JP2544048B2 - Steel plate straightening device - Google Patents

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Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a straightening device for removing warpage, deformation caused by ear waves, distortion, etc. generated in a rolled steel sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the manufacture of steel sheet, its thickness is 4.5.
If it is more than a millimeter, it takes a considerable amount of time to correct a defective shape such as a warp or an ear wave. Therefore, conventionally, the straightening work of the thick steel plate is processed off-line, and the thick plate rolling line and the straightening machine are conveyed by an overhead crane or the like.

The basis of the straightening work is to know the magnitude of distortion and deformation of the steel sheet in advance and adjust the rolling position and the rolling force by the straightening ram according to this. In such work, conventionally, an operator was placed on the steel plate before being sent to the ram, and the distortion height of the steel plate was measured using a metal gauge and a taper gauge. Then, according to the measurement result, the strain-deformed portion is fed so as to come to the working area of the ram, and then, depending on the state of the deformation, between the upper surface of the steel plate and the ram, between the overlay bar or the lower surface of the steel plate and the surface plate. Place the underlay bar and straighten it by pressing down with a ram.After this straightening, the operator measures the shape of the straightened part, sends the steel plate out if it is within the tolerance, and re-corrects if it is larger than the tolerance. .

[0004]

As described above, in the work of correcting a thick steel plate, an operator in a mid-waist posture manually examines the distortion of the steel plate and the deformation of waves, so that the burden on the operator is considerable. Since it is large and works on a steel plate near the ram, it is dangerous. In addition, since the degree of deformation such as distortion is differently recognized depending on the skill of the operator, it hinders the supply of products of uniform quality and is a bottleneck in improving productivity.

On the other hand, controlling the rolling mill by measuring the surface shape of the steel sheet is widely used in the steel sheet production line as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-4913. As such a measuring method, for example, there are methods using various optical detection systems. However,
Such a detection system is generally dedicated to a strip-like thin steel plate production line that generally requires high accuracy, and has not yet been applied to the field of straightening thick steel plates.

[0006] The main reason is that the straightening of the thick steel plate is performed off-line separated from the thick plate rolling line.
This is because the surface of the steel sheet was covered with a black skin when it was carried in, and it was thought that measurement was difficult because there were many irregular reflections. Further, it is also one of the major reasons that it is necessary to set the floor bar depending on the state of deformation during rolling down by the ram. It is important to place this floor bar in an appropriate position with respect to the deformation point of the steel plate, and the deformation point is confirmed and measured visually by the operator, and the setting of the floor bar also depends on the operator's manual work. . For this reason, it is not uncommon for the floor bar to be set in an incorrect position without being able to capture the proper deformation position, and this results in a correction error.

As described above, particularly in the press-ram type straightening device for thick steel plates, it is impossible to automatically process from the measurement of the shape of the steel plate to the proper straightening. Further, since the shape of the steel sheet after the straightening treatment only depends on the measurement by the operator, there is an obstacle in the supply of products requiring high quality.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to improve the safety of work in a press ram type straightening device by facilitating the loading and unloading of the steel plate into and from the straightening device and automating the shape measurement of the steel plate. At the same time, high quality steel sheet can be obtained and productivity is also improved.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a straightener having a pressure ram and platen to correct by reduction to be straightened portion of the steel plate, the middle of the line for conveying the steel sheet of the straightener
And a line which is provided relatively with the straightening device sandwiched therebetween and which conveys the steel sheet and which is swingable, in front of the same line on one side of the swingable line,
A primary shape measuring means for continuously measuring the surface shape of the steel sheet being conveyed and a position detecting means of the steel sheet are provided, and the pressure ram has a surface shape of a specific surface of the steel sheet which is a pressing part by the pressure ram. secondary shape measuring means for measuring a provided, further characterized in that said correcting Ri by the pressure ram on the basis of the shape measurement result of the primary shape measuring means and a position detecting means.

[0010]

Since the straightening machine is provided in the steel plate conveying line together with the pair of swingable lines, the straightening work of the steel plate can be smoothly performed. Further, the deformed portion of the steel plate is measured by the primary shape measuring means and the position detecting means, and the calculation result of this measurement is used for setting the correction condition by the pressure ram of the correction machine, whereby the correction position can be properly obtained. Then, if the set of floor bars provided on each of the surface plate for receiving the lower surface of the pressure ram and the bottom surface of the steel plate is also performed based on this correction condition, the correction for the deformed portion is also optimized.

If the pressurizing ram itself is provided with a secondary shape measuring means, the shape of the specific surface of the steel plate under the pressing can be measured immediately after the straightening, and processing such as re-straightening depending on whether the straightening is good or bad can be performed. Can be done quickly.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a front view showing the outline of a straightening device of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a schematic plan view and a schematic perspective view of the main part, respectively.

The straightening device includes a roller array 1 for conveying the steel plate S.
The straightening machine 2 is provided with a primary measuring head 3, a pulse generator 301, and a start / end detecting device 302 for detecting the shape and the position of the steel sheet before straightening on the upstream side of the straightening machine 2. Is equipped with a secondary measurement head 4 that detects the shape of a specific surface of the steel plate.

The roller row 1 is provided with an entrance side roller conveyor 1a for sending the steel plate S from the thick plate rolling line to the straightening machine 2 and an exit side roller conveyor 1b for discharging the straightened steel plate S. A pair of transport roller conveyors 1c and 1d for loading and unloading the steel plate S into and from the platen 2 and a plurality of drive rollers 14 provided on the surface plate 6 of the straightener 2 so that the steel plate S can be bidirectionally transported. There is. Thereby, the shape of the straightened steel sheet S is detected again by the primary measuring head 3 so that the straightening condition of the entire surface of the steel sheet S can be confirmed. Delivery side roller conveyor 1b
It can be temporarily placed on the top, and the charging of the steel plate S into the straightening machine 2 and the adjustment time of the steel plate S can be adjusted, and the straightening work can be facilitated.

On the other hand, both the primary measuring head 3 and the secondary measuring head 4 utilize an optical system, and their outline is shown in FIG. This uses the triangulation method,
A pair of semiconductor lasers 43a, 43 constituting the light projecting means
b, a combination of a semi-transparent mirror (hereinafter, referred to as a “half mirror”) 43c having a transmittance and a reflectance of 1: 1 and a small television camera 43d constituting a light receiving means. In this system, a light beam (hereinafter, referred to as “laser beam”) emitted from one semiconductor laser 43a to the steel plate S is imaged on the detection device 43e of the small television camera 43d via the half mirror 43c. The laser beam emitted from the other semiconductor laser 43b goes straight through the half mirror 43c and is similarly focused on the detection device 43e of the small television camera 43d. Here, if there is a deformed portion on the surface of the steel plate S and the irradiation point is displaced, the beam spot moves and moves on the detection device 43e. And
The detection device 43e is a two-dimensional element so that the spot images from the two semiconductor lasers 43a and 43b do not overlap on the screen. By arranging a large number of such imaging systems in the width direction of the steel plate S, multipoint displacement measurement is performed, and the displacement of the steel plate S ′ can be obtained by obtaining the horizontal position of the laser spot image.

Here, the primary measuring head 3 is incorporated under the pass line of the steel plate S as shown in FIG. 1, and a plurality of elements shown in FIG. 4 are assembled in a direction orthogonal to the pass line with the detection surface facing upward. Configured as placed. Then, the surface shape of the entire width of the steel plate S is measured by the optical system by the detection elements of each set. The secondary measuring head 4 for measuring the shape of the specific surface of the steel plate S is incorporated into the lower surface of the pressure ram 5 of the straightening machine 2 with the detection surface facing downward, as will be described later. The optical system is shown in Figure 4.
Is the same as that shown in.

Such primary and secondary measuring heads 3, 4
In the straightening line of the steel plate S respectively provided with, the shape measurement result by the primary measurement head 3 is imaged by the signal processing unit 431, the data processing unit 432, etc., as shown in FIG. 3, and is three-dimensionally displayed on the CRT. Then, by analyzing this image display, the position of the steel sheet S to which the reduction is applied is set, and at the same time, the shape displacement portion detected by the primary measuring head 3 is set in the correction area of the straightening machine 2. By providing the start / end detection device 302 and the pulse generator 301 in the roller row 1, the setting and stopping of the feed amount as well as the shape detection position of the steel plate S by the primary measuring head 3 are controlled. It should be noted that the start / end detecting device 302 may be an optional non-contact type detector such as an optical type or an ultrasonic type.

Further, depending on the state of deformation of the steel plate S obtained by the measurement of the steel plate S by the primary measuring head 3, the upper lay bars are respectively provided on the upper surface and the lower surface of the steel plate S corresponding to the reduction correction portion by the straightening machine 2. And the lower floor stick is set.
The setting of these upper and lower lay bars is performed based on the shape measurement by the primary measurement head 3 or the secondary measurement head 4, and if the surface shape measured by the secondary measurement head 4 immediately after straightening is defective, it is fed back again. And try the set again. Then, in this setting, the direction of the upper laid bar is determined by utilizing the rotation of the pressure ram around the axis, and at the same time, the interval between the upper laid bars is set. Further, the lower floor bar is positioned parallel to the direction of the upper floor bar according to the combination with the upper floor bar.

As described above, before the steel plate S enters the straightening machine 2, the surface shape of the steel plate S is measured by the primary measuring head 3 and the steel plate S below the pressing ram 5 by the secondary measuring head 4. It can be straightened by the straightening machine 2 based on the shape measurement result, and does not require manual work by an operator as in the conventional case. Furthermore, since the shape of the steel sheet S after straightening can be measured by the secondary measuring head 4 provided in the straightening machine 2, the shape of the steel sheet S after straightening is measured, and if the steel sheet S is within the tolerance range, the steel sheet S is conveyed to the tolerance. If it is larger than the range, feed back again and try again. Therefore, based on the shape measurement of the steel plate S by the primary measurement head 3 and the secondary measurement head 4, the deformed portion of the steel plate S can be properly corrected by the straightening machine 2, and a highly accurate product can be obtained.

Next, the details of each part will be described with reference to the drawings starting from FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the entire correction equipment, and FIG.
[Fig. 3] is a front view of a main portion showing a straightening machine portion.

The roller train 1 includes an entrance side roller conveyor 1a for sending the steel plate S to the straightening machine 2 and an exit side roller conveyor 1b for discharging the straightened steel plate S, and the straightening machine 2 is provided between these roller conveyors 1a, 1b. Incorporate. A pair of conveying roller conveyors 1c and 1d for loading and unloading the steel plate S into and from the straightening machine 2 are provided in the portion sandwiching the straightening machine 2. These transport roller conveyors 1c and 1d are pivotally attached to the entrance side and the exit side roller conveyors 1a and 1b in a vertically swingable manner, and the tilt cylinders 1e and 1f respectively support the corrector 2 side portions. . With this structure, the transport roller conveyors 1c and 1d can be placed in a posture in which the ends on the side of the straightener 2 are inclined obliquely downward, so that the rolling force during straightening is not applied to the transport line.

The primary measuring head 3, the pulse generator 301 and the start / end detecting device 302 described above are provided between the entrance side roller conveyor 1a and the conveying conveyor 1c. FIG. 7 shows a plan view showing the incorporation of the primary measurement head 3, and FIG. 8 shows a view seen in the line direction.

The primary measuring head 3 is composed of a plurality of (18 in the illustrated example) sensor units 3e arranged in a direction orthogonal to the line. Each sensor unit 3e includes the optical system described with reference to FIG. 4, and as shown in the front view of FIG. 9A, one sensor unit 3e has a pair of large-quantity semiconductor lasers 3a and 3b and a half mirror 3c. In addition, two sets of small television cameras 3d are installed in parallel. A large amount of light (meaning a large projected light beam cross section)
By the semiconductor lasers 3a and 3b, the irregular reflection component due to the black skin or the like is processed as a miscellaneous signal by the signal processing unit 431.

Here, the detection of the surface shape of the steel plate S by the primary measuring head 3 will be described. 9B for explaining the measuring method, the laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser 3a is reflected at the point A on the surface of the steel plate S, and the laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser 3b is applied to the surface B point of the steel plate S. The distance between points A and B, which are the respective measurement points (Δ
Displacement amount (ΔH) at L) is required travel distance of steel plate S (L)
Displacement amount (ΔH) and travel distance (L)
Is calculated and the shape of the steel plate S is obtained.

As described above, since the measurement points A and B are measured at the same time, the vibration of the steel plate S can be ignored. The unbalanced vibration due to the eccentricity of the roller is corrected by collating it with the displacement data by the semiconductor laser 3a when the point B reaches the point A, and the displacement data in the width direction is corrected by this correction amount to perform the required traveling. The distance (L) is obtained from the position data of the steel sheet S by the pulse generator 301, and the starting end of the steel sheet S, which is the position detection base point, is obtained from the signal of the start / end detecting device 302.

By incorporating this primary measuring head 3 in front of the conveying roller conveyor 1c, the shape of the entire width of the lower surface side of the steel plate S fed into the straightening machine 2 can be measured, and the size of the deformed portion such as warp or ear wave can be measured. You can know its position. Then, the result of the shape measurement by the primary measurement head 3 is input to the control system for calculation, and the operation of the straightening machine 2 and the position setting of the spread bar are controlled in accordance with the arrival of the straightening portion at the straightening machine 2. .

FIG. 10 is a view of the straightening machine 2 viewed in the pass line direction, and FIG. 11 is a plan view thereof.

The straightening machine 2 is provided with a gate-shaped frame 2a that straddles the pass line, a pressure ram 5 is incorporated in the frame 2a, and a surface plate 6 is provided below the pressure ram 5. A traveling carriage 2b is provided on the upper surface of the frame 2a so as to be capable of traveling by driving a motor 2d in a direction orthogonal to the pass line.
Then, a traveling position detecting device 2a-1 utilizing an appropriate detecting means for detecting the position of the traveling carriage 2b is provided in the frame 2a in parallel with the traveling direction of the traveling carriage 2b, while the traveling carriage 2b is provided with The pressure ram 5 is connected. Pressure ram 5
Has a rectangular parallelepiped lower part, and is rotatably connected to the traveling carriage 2b so that the posture thereof can be changed every 90 degrees around its axis. Due to this connection structure, the traveling carriage 2b is provided with a drive motor 2e for rotationally driving the pressure ram 5.

With such a structure, the pressure ram 5 can freely change its position in the direction crossing the pass line,
It can be set right above the straightening position of the steel plate S. Further, when the pressure ram 5 is rotated by 90 degrees about its axis by the drive motor 2e, the posture of the steel plate S of the upper laying bar, which will be described later, in the pass direction can also be changed.

The pressure ram 5 not only corrects the shape of the steel plate S, but also provides the secondary measuring head 4 as described above, so that the condition of the steel plate S on the specific surface, which is the portion to be corrected of the steel plate S, can be improved. Incorporate a means to measure immediately. The secondary measurement head 4 is composed of a plurality of sensor units 4a incorporated by utilizing the lower surface of the pressure ram 5 as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the sensor unit 4a is installed so as to be embedded in the groove 5a formed on the lower surface of the pressure ram 5, and the lower end thereof is slightly higher than the lower surface of the pressure ram 5 to form the steel plate S. Avoid contact. FIG. 13 shows the internal structure of the sensor unit 4a. The optical system of the sensor unit 4a is similar to that shown in FIG. 4, and the pair of semiconductor lasers 4b and 4c and the half mirror 4d.
And a television camera 4e. Then, in the illustrated example, a total of eight shape detection points are set in the width direction of the steel sheet S by combining four sensor units 4a in one row and arranged in a total of six rows in the traveling direction of the steel sheet S. By doing so, a total of 48 planar shape detection points are developed. Note that FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing the appearance of this shape detection point, in which four sensor units 4a are in charge of a total of eight detection points CH1 to CH8, and 6
CH1 to CH depending on the arrangement of the sensor unit 4a group in a row
The detection points are 48 plane matrices.

Now, the detection of the surface shape of the steel sheet S by the primary measuring head 3 and the secondary measuring head 4 and the subsequent arithmetic processing will be described. Since the detection and the arithmetic processing are the same for both the primary measurement head 3 and the secondary measurement head, the secondary measurement head 4 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 will be described here.

In FIG. 13, the television camera 4e of the sensor unit 4a receives the reflected light of the laser beam emitted from the semiconductor lasers 4b and 4c from the surface of the steel plate S, and follows the measuring principle described in FIG. Measure the shape of. Then, the output signal from the television camera 4e is input to the arithmetic circuit, and the condition of the surface shape of the steel plate S is output from the arithmetic circuit.

FIG. 15 shows the outline of the arithmetic circuit, which is provided with displacement calculating means 20 for calculating the displacement of the steel plate S in response to a signal from the sensor unit 4a. This displacement calculating means 20 includes two semiconductor lasers 4b, 4
The laser beam from c is received by the television camera 4e which receives it through the half mirror 4d, and is calculated as distance data between the light receiving device and the steel plate S. At this time, if the parallelism between the sensor unit 4a and the steel plate S is not ensured,
The output of the displacement calculation means 20 will not correctly reflect the shape of the steel plate S. Therefore, the inclination correcting means 2 is provided in the arithmetic circuit.
1 is provided, the non-parallel amount (tilt) is corrected thereby, and the shape of the steel plate S is obtained with high accuracy. Then, the signal from the inclination correcting means 21 is finally calculated by the shape calculating means 22 of the steel plate S, and the output signal is input to each control unit.

Here, the operation of the inclination correcting means 21 will be described.

FIG. 16 is a diagram schematically showing the state of deformation of a specific surface of the steel plate S after rolling. The measurement positions by the sensor unit 4a group are set to points CH1, CH2, ... CH48. . Then, the space coordinate axes (X, Y, Z) are taken, and CH1 to CH8 ... CH41 to CH4 in the X axis direction.
8 are arranged, and CH1 to CH41 ... C in the Y-axis direction.
H8 to CH48 are arranged. The distribution arrangement of such detection points is similar to that shown in FIG.

Now, among the detection points CH1 to CH8, the distance deviations of the remaining four channels are obtained with reference to the minimum distance of the four channels, and the distance deviations are graphed as shown in FIG. Next, similarly for the second column (CH9 to CH16), the deviation of each channel is obtained based on the minimum distance data in the second column and is similarly graphed in FIG. This is performed up to the sixth column, and Z = aX + is calculated from the graph by the method of least squares.
The linear regression equation of b is calculated. The inclination of this linear expression is the amount of inclination of the steel sheet S in the X-axis direction.

Next, a graph is made in the Y-axis direction of the detection points CH1 to CH41 as shown in FIG. Further, the detection points CH2 to CH42 are similarly processed to detect the detection point CH8.
Up to CH48 are sequentially graphed to obtain a linear regression equation by the least squares method. The obtained linear expression is the amount of inclination of the steel plate S in the Y-axis direction.

From the two linear equations obtained above, CH1 to C
The inclination correction means 21 performs inclination correction of each displacement data of H48.
By two-dimensional. Then, after this inclination correction is performed, the three-dimensional shape of the steel plate S is obtained by the shape calculation means 22.

In addition, in such a shape measuring method, while the secondary measuring head 4 measures a specific surface of the steel plate S in a stationary state, the primary measuring head 3 also measures the steel plate S in a running state. It is the same.

With such a measuring method and calculation, the primary measuring head 3 continuously measures the surface shape of the steel sheet S before straightening, and the portion of the steel sheet S to be straightened by the straightening machine 2 and the size of its deformation, etc. Can be known in advance. Therefore, according to the situation of the steel plate S obtained by the primary measurement head 3, it is possible to accurately determine the installation position, the interval, and the direction of the floor bar described later. Further, since the secondary measuring head 4 is provided on the lower surface of the pressure ram 5, the shape of the steel plate S can be directly measured immediately after the correction by the pressure ram 5. For this reason,
Since the shape of the straightened steel sheet S can be measured before being sent to the discharge side, if it is larger than the tolerance, straightening by the pressure ram 5 can be performed again. Therefore, even if the correction of the shape of the steel plate S before the correction is insufficient, the correction can be performed while compensating for it, and a high quality steel plate S can be obtained.

Further, the pressure ram 5 is provided with an upper laying bar for changing the rolling position according to the deformation state of the steel plate S. FIG. 19 is a schematic perspective view showing the incorporation of the upper floor bar, FIG.
0 is the bottom view.

The pair of upper lay bars 7a and 7b are arranged in parallel to each other so that the height is slightly apart from the bottom surface of the pressure ram 5. These upper spread bars 7a and 7b are movable by a motor 7c provided on the side surface of the pressure ram 5 as a drive source in a direction away from each other and a direction toward each other. For this driving, bracket screws 7d provided on both side surfaces of the pressure ram 5 are rotatably provided with screw screws 7e having left and right reverse screws, and these screw screws 7e are rotated by a drive belt 7f and a transmission belt 7g. . The upper floor bars 7a and 7b are movable elements 7 each having a vertical axis.
They are connected to the screw screw 7e by h and 7i, respectively. Further, the set of these upper laying bars 7a and 7b is based on the calculation result by the primary measuring head 3 and the motor 7c.
The amount of rotation by the proximity switch group 7j that detects the moving elements 7h and 7i at each mutual setting interval (from zero to the effective width of the pressure ram 5) determined by the rotation direction of the output shaft of the above and the combination with the lower floor bar described later. And set it to be done automatically.

The connecting structure between the rods of the movers 7h and 7i and the upper spread bars 7a and 7b allows both ends of the upper spread bars 7a and 7b to freely move up and down. This allows
When the pressure ram 5 floats in the air, the upper floor bars 7a and 7b
Is located slightly below the lower surface of the pressure ram 5, and at this time the positions of the upper spread bars 7a and 7b are changed by rotating the screw screw 7e. And at the time of correction, first, the upper floor stick 7
Since a and 7b are placed on the upper surface of the steel plate S and then the bottom surface of the pressure ram 5 is moved so as to be placed on the upper laying bars 7a and 7b, finally the pressing force of the pressure ram 5 is increased. , 7b to the upper surface of the steel plate S.

When the motor 7c is operated by the drive system of the upper floor bars 7a and 7b, the screw screw 7e
Rotates. Since the two upper laid bars 7a and 7b are screwed into the screw screws 7e whose screw directions are different from each other, the two upper laid bars are shown in FIG. 20 according to the rotation direction of these screw screws 7e. To move away from each other or to move closer to each other. Therefore, the positions of the upper spread bars 7a and 7b can be freely changed, and the positions of the upper spread bars 7a and 7b can be set in correspondence with the positions of the deformed portions of the steel plate S.

As shown in the figure, the bracket 7d projects further outward than the side surface of the pressure ram 5, and the length of the screw screw 7e is made larger than the width of the pressure ram 5, so that the secondary When the shape of the steel sheet S is measured by the measuring head 4, the upper spread bars 7a and 7b are located outside the area of the bottom surface of the pressure ram 5, and the measurement can be performed without being affected by the upper spread bars 7a and 7b.

On the other hand, the surface plate 6 is provided with a lower floor bar that receives the lower surface of the steel plate S. FIG. 21 is a surface plate 6 showing the arrangement of the lower floor bar.
22 is a plan view of a portion, FIG. 22 is a view seen in the pass line direction, and FIG. 23 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

The lower floor bar has two first lower floor bars 8a and 8b whose length directions are parallel to the pass line and three second lower floor bars 9a and 9 which are orthogonal to the pass line.
It is configured by a combination of b and 9c. The first lower lay bars 8a and 8b are fixed on sliders 8c and 8d which slide on the surface plate 6 in a direction orthogonal to the pass line, and these sliders 8c and 8d are shifted to the shift motors 8e and 8e.
They are moved individually by 8f. The shift motor 8e for moving one of the first lower floor bars 8a has a drive shaft 8g.
The output shaft is connected to the drive shaft 8g, and the pulley 8l is connected to both ends of the drive shaft 8g. The wire 8h wound around the pulley 8l is coupled only to the slider 8c and the other slider 8c.
In d, the hole formed in this is inserted and it can move freely. Similarly, the output shaft of the shift motor 8f for moving the other first lower laying bar 8b is also connected to the drive shaft 8i,
A pulley 8m is connected to the drive shaft 8i. This pulley 8
The wire 8j wound around m is coupled only to the slider 8d, and is simply inserted into the other slider 8c to be freely movable. Further, on the surface plate 6 on the side opposite to the shift motors 8e and 8f, pulley rows 8k of wires 8h and 8j are provided.

When the shift motors 8e and 8f are operated by the drive system of the first lower laying bars 8a and 8b, the sliders 8c and 8d are moved to arbitrary positions and arbitrary amounts through the wires 8h and 8j. To do. Therefore, the two first lower lay bars 8a and 8b can be changed in position in the direction parallel to the pass line on the surface plate 6 and the distance between them can be changed. It is possible to set according to the position and size. In addition, as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG.
It is also possible to retract the first lower laying bars 8a, 8b of the book to the outside of the steel plate S passing by.

The second lower spread bars 9a, 9b, 9c are arranged in parallel with each other and are incorporated in the surface plate 6 so as to be movable back and forth in a direction orthogonal to the pass line of the steel plate S. As shown in FIG. 23, the surface plate 6 is provided with three grooves 6a, 6b, 6c, and the grooves 6a, 6b, 6c are respectively provided with second lower spread bars 9a, 9c.
Sliders 10a, 10b and 10c, to which b and 9c are fixed, are slidably fitted. The slider 10 is provided at one end of the surface plate 6.
First shift motor 1 for driving a and 10c at the same time
A second shift motor 12 for driving the first slider 10b and the remaining slider 10b is provided. The first shift motor 11 has a drive shaft 11a connected to its output shaft and a second lower spread bar 9a, which is formed by two wires 11b and 11c wound around the drive shaft 11a.
9c sliders 10a and 10c are connected. Also, the second
Similarly, in the shift motor 12, the drive shaft 12a and the wire 12b connect the slider 10b of the remaining second lower floor bar 9b. These wires 11b, 11c,
12b is wound around a pulley row 13 provided on the opposite side of the first and second shift motors 11 and 12 to form a closed loop. Then, as shown in FIG. 23, the sliders 10a, 1
Each wire 11 using the part that penetrates 0b and 10c
b, 11c and 12b are respectively provided with sliders 10a and 1b.
0b and 10c are integrated, and from the pulley train 13 to the drive shaft 11
Wires 11b, 11c, 12 of the path returning to a, 12a
b is the sliders 10a, 10b, 10c and the groove 6 respectively.
The wiring passes through the gaps between a, 6b, and 6c.

Such second lower floor bars 9a, 9b, 9c
When the first shift motor 11 is operated by the drive system of No. 2, only the second lower spread bars 9a and 9c at both ends simultaneously move in the same direction by the same amount. In addition, the second shift motor 12
Is operated, only the second lower floor bar 9b at the center moves. Therefore, it is necessary to use only the two second lower spread bars 9a and 9c, to use the single second lower spread bar 9b, or to use all of these second lower spread bars 9a, 9b and 9c. It will be possible.

Further, as shown in FIG. 22, the surface plate 6 is provided with a plurality of drive rollers 14 which can be raised and lowered to a position below the upper surface and protruding from the surface. Each of these drive rollers 14 is supported by a lift cylinder 14a, and can freely move up and down in conjunction with each other or independently. Then, when the steel plate S is passed, it is raised to the same height as the roller row 1 for smooth conveyance, and when the lower laying bars 8a to 9c are set, it is further raised to lift the steel plate S to raise the platen 6 A sufficient gap is provided between the upper surface and the lower surface of the steel plate S. Then, when the setting of the lower laying bars 8a to 9c is completed, the lowering bar 14a lowers the lower surface of the surface plate 6 to move the steel plate S.
Are placed on the lower spread bars 8a to 9c.

In the above construction, the shape of the steel sheet S conveyed from the entrance roller conveyor 1a toward the straightener 2 is measured by the primary measuring head 3 using the optical system in front of the conveyor roller conveyor 1c. Then, the result of the shape measurement is processed by the arithmetic units 431 and 432, various controllers, etc., and the position of the portion for correcting the shape is input to the controller. After that, for example, the rotation of the roller is measured by the pulse generator 301 so that the portion to be straightened is stopped in the straightener 2, and the straightened portion of the steel plate S is correctly positioned in the straightener 2 and stopped.

During this time, on the straightening machine 2 side, the upper spread bars 7a, 7b and the first lower spread bars 8a, 8 necessary for correcting the shape are formed.
The positions of b and the second lower spread bars 9a to 9c are set by the respective motors 7c and shift motors 8e, 8f, 11 and 12. This set is based on the calculation of the measurement result by the primary measuring head 3 and the motor 7c and the shift motor 8
The rotation direction and rotation amount of the output shafts e, 8f, 11 and 12 are set. Furthermore, such first and second
Not only the setting of the lower floor bars 8a, 8b, 9a to 9c, but also the position setting of the pressure ram 5 by the traveling carriage 2b and the rotation of the pressure ram 5 by the drive motor 2e are controlled. That is, when the width of the steel plate S is larger than the size of the bottom surface of the pressure ram 5, the traveling carriage 2b is moved to align the position of the pressure ram 5 with the correction portion. The drive ram 2e rotates the pressure ram 5 according to whether the upper spread bars 7a and 7b are in a direction orthogonal to the pass line or in a direction parallel to the pass line, depending on the state of deformation of the correction portion. And the first lower floor bar 8a, 8b or the second floor bar on the side parallel to the upper floor bars 7a, 7b.
Combine with the lower floor bars 9a to 9c.

After such setting, the operator lowers the pressure ram 5 by the operation panel to press and correct the straightened portion of the steel plate S. FIG. 24 shows a state in which the upper laid bars 7a and 7b are set in a direction orthogonal to the pass line and the pressure is corrected by the second lower laid bar 9b in the same direction.

After correction by the pressure ram 5, the pressure ram 5 is raised to the measurement position, and the secondary measurement head 4 measures the shape of the correction portion. This measurement result is calculated by a calculation unit and various controllers, and when it is confirmed that the degree of deformation is within the tolerance, the pressure ram 5 is raised to the standby position and the steel plate S is sent to the exit side roller conveyor 1b side. , Wait for the next correction. Further, if the degree of deformation is larger than the tolerance, the upper spread bars 7a and 7b and the first and second lower spread bars 8a and 8 are again measured based on the shape measurement result.
The positions of b and 9a to 9c are set again, and the pressure ram 5 is used to correct the position again. By such a procedure, the steel plate S sent is preliminarily measured by the primary measuring head 3 to adjust the posture of the straightener 2, and after the straightening, the secondary measuring head 4 confirms the straightening condition.

As described above, the shape of the steel sheet S being conveyed can be automatically confirmed by the pressure ram 5 after the shape is corrected. Therefore, as compared with the conventional work that requires manual labor, safety is secured and at the same time work efficiency is improved. Further, since the shape measurement is also performed by the measuring means such as an optical system, the product can be maintained with high accuracy, and the variation in quality due to the difference in skill among workers is eliminated.

[0058]

According to the present invention, it is possible to connect a conveying line for straightening a steel sheet to a rolling line, and it is possible to automatically measure the shape of the steel sheet before straightening and the shape after straightening. it can. Therefore, as compared with the conventional shape measurement by a worker or setting of a floor bar, the work can be performed safely, and the accuracy and productivity of the product are significantly improved.

Further, as the shape measuring means, a measuring head is used which is a combination of a plurality of optical systems for focusing the reflected light of the two light beams emitted from the two light projecting means on one light receiving means through a semitransparent mirror. With this configuration, the number of light receiving means can be reduced and the shape measuring means can be downsized. With such a size reduction, the required number of secondary measuring heads can be embedded in the lower surface of the pressure ram of the straightening machine, so that the restrictions on the equipment can be eliminated and the portion of the steel plate to be straightened by the pressure ram can be eliminated. The shape can be detected. Further, even when a semiconductor laser with a large amount of light is provided in the optical system of the shape measuring means, the power consumption can be reduced and the life can be extended.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an outline of a shape measuring portion of a steel plate and a straightening machine portion in a straightening device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an outline of a correction device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a principle of shape measurement by a measuring head.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the entire correction device.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a straightening machine portion and upstream and downstream portions thereof.

FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view showing an array of sensor units of the primary measurement head.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the sensor unit of the primary measurement head as viewed in the pass line direction.

9A is a front sectional view showing the internal structure of a sensor unit of the primary measuring head, and FIG. 9B is an explanatory diagram of a measuring method by the primary measuring head.

FIG. 10 is a view of a pressure ram and a traveling carriage portion of the straightening machine as viewed in the pass line direction.

11 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing the incorporation of the secondary measuring head in the pressure ram.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an internal structure of a sensor unit of the secondary measurement head and an optical system for detecting a steel plate shape.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a distribution of detection points by the measuring head.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a calculation circuit that calculates a shape of a steel sheet by receiving a signal from a measuring head.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing distribution of detection points on a steel plate and spatial coordinates for detection.

17 is a graph showing the height displacement of the steel plate in the X-axis direction in the spatial coordinates of FIG.

18 is a graph showing the height displacement of the steel sheet in the Y-axis direction in the spatial coordinates of FIG.

FIG. 19 is a schematic perspective view showing an arrangement of an upper spread bar provided on the pressure ram.

FIG. 20 is a bottom view of FIG.

FIG. 21 is a plan view showing the arrangement of lower floor bars provided on the surface plate.

FIG. 22 is a view of the arrangement of the lower lay bars as seen in the pass line direction.

23 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a correction state of a steel plate by an upper spread bar and a lower spread bar.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Roller Row 2 Straightening Machine 3 Primary Measuring Head 4 Secondary Measuring Head 5 Pressurizing Ram 6 Surface Plate 7a, 7b Upper Laying Bar 8a, 8b First Lower Laying Bar 9a, 9b, 9c Second Lower Laying Bar S Steel Plate S ' steel sheet

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Kiyoshi Oishi No. 1 Nishinosu, Oita City, Oita Prefecture Shin Nippon Steel Co., Ltd. Oita Works (72) Yoshinobu Nagai No. 1 Nishinozu, Oita City, Oita Prefecture Made by New Japan Oita Steel Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshihide Nakano 1 Nishinosu, Oita City, Oita Prefecture Shinnihon Steel Co., Ltd. Oita Steel Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Katsuya Ueki 1 Wadazakicho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture 1-2, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Control Works (72) Inventor, Kazuo Takashima 8-1-1 Tsukaguchihonmachi, Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Industrial Systems Research Center

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A straightening machine having a pressurization ram and platen to correct by reduction to be straightened portion of the steel plate, the straightening machine
It is provided in the middle of a line for transporting a steel plate, and is provided relatively with the straightening machine sandwiched therebetween to transport the steel plate and is swingable, and a line on one side of the swingable line is provided. In the foreground, primary shape measuring means for continuously measuring the surface shape of the steel sheet being conveyed and position detecting means of the steel sheet are provided, and the pressure ram has a specific surface of the steel sheet in the pressure reduction by the pressure ram. steel sheet surface shape measuring the provided secondary shape measuring means, and further characterized in that said correcting Ri by <br/> the pressure ram on the basis of the shape measurement result of the primary shape measuring means and a position detecting means Straightening device.