holding part be protected from high heat, but it can also be avoided that local cooling (cooling unevenness, temperature unevenness) occurs in the steel due to contact with the holding part, and it can withstand impact loads such as the moment of lifting the steel. It is important to make such a structure.

  In general, the heat-resistant structure in contact with high-temperature steel materials is devised to reduce the contact area with steel materials using high-temperature strength heat-resistant steel (such as heating furnace walking beam skid buttons, heating furnace extractors, etc.) ), A structure attached in a state where a heat insulating material such as a brick is exposed is used. However, when such a heat insulating structure is to be employed in the above-described holding portion, there are the following drawbacks.

  First, when heat-resistant steel or the like is used, the contact area with the steel material can be reduced to some extent, but this is not a fundamental solution and temperature unevenness remains. And since heat-resistant steel etc. are expensive and require equipment cost, the expectation effect with respect to temperature nonuniformity was low.

  Moreover, when the structure attached in the state which exposed the heat insulating materials, such as a brick, was used, the heat insulating material was damaged by impact loads, such as the moment of lifting a steel material, and it fell to the conveyance line etc.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in a hot rolling facility such as a thick plate rolling facility, a holding unit on which a high temperature metal material is placed is used when lifting a high temperature metal material. It is an object of the present invention to provide a holding arm and a holding device having a proper heat insulating structure.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following features.

  [1] A holding arm used when lifting a high-temperature metal material, comprising a holding portion on which the metal material is placed, and the holding portion covers the holding portion main body and at least a side of the holding portion main body that contacts the metal material. A metal material holding arm comprising: a first heat insulating material; and a cover that covers the first heat insulating material and contacts the metal material.

  [2] The metal material holding arm according to [1], wherein the cover in contact with the metal material is a metal cover.

  [3] The cover that contacts the metal material includes a metal cover that covers the first heat insulating material, and a second heat insulating material that is attached to the upper surface of the metal cover and has elasticity that contacts the metal material. The metal material holding arm according to the above [1].

  [4] The holding arm according to any one of [1] to [3], wherein the holding arm includes a hanging portion that hangs downward and a holding portion that extends in a horizontal direction from a lower end of the hanging portion. The holding arm of the metal material described.

  [5] A metal material holding device that lifts and holds a metal material from above the transport table, and an elevating frame disposed so as to be movable up and down above the transport table, and to hold the metal material on both sides of the transport table. A plurality of holding arms according to any one of [1] to [4] provided on the lifting frame, and the holding portion of the holding arm pushes up the lower surface of the metal material by raising the lifting frame. A metal material holding device.

  [6] A hot rolling facility comprising the holding device according to [5] above or downstream of a hot rolling mill.

  [7] A method of manufacturing a metal material using the hot rolling equipment according to [6], wherein the metal material is rolled to a predetermined thickness by the hot rolling mill and then held. The apparatus waits in a place where the subsequent metal material can pass through the apparatus, and the subsequent metal material is rolled by the hot rolling mill, while the standby metal material is returned onto the transfer table, and the subsequent metal material is subsequently continued. Rolling with the said hot rolling mill, The manufacturing method of the metal material characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In the present invention, the holding portion of the holding arm includes a first heat insulating material that covers a side of the holding portion main body that contacts the metal material, and a cover that covers the first heat insulating material and contacts the metal material. Therefore, the holding part main body can be protected from high heat by the heat insulating effect of the first heat insulating material, the occurrence of uneven cooling of the metal material can be suppressed, and the impact load can be received by the cover.

  In addition, if a holding device having a holding arm of this structure is installed in a metal material hot rolling facility and a metal material is manufactured, a stable metal material such as shape accuracy and material can be efficiently manufactured. it can.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, a case where the high-temperature metal material is a rolled steel material will be described as an example. The high temperature level is the temperature of the metal material that is heated when the metal material is hot-rolled. In the case of steel plate rolling, the temperature is about 500 ° C to 1200 ° C.

  First, FIG. 3 shows an overall structure of a steel material holding device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4A is a front view, and FIG. 4B is a side view.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the steel material holding device 1 in this embodiment is a high-temperature steel material on a transfer table (roller table) 11 in order to perform overtaking rolling in a hot rolling facility such as a thick plate rolling facility. 10 is a device for lifting and holding the steel plate 10 at a height that allows the subsequent steel material to pass therethrough, and a support column 21 provided opposite to both sides of the transport table 11 and a support column supported by two opposing support columns 21. A horizontal frame 31 that moves up and down along 21, a vertical frame 32 that is attached to the horizontal frame 31 and extends in the conveying direction, and a pair of vertical frames 32 that are attached to the vertical frame 32 so as to face each other in the conveying direction. A plurality of sets (here, 10 sets) of holding arms 33 that hold 10 on both sides of the transfer table 11 are provided. Further, in order to move the horizontal frame 31 up and down along the columns 21, an electric cylinder 22 and an operating motor 23 are provided in close proximity to the columns 21.

  The holding arm 33 has a hanging part 33b hanging from the vertical frame 32 and a holding part 33a extending horizontally from the lower end of the hanging part 33b toward the center of the width of the transport table 11. The holding portion 33a pushes up the lower surface of the high-temperature steel material 10 as the elevating frame (the horizontal frame 31 and the vertical frame 32) rises, and is disposed in the gap between the adjacent table rollers 12, and is conveyed by being lowered. It is located below the surface of the table 11 and can be located above the surface of the transport table 11 by moving up.

  Therefore, the dimensions such as the thickness and width of the holding portion 33a are restricted by the size of the gap between the table rollers 12, and the dimensions cannot be made with a margin, so that the steel material can be stably held. In order to ensure the strength, it is important to protect the holding portion 33a from high heat.

  At the same time, it is important to have a structure that can withstand an impact load such as the moment when the steel material 10 is lifted, or to suppress the occurrence of temperature unevenness in the steel material 10 due to contact with the holding portion 33a.

  FIG. 1 is an enlarged view of a holding portion 33a of a holding arm 33 in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 (a) is a front view, and FIG. 1 (b) is a plan view. As shown in FIG. 1, the holding portion 33 a includes a heat insulating structure portion 40 on the upper surface of the holding portion main body 39.

  FIG. 2 is an AA arrow view of FIG. 1A, and shows details of the heat insulating structure 40. The heat insulating structure 40 includes a first heat insulating material 46 that covers the side of the holding unit main body 39 that contacts the steel material, a steel cover 45 that covers the first heat insulating material 46 and contacts the steel material, and has a U-shaped cross section. It has. The steel cover 45 is attached to the holding portion main body 39 by welding, and projections 48 are provided on the lower surface of the ceiling portion of the steel cover 45 at predetermined intervals, so that the first heat insulating material 46 is provided. Positioning is achieved by inserting the protrusion 48 into the hole provided in the.

Here, the first heat insulating material 46 is a porous material, a fiber material, or a fired material mainly composed of a heat-resistant inorganic material such as an oxide ceramic, and includes A1 ₂ 0 ₃ , SiO ₂ , ZrO _{2, and the} like. It is a heat insulating material used as a main raw material. However, since the first heat insulating material 46 is relatively hard and brittle, it is easily damaged by an impact load. Therefore, the first heat insulating material 46 is covered with a steel cover 45 and the impact load is received by the steel cover 45. The steel cover 45 is preferably a steel plate having a thickness of 12 mm or less. This is because, with such a thin steel plate cover, even if it comes into contact with a high-temperature steel material, the temperature rises to the same level as that steel material in a short time, so that local cooling of the retained steel material can be avoided. Furthermore, it is preferably 6 mm or less. However, it is preferable to reduce the thickness of the cover from the viewpoint of suppressing uneven cooling, but there is a problem in terms of strength. The cover is deformed by the weight of the steel material 10 or the impact load when it is lifted, and the inner first heat insulating material 46 is damaged There is a risk of doing. Therefore, there is a limit to the thinning of the cover, which is appropriately determined based on the weight of the steel material 10 to be lifted.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the holding portion 33 a covers the first heat insulating material 46 having high heat insulating properties and the first heat insulating material 46 covering the side of the holding portion main body 39 that contacts the steel material. Since the heat insulating structure 40 including the steel cover 45 in contact with the steel material is provided, the first heat insulating material 46 protects the holding portion main body 39 from high heat, and the steel cover 45 can receive an impact load. it can.

  Next, a holding arm according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. The holding arm according to this embodiment includes a heat insulating structure 41 as shown in FIG. 3 instead of the heat insulating structure 40 as shown in FIG. 2 in the above-described embodiment.

  That is, the heat insulating structure portion 41 includes a first heat insulating material 46 that covers a side of the holding portion main body 39 that contacts the steel material, a steel cover 45 having a U-shaped cross section that covers the first heat insulating material 46, and a steel cover. And a second heat insulating material 47 which is bonded to the upper and lower surfaces of the ceiling portion 45 and has elasticity to come into contact with the steel material. The steel cover 45 is attached to the holding portion main body 39 by welding, and projections 48 are provided on the lower surface of the ceiling portion of the steel cover 45 at predetermined intervals. The protrusion 48 is inserted into a hole provided in the second heat insulating material 47 to achieve alignment.

Here, the first heat insulating material 46 is a porous material, a fiber material, or a fired material mainly composed of a heat-resistant inorganic material such as oxide ceramics, and includes A1 ₂ 0 ₃ , SiO ₂ , ZrO _{2, and the} like. It is a heat insulating material as the main raw material The first heat insulating material 46 has high heat insulating properties, and can protect the holding portion main body 39 from high heat. However, since the first heat insulating material 46 is relatively hard and brittle, it is easily damaged by an impact load. Therefore, the first heat insulating material 46 is covered with the steel cover 45 and the steel cover 45 has elasticity. 47 is bonded, and the impact load is received by the steel cover 45 and the second heat insulating material 47. And since the 2nd heat insulating material 47 contacts steel materials, local cooling of steel materials is also prevented. The second heat insulating material 47 is a heat-resistant fiber, and is a cloth-shaped heat-resistant material knitted from carbon fiber, organic fiber, or the like. For reinforcement, a woven fabric in which metal fibers such as stainless fibers are knitted into a composite is rich in elasticity and has an appropriate strength, so that it is suitable for this application. Incidentally, as the heat-resistant organic fiber, carbon fiber, para-aramid fiber, meta-aramid fiber, or the like can be used.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the holding portion 33a has a first heat insulating material 46 having a high heat insulating property that covers the side of the holding portion main body 39 that contacts the steel material, and a steel that covers the first heat insulating material 46. Since it has the heat insulation structure part 41 which consists of the 2nd heat insulating material 47 which adheres to the steel cover 45 and the steel cover 45, and has the elasticity which contacts steel materials, it is a holding part by the 1st heat insulating material 46 The main body 39 can be protected from high heat, and the impact load can be received by the steel cover 45 and the second heat insulating material 47. Furthermore, the second heat insulating material 47 can also prevent local cooling of the steel material to be held.

  In said embodiment, although the case where the steel cover was used for the cover and the case where the 2nd heat insulating material which has elasticity with a steel cover was used was shown, the 2nd heat insulating material which has elasticity in a cover It is also possible to use only. That is, a second heat insulating material having elasticity may be directly arranged on the upper portion of the first heat insulating material, and the second heat insulating material may receive an impact load and prevent local cooling of the steel material.

  The steel material holding device 1 provided with the holding arm 33 according to each of the above embodiments operates the electric cylinder 22 to hold the steel material 10 as shown in FIG. It is placed on the holding portion 33a of the arm 33 and lifted and held from above the table roller 12 to a height at which the subsequent steel material can pass.

  Therefore, in the steel material hot rolling facility, the steel material holding device 1 according to this embodiment is installed on the upstream side or downstream side of the hot rolling mill, and the steel material that needs to be cooled is heated to a predetermined thickness by the hot rolling mill. After rolling, the steel material is kept in a place where the subsequent steel material can pass by the holding device 1, and the steel material which does not require the subsequent cooling waiting is rolled by a hot rolling mill, while the steel material on standby is transported to the table. 11 and the subsequent steel material is subsequently rolled by a hot rolling mill, it is possible to avoid idle time due to waiting for cooling in the hot rolling mill and to wait for cooling waiting steel material. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently manufacture a stable steel material having shape accuracy and material.

  Here, the case where the metal material is a steel material has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention can also be applied to a case where the metal material is a non-ferrous metal material such as aluminum.

The elements on larger scale of the holding arm of steel materials in one embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the heat insulation structure in one Embodiment of this invention (AA arrow line view of FIG. 1). The figure which shows the heat insulation structure in other embodiment of this invention. 1 is an overall structural diagram of a steel material holding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Steel material holding | maintenance apparatus 10 Steel material 11 Conveyance table 12 Table roller 21 Support | pillar 22 Electric cylinder 23 Motor 31 Horizontal frame 32 Vertical frame 33 Holding arm 33a Holding part 34b Hanging part 39 Holding part main body 40 Heat insulation structure part 41 Heat insulation structure part 45 Made from steel Cover 46 First heat insulating material 47 Second heat insulating material 48 Protrusion

Claims (7)

  A holding arm for use in lifting a high-temperature metal material, comprising a holding portion on which the metal material is placed, wherein the holding portion covers a holding portion main body and at least a side of the holding portion main body that contacts the metal material. A metal material holding arm comprising: a heat insulating material; and a cover that covers the first heat insulating material and contacts the metal material.   The metal material holding arm according to claim 1, wherein the cover in contact with the metal material is a metal cover.   The cover that contacts the metal material includes a metal cover that covers the first heat insulating material, and a second heat insulating material that is attached to the upper surface of the metal cover and has elasticity that contacts the metal material. The metal material holding arm according to claim 1, wherein the metal material holding arm is a metal arm.   The metal arm according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the holding arm includes a hanging portion that hangs downward and a holding portion that extends horizontally from a lower end of the hanging portion. arm. A metal material holding device that lifts and holds a metal material upward from the transfer table,
An elevating frame arranged to be movable up and down above the transfer table, and a plurality of holding arms provided in the elevating frame to hold the metal material on both sides of the transfer table. The holding member of the holding arm is configured to push up the lower surface of the metal material by raising the elevating frame.   A hot rolling facility comprising the holding device according to claim 5 on an upstream side or a downstream side of a hot rolling mill. It is a manufacturing method of the metal material using the hot rolling equipment according to claim 6,
After the metal material is rolled to a predetermined thickness by the hot rolling mill, the metal material is waited at a place where the subsequent metal material can pass by the holding device, and the subsequent metal material is rolled by the hot rolling mill. On the other hand, the waiting metal material is returned onto the transfer table, and subsequently rolled by the hot rolling mill following the subsequent metal material.

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