JP2008105099A - Heat treatment method, manufacturing method, and manufacturing equipment for steel material - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat treatment method which enables the efficient heat treatment of a steel material without depressing rolling efficiency in an in-line heat treatment of the steel material using induction heating devices. <P>SOLUTION: After quenching a steel material 2 rolled by a hot rolling mill 1 by a water quenching device 3, distortion of the steel material 2 is straightened by a straightening apparatus 4, and a heat treatment is applied to the steel material 2 by a plurality of induction heating devices 5. The heat treatment applied to the steel material 2 is so-called reverse-heating, which makes the steel material 2 pass through the induction heating devices 5 three or more times while reciprocating it. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention includes a heat treatment method for a steel material after hot rolling, a method for producing a steel material for heat treating the steel material after hot rolling, and a heat treatment apparatus for heat treating the steel material after hot rolling. More particularly, the present invention relates to an in-line heat treatment technique in which an induction heating device is arranged on a rolling line.

  Thick steel plates having a thickness of 8 mm or more are often manufactured by a method in which hot-rolled steel plates are quenched and quenched by quenching and then tempered in order to increase strength and toughness.

  In recent years, quenching and accelerated cooling have been performed online, but tempering is still performed offline using a gas combustion furnace, which takes a long time and significantly increases the productivity of thick steel plates. It is inhibiting.

  In order to improve productivity, a technique for improving efficiency by devising a temperature pattern has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1). In the technique described in Patent Document 1, when steel material is continuously conveyed and heat-treated in the furnace, the set temperature of the furnace is changed toward the traveling direction of the steel material, and the entrance side of the furnace is heated to a high temperature. Set the side to a low temperature. Furthermore, in this technique, the furnace entrance side is set to be 200 ° C. higher than the intended heat treatment temperature, the furnace temperature is gradually reduced toward the furnace exit side, and the furnace is set before the furnace exit. The temperature is set within a target heat treatment temperature of ± 20 ° C. However, in the heating method by gas combustion, since heat is transmitted by radiation or convection, it is impossible to perform rapid heating.

  On the other hand, as a highly efficient heat treatment method, an in-line heat treatment method has been proposed in which a heating device is installed on a rolling line to heat treat a steel material (for example, see Patent Document 2 or 3). Patent Document 2 discloses a technology for producing a high-strength high-toughness steel by installing a rolling mill-accelerated cooling device-heating device on a line and performing rapid heating and tempering heat treatment on-line. A technology is disclosed in which equipment is arranged in the order of a rolling mill, a straightening machine, an accelerated cooling device, and a heat retaining device, and the residual stress generated by rolling or accelerated cooling is heated by the heat retaining device to remove the residual stress. However, the patent document 2 and the patent document do not describe a specific heat treatment apparatus.

On the other hand, as a specific heat treatment apparatus, a technique in which a plurality of solenoid induction heating apparatuses are arranged in series and a thick plate is heat treated is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 4).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-256053 JP-A-4-358822 JP-A-6-254615 JP-A-48-25239

When the steel material is heated by the induction heating device as described in Patent Document 4, since the induced current flows in the vicinity of the surface of the steel material, the surface is mainly heated, and the inside of the steel material is heated by heat transfer from the surface. Is done. Therefore, when tempering a steel material with an induction heating device or performing a heat treatment such as residual stress removal, the surface must be overheated so that it does not exceed a certain value (at least the Curie point, preferably the _Ac1 transformation point). . With one induction heating device, it is difficult to heat the steel material to the target temperature by setting the surface temperature of the steel material to a certain value or less, so two or more induction heating devices are arranged in series. When heating by passing the steel material once through this induction heating device, in order to heat the steel sheet to the target temperature while keeping the upper limit of the surface temperature, it is necessary to slowly heat the steel sheet at a lower conveyance speed. In particular, in the case of a steel material having a large plate thickness, since the heat transfer to the inside of the steel material takes time, the conveying speed is greatly restricted.

  When in-line heat treatment is performed using this induction heating device, the heat treatment efficiency is inferior to the rolling efficiency due to the above-described conveyance speed restriction, and as a result, productivity may be hindered. In order to increase the conveyance speed, it is necessary to increase the number of induction heating devices, but the facility becomes large and the power consumption increases, making it difficult to apply to an actual machine.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. Regarding in-line heat treatment of steel materials using an induction heating apparatus, a heat treatment method for efficiently heat treating a steel material without impairing rolling efficiency, a method for producing the steel material, and The object is to provide a manufacturing apparatus.

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

  [1] After the hot rolling is completed, the surface temperature and the center temperature of the steel material are heated to a predetermined temperature range in the in-line heat treatment in which the hardened or accelerated steel material is heat-treated with a plurality of induction heating devices installed on the line. When heat-treating, the steel material is heat-treated with the number of passes that minimizes the heat-treatment time.

  [2] The above-mentioned [1], characterized in that the conveyance speed and power setting for several passes are obtained from the dimensions of the steel material and the required temperature rise, and the number of passes with the shortest heat treatment time is selected and heated. A heat treatment method for steel as described in 1.

  [3] After the hot rolling is completed, the surface temperature and the center temperature of the steel material are heated to a predetermined temperature range in the in-line heat treatment in which the hardened or accelerated steel material is heat-treated with a plurality of induction heating devices installed on the line. When heat-treating, the steel material heat-treating method characterized by selecting and heating the number of passes so that the heat treatment is completed within a target time.

  [4] The above-mentioned [3], wherein the target time is set to a time at which the next steel material does not have to wait in the process before the heat treatment process, or a time in which the standby time is the shortest. Heat treatment method for steel.

  [5] The steel material heat treatment method according to [3], wherein the target time is calculated based on a time when the next steel material completes cooling or arrives at the induction heating device.

  [6] From the dimensions of the steel material and the required temperature rise, determine the transfer speed and power settings for several passes, and select the number of passes that minimizes power consumption from the number of passes that heat treatment is completed within the target time. And heating the steel material according to the above [4].

  [7] A method for producing a steel material comprising the heat treatment method for a steel material according to any one of [1] to [6] in a heat treatment step.

[8] A steel material provided with a hot rolling facility, an accelerated cooling facility, a heat treatment facility comprising a plurality of induction heating devices installed on the same line as these facilities, and an arithmetic unit for calculating a heat treatment pattern of the heat treatment facility Manufacturing equipment,
The said arithmetic unit is equipped with the means to determine the heat processing pattern of the number of pass | pass which the heat processing time becomes the shortest when heating the surface temperature and center temperature of steel materials to a predetermined temperature range, The manufacturing equipment of steel materials characterized by the above-mentioned .

[9] A steel material provided with a hot rolling facility, an accelerated cooling facility, a heat treatment facility comprising a plurality of induction heating devices installed on the same line as these facilities, and an arithmetic unit for calculating a heat treatment pattern of the heat treatment facility Manufacturing equipment,
The arithmetic device comprises means for determining a heat treatment pattern of the number of passes in which the heat treatment is completed within a target time when the surface temperature and the center temperature of the steel material are heated to a predetermined temperature range. production equipment.

  By using the present invention, in the in-line heat treatment of a steel material using an induction heating apparatus, the steel material can be efficiently heat treated without impairing the rolling efficiency.

  FIG. 1 is an example of a steel material manufacturing facility to which the heat treatment method according to the present invention is applied. The steel material 2 rolled by the hot rolling mill 1 is quenched by the water cooling device 3. Thereafter, the straightening machine 4 corrects the distortion, and the induction heating device 5 performs heat treatment. The induction heating device 5 includes a transverse type and a solenoid type. In the present invention, it is desirable to use a solenoid type induction heating device for the purpose of controlling the amount of heat generated near the surface layer of the steel material. Further, the straightening machine 4 is not necessarily installed on the rear surface of the water cooling device 3 and may be installed in front of the water cooling device or on the rear surface of the induction heating device. However, in order to heat uniformly, and warping of the steel material In order to prevent the collision with the induction heating apparatus, it is desirable to correct the distortion before inserting the induction heating apparatus.

  FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating a schematic configuration of a heat treatment facility for performing heat treatment of the steel material in FIG. 1. A plurality of induction heating devices 5, a temperature detector 6 that is provided at the inlet of the induction heating device 5, detects the temperature of the steel material 2, a conveyance roller 7 for conveying the steel material 2 to be heated, and the conveyance of the steel material from the rotation of the conveyance roller 7 A speed detector 8 that detects the speed, a control device 9 that calculates the power supplied to each induction heating device 5, a power control device 10 that controls the power supplied to each induction heating device 5 based on the output from the control device 9, and It is comprised with the induction heating apparatus exit side temperature detector 11 which detects the temperature of the steel materials 2 after a heating.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment using the heat treatment equipment will be described.

  The first embodiment is characterized in that so-called reverse heating is performed, in which a steel material is reciprocated so as to pass through an induction heating device for three or more passes for heating. By increasing the number of passes, the number of apparent induction heating devices can be increased and the amount of temperature increase for each unit can be reduced, so that the conveyance speed can be increased compared to the case of one pass. In addition, for example, in the case of three passes, the second pass may be heated in the first pass and the third pass by simply passing through the induction heating device without heating in each pass. In this case, it is possible to shorten the heat treatment time by increasing the conveyance speed of the second pass.

  The second embodiment is characterized in that the number of passes with the shortest heat treatment time is selected and induction heating is performed.

  In the third embodiment, the conveyance speed, power setting, and heat treatment time for several passes are obtained from the dimensions of the steel material and the required temperature rise, and as a result, the number of passes with the shortest heat treatment is selected and heated. It is characterized by doing.

  The procedure for determining the number of passes, the transport speed of each pass, and the power setting of each induction heating device includes (1) determining the transport speed, the number of passes, and the power setting for each material, as shown below: 2) There are two cases where the number of passes, the conveyance speed, and the power setting are determined in advance by the dimensions of the steel material.

(1) When determining the conveyance speed, the number of passes, and the power setting for each material (1.1) Obtain the dimensions of the steel material and the required temperature rise.

  Heating conditions such as the thickness, width, steel type and target temperature, upper limit temperature, etc. of the steel material to be heat-treated next are acquired from the computer that performs the operation.

  (1.2) Obtain the conveyance speed and power setting for 1 pass.

  Assuming that heating is performed in one pass, the variable is the conveyance speed and the power in each induction heating device, the constraint is the upper limit temperature and the target temperature, and the optimization problem is solved where the objective function is the processing time and power consumption. In this case, it can be solved by using an optimization method such as linear programming or nonlinear programming, or by appropriately changing each variable to reduce the processing time and power consumption at the lowest speed. It can also be solved by obtaining a combination of.

  (1.3) Obtain the conveyance speed and power setting for 3 passes.

  Assuming that heating is performed in three passes, the variables are the conveyance speed of each pass and the electric power in each induction heating device, the constraint conditions are the upper limit temperature and the target temperature, and the optimization function consists of the processing time and power consumption. solve. In this case, it can be solved by using an optimization method such as linear programming or nonlinear programming, or by appropriately changing each variable to reduce the processing time and power consumption at the lowest speed. It can also be solved by obtaining a combination of.

  (1.4) Obtain the conveyance speed and power setting for multiple paths.

  As in (1.3) above, the number of passes is increased by 5 passes and 7 passes, and the combination of the conveyance speed and power at each pass is obtained. The maximum number of passes is determined in advance according to the dimensions of the steel material and the amount of temperature increase, and the process (1.4) is performed until the number of passes is reached.

  (1.5) Determine the number of passes.

  The number of passes with the shortest processing time is selected, and the steel material is heat-treated using the conveyance speed and power at that time.

(2) When the number of passes, transfer speed and power setting are determined in advance by the dimensions of the steel material As shown in Table 1, a table of the number of passes and the transfer speed corresponding to the size of the steel material is shown for each steel type and heat treatment pattern. Create it in advance.

  As the heating conditions, for example, a table is prepared for each of the following two heating conditions, here, the initial temperature before heating, the target final temperature, and the temperature rise amount that is the difference between them. Table 1 is an example prepared based on the heating conditions of a).

a) Temperature before heating 400 ° C., target temperature (heat treatment temperature) 600 ° C., temperature increase 200 ° C.
b) Temperature before heating 100 ° C., target temperature (heat treatment temperature) 600 ° C., temperature rise 500 ° C.

  Here, Table 1 is created by the following procedures (2.1) to (2.5).

  (2.1) Determine the dimensions of the steel material to be heated and the required temperature rise.

  (2.2) Obtain the conveyance speed and power setting for 1 pass.

  Assuming that heating is performed in one pass, an optimization problem is solved that includes a conveyance speed and power in each induction heating device as variables, an upper limit temperature and a target temperature as constraints, and a processing time and power consumption as an objective function. In this case, it can be solved by using an optimization method such as linear programming or non-linear programming, or it can be solved by appropriately changing each variable to obtain a combination of electric power with the smallest power consumption. it can.

  (2.3) The conveyance speed and power setting in the case of 3 passes are obtained.

  Assuming heating in three passes, solve the optimization problem consisting of the power in each induction heating device as variables, upper limit temperature and target temperature as constraints, and power consumption as objective function. In this case, it can be solved by using an optimization method such as linear programming or non-linear programming, or it can be solved by appropriately changing each variable to obtain a combination of electric power with the smallest power consumption. it can.

  (2.4) Obtain the conveyance speed and power setting for multiple paths.

  As in (2.3) above, the number of passes is increased by 5 passes and 7 passes, and the combination of the conveyance speed and power at each pass is obtained. The maximum number of passes is determined in advance according to the size of the steel material and the amount of temperature increase, and the process of (2.4) is performed until the number of passes is reached.

  (2.5) Determine the number of passes.

  The number of passes and the conveyance speed that minimize the processing time are determined. Although not described in Table 1, the power setting at that time is also determined.

  And when heat processing is actually performed, heat processing is performed by selecting the number of passes and the conveying speed given in Table 1 according to the steel type, heating conditions and dimensions of the steel material to be heated.

  At that time, the pre-heating temperature is measured, and if the pre-heating temperature is different from the assumed pre-heating temperature, the power setting is corrected based thereon.

  In the fourth embodiment, when reverse heating is performed, the conveyance speed is changed for each pass. As shown in the third embodiment, it is effective to change the conveyance speed for each pass when the temperature constraint is satisfied and the processing time and power consumption are minimized.

  The fifth embodiment is characterized in that when reverse heating is performed, the heat treatment time is shortened by increasing the transport speed of the last pass and the previous pass.

  For example, when heating is performed in three passes, the conveyance speed is set to the first pass <second pass, first pass <third pass. Since the temperature of the steel material is increased by heating in the first pass, it is possible to increase the transfer speed in the second pass and the third pass, and the heat treatment time can be shortened compared to heating at the same transfer speed in all passes, In addition, power consumption can be reduced.

  The sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

  First, the basic concept in this embodiment will be described.

  After hot rolling is completed, the steel material that has been quenched or accelerated and cooled is passed through an induction heating device installed on the line and heated. And a method of performing heat treatment by increasing the number of passing paths and reciprocating a steel material without increasing the number of induction heating devices.

Therefore, the above two heating methods are applied to a steel material having a thickness of 25 mm, a length of 25 m, and a width of 3.5 m at a heating start temperature of 450 ° C. and a heating target temperature of 650 ° C. under the restriction of the upper surface temperature of 710 ° C. The heat treatment time when heated with was compared. Specifically, the following three cases were compared.
(A) 6 induction heating devices, 1 pass (B) 3 induction heating devices, 1 pass (C) 3 induction heating devices, 3 passes For each of the above three cases, the optimum conveyance speed satisfying the above temperature conditions, respectively. The result of calculating the power is as follows.
(A) Conveyance speed: 55 m / min, Electric power consumption: 56.6 (kWh / ton)
(B) Conveyance speed: 15 m / min, Electric power unit: 50.8 (kWh / ton)
(C) Conveyance speed: 1st pass: 50 m / min, 2nd pass: 120 m / min, 3rd pass: 120 m / min, basic unit of electric power: 55.6 (kWh / ton)
And the time course of the temperature of the surface of steel materials, the temperature of a plate | board thickness center part, and average temperature when it heats on the said conditions is shown in FIG. 3A shows the case A, FIG. 3B shows the case B, and FIG. 3C shows the case C. Here, the temperature is the temperature of the leading portion of the steel material (the tip portion in the line exit direction). Moreover, in the figure, the period in which the temperature rises / falls and peaks in a short time (about 5 seconds) is the timing at which the leading portion of the steel material passes through the induction heating device, In the case of six induction heating devices in one pass in FIG. 3A, there are six peaks. In FIG. 3B, three peaks in one induction heating device for one pass, FIG. 3C. Then, 3 peaks appear 3 times because of 3 passes with 3 induction heating devices. The reason why the time between the three peaks indicating the first pass and the three peaks indicating the second pass is wide is because the temperature of the tip of the steel material is measured as described above. This is because it takes a long time until the tail end of the steel material comes off in the second pass and until the tip end of the steel material enters in the second pass. The peak value of the surface temperature is controlled so as not to exceed at least the Curie point, preferably the _Ac1 transformation point. Thereby, the steel material can obtain desired characteristics such as hardness and toughness.

  3 (a) to 3 (c), the heat treatment time is 120 seconds in (b), which is longer than the heat treatment time 90 seconds in (a). This is because it is necessary to slow down the conveying speed in order to heat under the same temperature condition.

  3 (c) shows three induction heating devices, but by using three passes, the heat treatment time is 80 seconds, compared to the case of six induction heating devices / one pass in FIG. 3 (a). The heat treatment time is shortened. This is a condition that the conveyance speed is constant in the case of 1 pass, but in the case of 3 passes, the conveyance speed can be changed in accordance with the heating state, and the conveyance can be performed in a shorter time. This is because the heat treatment can be completed in a short time at least. In addition, the power unit is also smaller than in the case of six induction heating devices.

  Therefore, compared to the case where a large number of induction heating devices are installed and processing is performed in one pass, the case where a suitable number of induction heating devices are installed and a plurality of reciprocating conveyances are performed is shorter in time and It can be seen that there is an effect that the amount of electric power can be reduced. In addition, the number of induction heating devices with very high equipment costs can be reduced, and the equipment costs can also be reduced. In the above example, only three half of the induction heating devices are required, and the equipment cost can be reduced to 1/2 to 2/3. Furthermore, there is an effect that the installation space can be reduced.

  Although not compared in the above example, when two induction heating devices are used and heating is performed in a plurality of passes, the heat treatment time slightly increases, but the equipment cost and installation space are considerably small.

  In addition, although not compared in the above example, when four or five induction heating devices are used and heating is performed in a plurality of passes, the equipment cost and the installation space are slightly increased, but the heat treatment time is greatly shortened. .

  Note that the heating method that reciprocates a plurality of times is not necessarily applied to all materials, and is applied when multiple passes, for example, 3 passes, 5 passes, etc., reduce the time or the power consumption is reduced. do it. For example, three passes and five passes are effective in the case of a steel material in which the size of the steel material is large (thick and long), the temperature rise is large, and a large amount of heating power is required. Accordingly, one pass may be more advantageous for a steel material that is thin and has a small temperature rise. As an example, FIG. 4 shows an advantageous number of passes from the viewpoint of heat treatment time under the conditions of thickness, length, and temperature rise when there are three induction heating devices, and FIG. The number of paths that are advantageous from the viewpoint of the power consumption per unit power when there are three induction heating devices is shown. In many cases, a plurality of passes are advantageous, but in some cases, one pass is advantageous, and in this case, reciprocal conveyance is not performed.

  Next, the steel material manufacturing equipment used in this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 6 shows the steel material production facility. From the heating furnace 21, the rolling mill 22, the accelerated cooling device 23, the correction device 24, and a plurality of (here, three) induction heating devices 26 on the same line. The induction heating equipment 25 is provided. Further, a conveyance speed setting device 28 for setting the speed of the conveyance roller 27 for conveying the steel material 20 and a power supply device 29 for supplying electric power to each induction heating device 26 are provided. A thermometer 30 a is provided on the exit side of the heating furnace 21, a thermometer 30 b is provided on the exit side of the rolling mill 22, a thermometer 30 c is provided on the exit side of the cooling device 23, and a temperature is provided on the entrance side of the straightening device 24. A thermometer 30f and a thermometer 30e are installed on the input / output side of the induction heating equipment 25 of each induction heating device 26, respectively. Furthermore, a heating furnace control computer 31 that controls the heating furnace 21, a rolling control computer 32 that controls the rolling mill 22, a cooling control computer 33 that controls the acceleration cooling device 23, and an arithmetic device 34 that controls the induction heating equipment 25. I have. In addition, a production management computer 40 that performs overall production management is provided.

  In the steel material manufacturing facility configured as described above, the steel material 20 is heated in the heating furnace 21, rolled in the rolling mill 22, and then accelerated and cooled in the acceleration cooling device 23. Thereafter, for correction of a shape defect or the like, after correction by the correction device 24, heat treatment is performed by the induction heating device 26.

  At that time, the heating furnace control computer 31, the rolling control computer 32, and the cooling control computer 33 track where the steel material 20 is, and the information is input to the arithmetic unit 34. The calculation device 34 performs a predetermined calculation to determine the number of passes, the conveyance speed, and the heating power in the induction heating facility 25, and outputs the results to the conveyance speed setting device 28 and the power supply device 29, thereby induction heating. The facility 25 is controlled.

  Here, the contents of processing in each of the heating furnace control computer 31, the rolling control computer 32, the cooling control computer 33, and the arithmetic unit 34 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a heating furnace control computer 31 for controlling the heating furnace 21. The heating furnace control computer 31 includes an input device 31a, an input / output control unit 31b, a central processing unit 31c, a storage device 31d, and an output device 31e. The storage device 31d may be a fixed magnetic disk, a floppy disk, or a memory. The same applies to the storage devices of other computers described below.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a rolling control computer 32 for controlling the rolling mill 22. The rolling control computer 32 includes an input device 32a, an input / output control unit 32b, a central processing unit 32c, a storage device 32d, and an output device 32e.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a cooling control computer 33 for controlling the cooling device 23. The cooling control computer 33 includes an input device 33a, an input / output control unit 33b, a central processing unit 33c, a storage device 33d, and an output device 33e.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the arithmetic device 34 for controlling the induction heating facility 25. The computing device 34 includes an input device 34a, an input / output control unit 34b, a central processing unit 34c, a first storage device 34d, a second storage device 34e, a third storage device 34f, and an output device 34g.

  First, the heating furnace control computer 31, the rolling control computer 32, and the cooling control computer 33 are transmitted from the production management computer 40 the specification information (steel material information) of the steel material 20 currently being processed or processed from now on. Based on the size (width, thickness, length), heating target temperature, steel type, etc., stored in the storage device and included in the steel material information, it is preset or calculated to calculate the heating furnace 21, rolling The operating conditions of the machine 22 and the cooling device 23 are set, and the following processing is performed.

  That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the heating furnace control computer 31 takes in the signal output of the heating furnace outlet side thermometer 30a by the input device 31a, and controls the temperature by the central processing unit 31c via the input / output control unit 31b. Monitoring is performed at a constant time period (for example, 100 msec). As an example, it is determined whether the steel material 20 has been carried out from the outlet side of the heating furnace 21 based on the temperature change per unit time. The time taken out from the heating furnace 21 at this time is written in the storage device 31d as the heating completion time, and is transmitted to the arithmetic device 34 via the output device 31e. The time may use a timer function that counts the current time installed in the heating furnace control computer 31, or refers to the time input from the production management computer 40 or the time input from the outside. May be.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the rolling control computer 32 takes in the signal output of the rolling mill outlet thermometer 30b by the input device 32a, and keeps the temperature constant by the central processing unit 32c via the input / output control unit 32b. Monitoring is performed with a time period (for example, 100 msec). It is determined whether the steel material 20 has been carried out from the outlet side of the rolling mill 22 based on the temperature change per unit time. The rolling control computer 32 also writes the time when the steel material 20 at this time leaves the rolling mill 22 to the storage device 32d as the rolling completion time, and transmits it to the computing device 34 via the output device 32e. The time is set by an internal timer function, the production management computer 40, or an input reference from the outside in the same manner as the heating furnace control computer.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the cooling control computer 33 takes in the signal output of the cooling device outlet thermometer 30c by the input device 33a, and keeps the temperature constant by the central processing unit 33c via the input / output control unit 33b. Monitoring is performed with a time period (for example, 100 msec). It is determined whether the steel material 20 has been carried out from the outlet side of the cooling device 23 based on the temperature change per unit time of the temperature. At this time, the time when the steel material 20 leaves the cooling device 23 is written in the storage device 33d as the cooling completion time. Further, the steel material information transmitted from the production management computer 40, the heating completion time transmitted from the heating furnace control computer 31, and the rolling completion time transmitted from the rolling control computer 32 are inputted and written in the storage device 33d. And steel material information and cooling completion time are transmitted to the arithmetic unit 34 via the output device 33e. The time is set by an internal timer function, the production management computer 40, or an input reference from the outside in the same manner as the heating furnace control computer.

  And the arithmetic unit 34 inputs the steel material information from the production management computer 40, the heating completion time from the heating furnace control computer 31, the rolling completion time from the rolling control computer 32, and the cooling completion time from the cooling control computer 33. The data is sent to the central processing unit 34c via the input / output control unit 34b and written to the first storage device 34d. Further, in the second storage device 34e, a table in which the number of heatable passes allowed by the induction heating facility 25 is set based on the combination condition of the size of the steel material 20 and the amount of temperature increase, and the number of heatable passes corresponding to the table. A plurality of tables in which the conveyance speed of the steel material 20 in the induction heating equipment 25 determined from the combination of the size of the steel material 20 and the heating amount is set, and the number of passes and the conveyance speed are determined. A plurality of tables in which power consumption determined from the size of the steel material 20 and the amount of temperature increase is set are written in advance. These tables are referred to when determining the number of passes, the conveyance speed, and the heating power. Further, in the third storage device 34f, the heat treatment pattern that is a combination of the number of passes, the conveyance speed, and the electric power that is allowed by the steel material condition calculated by the arithmetic device 34, and the scheduled time at which cooling of the next steel material is completed. The next material cooling scheduled completion time is written. Then, the arithmetic device determines the number of passes, the conveying speed, and the heating power in the induction heating equipment 25 for the steel material 20 by the arithmetic processing described below, and the number of passes from the output device 34g via the input / output control unit 34b. And the conveyance speed are output to the conveyance speed setting device 28, and the heating power value is output to the power supply device 29. Here, the heat treatment pattern means a condition of a set parameter combination to the induction heating equipment 25 for heating the steel material with the induction heating equipment 25 so as to have a desired characteristic. In this embodiment, the number of passes / conveyance In addition to this, a combination of speed and electric power is used. In addition to this, the setting value for changing the power setting value and the conveyance speed according to the longitudinal position of the steel material, the conditions for changing the number of induction heating equipment used for each pass, etc. A parameter that affects the heating temperature change of the steel material may be added to form a heat treatment pattern.

  Below, the procedure of the arithmetic processing for determining the above-mentioned heat treatment pattern (combination of the number of passes, the conveyance speed, and the electric power) in the arithmetic device 34 will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following calculation, the number of passes is used as a standard parameter for obtaining various heat treatment patterns. First, heat treatment patterns for several numbers of passes are obtained, and then optimum under appropriate conditions (time, power, etc.). The heat treatment pattern is selected.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an overall flow of the arithmetic processing. In FIG. 11, when the calculation of the previous steel material is completed, the calculation for the target material (meaning the steel material to be heat-treated next to the steel material currently being heat-treated) is started, and the following steps 1 to 4 are performed. Perform the operation.

  (1) First, in Step 1, the number of heatable passes (for example, 1 pass, 3 passes, and 5 passes) is referred to the heatable pass number table of the second storage device 34e based on the size and the amount of temperature increase, and the next Let it be a candidate for the number of passes for performing the calculation after Step.

  (2) Next, in Step 2, based on the number of candidate passes selected in Step 1, the conveyance speed and the heating power corresponding to the number of passes are calculated.

  The detailed flow of Step 2 is shown in FIG. The method for calculating the transfer speed and heating power is based on the conditions set in advance and the method is determined by referring to the transfer speed and heating power, and the optimal solution is calculated from the heating model calculation based on the heating conditions. There is a way to do it.

  Therefore, first, it is determined whether the calculation of the conveyance speed is a table reference or an optimization calculation. Normally, optimization calculation that allows temperature control with high accuracy is selected, but for steel materials that do not require so much accuracy, such as temperature conditions, etc., and steel materials that have unprecedented components and conditions, use a table. Sometimes done by reference. When the table is not referred to the conveyance speed, the conveyance speed and the heating power are determined by the optimization calculation, and the processing time is calculated. On the other hand, when referring to the transport speed table, the transport speed is calculated by referring to the speed table stored in the second storage device 34e based on the condition of the number of passes, the size of the steel material, and the value of the temperature rise. It will be.

  Next, select whether to determine the heating power by referring to the table as well. If the heating power is not referred to the table, calculate the heating power by optimization calculation, calculate the processing time, and decide To do. In addition, when the heating power is referred to the table, the heating table is referred to the power table stored in the second storage device 34e on the basis of the number of passes, the condition of the conveyance speed, the size of the steel material, and the value of the temperature rise. The power is calculated.

  The above calculation is performed for the number of paths extracted in Step 1, for example, when 1 path, 3 paths, and 5 paths are extracted, so the calculation is performed three times in total. The conveyance speed, heating power, and processing time corresponding to the number of passes are calculated. The result calculated here is stored in the third storage device 34f.

  (3) Then, in Step 3, the optimal number of paths is determined based on the result calculated in Step 2.

  The detailed flow of Step 3 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 13, first, it is checked whether or not the cooling of the target material has been completed by the cooling device outlet side thermometer 30c. This is because the time is calculated based on the timing of leaving the cooling device 23 in order to accurately calculate the time allowed for the heat treatment in the induction heating equipment 25 (target processing time). The target processing time is usually set to a time when the next steel material does not need to wait in the process before the heat treatment process, or a time when the standby time becomes the shortest.

  The calculation is started at the timing when the target material leaves the cooling device 23.

  First, the scheduled cooling completion time of the next material is acquired, the time difference from the cooling completion time of the target material is obtained, and the target processing time of the target material is calculated.

  Here, the target processing time is calculated based on the cooling completion time, but the target processing time may be calculated based on the arrival time at the induction heating facility 25.

  Next, it is determined whether to give priority to the processing time. Normally, the shorter the processing time is, the lower the power is. Therefore, the processing time priority is selected, and the number of paths with the shortest processing time is selected. When processing time is not prioritized, for example, when the transport of the next material is delayed and the target processing time can be taken very long, the path in which the heating power is minimized among those that complete heating within the target processing time Select a number.

  (4) Finally, in Step 4, the conveyance speed and the heating power are determined corresponding to the number of passes selected and determined in Step 3. That is, this determines the heat treatment pattern in the induction heating facility 25.

  In the above description, the number of passes, the conveyance speed, and the power are calculated from the size of the steel material and the amount of temperature increase, but in addition to this, the steel type may be calculated in addition to the conditions.

  And the calculation method is demonstrated using FIG. 14 about the scheduled time of completion of the next material cooling described in Step 3.

  The position of the steel material 20 is tracked by each computer 31-33. The tracking method is performed by the output of the heating furnace outlet side thermometer 30a and the rolling mill outlet side thermometer 30b. You may judge using values, such as a current load of a motor.

  First, the heating furnace control computer 31 that controls the heating furnace 21 tracks the next material, stores the time when the next material leaves the heating furnace 21, and transmits the time data to the computing device 34.

  Based on the input time data, the calculation device 34 calculates the scheduled time for the next material to leave the cooling device 23 from the conveyance speed and the movement distance. The calculated scheduled next material cooling completion time is stored in the third storage device 34f of the arithmetic device 34.

  Furthermore, the rolling control computer 32 that controls the rolling mill 22 also tracks the next material, stores the time when the next material leaves the rolling mill 22, and transmits the time data to the computing device 34.

  Based on the input time data, the arithmetic device 34 again calculates the scheduled time for the next material to leave the cooling device 23 from the conveyance speed and the movement distance. The calculated scheduled time for completion of the next material cooling is updated and written in the third storage device 34f of the computing device 34. Thereby, the scheduled time for completion of the next material cooling can be calculated more accurately.

  In this embodiment, the calculation of the scheduled cooling completion time is performed by the arithmetic unit 34, but is performed by the heating furnace control computer 31, the rolling control computer 32, and the cooling control computer 33, and the result is transmitted to the arithmetic unit 34. Also good.

In-line heat treatment was performed using the equipment shown in FIGS. Here, as the induction heating device, three solenoid type induction heating devices are arranged in series. The steel materials A and B were accelerated to cool to 400 ° C. using a water cooling device, and the steel materials C and D were quenched to 100 ° C. After cooling, tempering heat treatment was performed so that the center of the plate thickness was 600 ° C. The upper limit of the steel material surface temperature was 720 ° C., which is the _{Ac 1} transformation point of the material to be heated.

Table 2 shows heat treatment times when heated by 1 pass and 3 passes, respectively.

  In this case, the conveyance speed and the amount of power in the case of performing the first pass and the third pass are obtained, and it is determined which of the processing is performed. As a result of the optimization calculation, the sizes of A and C are performed in one pass, and the sizes of B and D are performed in three passes so that the heat treatment time is shortened.

  In this embodiment, the central portion of the plate thickness is controlled to have a predetermined temperature, but the predetermined position inside the plate thickness direction is not limited to the central portion of the plate thickness. An arbitrary position can be selected as appropriate, for example, a depth position of 1/3 or 1/4 of the plate thickness from the surface, which is intermediate between the surface and the plate thickness center.

It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the manufacturing equipment of the steel materials to which this invention is applied. It is a side view which shows schematic structure of the heat processing equipment with which the heat processing method of the steel materials which concern on this invention is applied. It is the figure which compared the heat processing time by the difference in the number of induction heating apparatuses, and the number of passes. It is the figure which showed the optimal number of path | passes when giving priority to heat processing time. It is the figure which showed the optimal number of paths at the time of giving priority to an electric power basic unit. It is a figure which shows the other example of the manufacturing equipment of the steel materials in this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the heating furnace control computer in FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the rolling control computer in FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the cooling control computer in FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the arithmetic unit in FIG. It is a whole flowchart of the arithmetic processing in an arithmetic unit. It is a detailed flowchart of the arithmetic processing in an arithmetic unit. It is a detailed flowchart of the arithmetic processing in an arithmetic unit. It is a calculation flow figure of the next material cooling completion scheduled time.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hot rolling mill 2 Steel material 3 Water cooling device 4 Straightening machine 5 Induction heating device 6 Temperature detector 7 Conveyance roller 8 Speed detector 9 Control device 10 Power control device 11 Induction heating device delivery side temperature detector 20 Steel material 21 Heating furnace 22 Rolling mill 23 Accelerated cooling device 24 Straightening device 25 Induction heating equipment 26 Induction heating device 27 Conveying roller 28 Conveying speed setting device 29 Power supply device 30a-30k Thermometer 31 Heating furnace control computer 31a Input device 31b Input / output control unit 31c Central processing Device 31d Storage device 31e Output device 32 Rolling control computer 32a Input device 32b Input / output control unit 32c Central processing unit 32d Storage device 32e Output device 33 Cooling control computer 33a Input device 33b Input / output control unit 33c Central processing unit 33d Storage device 33e Output Device 34 Calculation device 34a input device 34b output control unit 34c CPU 34d first storage device 34e second storage unit 34f third storage unit 34g output device 40 production control computer

Claims (9)

  In the in-line heat treatment in which the steel material that has been quenched or accelerated and cooled is heat-treated with a plurality of induction heating devices installed on the line after the hot rolling is completed, the surface temperature and the center temperature of the steel material are heated to a predetermined temperature range. A method for heat treating a steel material, wherein the heat treatment is performed with a number of passes that minimizes the heat treatment time.   2. The steel material according to claim 1, wherein the conveying speed and power setting for several passes are determined from the dimensions of the steel and the required temperature rise, and the number of passes with the shortest heat treatment time is selected and heated. Heat treatment method.   In the in-line heat treatment in which the steel material that has been quenched or accelerated and cooled is heat-treated with a plurality of induction heating devices installed on the line after the hot rolling is completed, the surface temperature and the center temperature of the steel material are heated to a predetermined temperature range. A method for heat-treating a steel material, wherein heating is performed by selecting the number of passes so that the heat treatment is completed within a target time.   4. The heat treatment of a steel material according to claim 3, wherein the target time is set to a time during which the next steel material does not have to wait in a process prior to the heat treatment process, or a time in which the standby time is the shortest. Method.   The said target time is calculated based on the time when the next steel material completes cooling, or the time which arrives at an induction heating apparatus, The heat processing method of the steel materials of Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned.   From the dimensions of the steel material and the required temperature rise, determine the transfer speed and power settings for several passes, and select the number of passes that minimizes power consumption from the number of passes for which heat treatment is completed within the target time. The method for heat treating a steel material according to claim 4.   A method for producing a steel material, comprising the heat treatment method for a steel material according to any one of claims 1 to 6 in a heat treatment step. A steel production facility equipped with a hot rolling facility, an accelerated cooling facility, a heat treatment facility comprising a plurality of induction heating devices installed on the same line as these facilities, and an arithmetic unit for calculating the heat treatment pattern of the heat treatment facility There,
The said arithmetic unit is equipped with the means to determine the heat processing pattern of the number of pass | pass which the heat processing time becomes the shortest when heating the surface temperature and center temperature of steel materials to a predetermined temperature range, The manufacturing equipment of steel materials characterized by the above-mentioned . A steel production facility equipped with a hot rolling facility, an accelerated cooling facility, a heat treatment facility comprising a plurality of induction heating devices installed on the same line as these facilities, and an arithmetic unit for calculating the heat treatment pattern of the heat treatment facility There,
The arithmetic device comprises means for determining a heat treatment pattern of the number of passes in which the heat treatment is completed within a target time when the surface temperature and the center temperature of the steel material are heated to a predetermined temperature range. production equipment.