JP5310964B1 - Steel plate manufacturing method - Google Patents

Abstract

  The steel sheet manufacturing method of the present invention comprises a hot rolling step of obtaining a hot-rolled steel sheet by hot-rolling a steel material with a finish rolling mill; and a cooling step of cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet. A step of setting a target steepness setting step of setting a target steepness of the earwave shape based on first correlation data indicating a correlation between the steepness of the earwave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet and the temperature standard deviation Y; And a shape control step of controlling operating parameters of the finishing mill so that the steepness of the ear wave shape matches the target steepness.

Description

  The present invention relates to a steel plate manufacturing method.

For example, hot-rolled steel sheets used for automobiles and industrial machines are generally manufactured through a rough rolling process and a finish rolling process. FIG. 19 is a diagram schematically showing a conventional method for producing a hot-rolled steel sheet. In the production process of a hot-rolled steel sheet, first, a slab S obtained by continuously casting molten steel adjusted to a predetermined composition is rolled by a rough rolling mill 101, and then finished by a plurality of rolling stands 102a to 102d. Hot rolling is performed by the rolling mill 103 to form a hot-rolled steel sheet H having a predetermined thickness. And after this hot-rolled steel sheet H is cooled by the cooling water poured from the cooling device 111, it is wound up by the winding device 112 in a coil shape.

  The cooling device 111 is a facility for applying so-called laminar cooling to the hot-rolled steel sheet H that is generally conveyed from the finish rolling mill 103. The cooling device 111 injects cooling water as jet water from above in the vertical direction to the upper surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H moving on the run-out table, and also to the lower surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. Then, the hot-rolled steel sheet H is cooled by injecting cooling water as jet water through the pipe laminator.

  Conventionally, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for preventing a shape defect of a steel sheet by reducing the surface temperature difference between the upper and lower surfaces of the thick steel sheet. According to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, based on the surface temperature difference obtained by simultaneously measuring the surface temperature of the upper and lower surfaces of the steel sheet with a thermometer during cooling by the cooling device, the upper and lower surfaces of the steel sheet Adjust the ratio of the amount of cooling water supplied to the.

  Further, for example, in Patent Document 2, a steepness meter installed on the exit side of a rolling mill is used to measure the steepness of the steel sheet tip, and the cooling water flow rate is adjusted in the width direction according to the measured steepness. Thus, a technique for preventing perforation of a steel sheet is disclosed.

  Furthermore, for example, in Patent Document 3, the object is to eliminate the wavy plate thickness distribution in the plate width direction of the hot-rolled steel plate, and to uniformize the plate thickness in the plate width direction, in the plate width direction of the hot-rolled steel plate. A technique for controlling the difference between the maximum heat transfer coefficient and the minimum heat transfer coefficient to fall within a predetermined value range is disclosed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-74463 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-271052 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-48003

Here, the hot-rolled steel sheet H manufactured by the conventional manufacturing method described with reference to FIG. 19 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 20, a run-out table (hereinafter, referred to as “ROT”) in the cooling device 111. There is a case where a wave shape is generated in the rolling direction (the arrow direction in FIG. 20) on the transport roll 120. In this case, variation occurs in cooling of the upper surface and the lower surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, and temperature unevenness occurs. As a result, in the steel plate cooling step after the hot rolling step, the material (that is, the hardness of the steel plate) varies due to the temperature unevenness. Furthermore, in the cold rolling process, which is a subsequent process, a variation in the thickness of the steel sheet occurs due to the variation in the above materials. When the plate thickness variation of such a steel plate exceeds a predetermined reference value, the steel plate is judged as a defective product in the inspection process, and there is a problem that the yield is significantly reduced.

However, the cooling method of Patent Document 1 does not consider the case where the hot-rolled steel sheet has a wave shape in the rolling direction. That is, in patent document 1, since surface height changes with the wave positions of a hot-rolled steel plate, it does not consider that the standard deviation of temperature differs in a rolling direction. Therefore, in the cooling method of patent document 1, it was not considered that the variation of a material generate | occur | produces at the time of cooling of a hot-rolled steel plate due to the wave shape formed in the hot-rolled steel plate.

  Moreover, in the cooling method of patent document 2, the steepness of the width direction of a steel plate is measured, and the cooling water flow rate of the part with the high steepness is adjusted. However, even in Patent Document 2, the case where the hot-rolled steel sheet has a wave shape in the rolling direction is not considered, and as described above, due to the wave shape formed in the hot-rolled steel sheet, It has not been taken into consideration that the material varies during cooling.

  Moreover, since the cooling of patent document 3 is cooling of the hot-rolled steel plate immediately before a finish rolling mill roll bite, it cannot be applied to the hot-rolled steel plate that has been finish-rolled to a predetermined thickness. Furthermore, Patent Document 3 does not consider the case where the corrugation is formed in the rolling direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet, and as described above, due to the corrugation formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet, The occurrence of material variations was not taken into account.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the problem mentioned above, and it aims at providing the steel plate manufacturing method which can implement | achieve the yield improvement of the steel plate manufactured through a hot rolling process and a cooling process at least.

The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above problems and achieve the object.
That is,
(1) A method of manufacturing a steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes a hot-rolled steel sheet in which an ear-wave shape whose wave height varies periodically in the rolling direction is formed by hot-rolling a steel material with a finish rolling mill. A hot rolling step to obtain; and a cooling step for cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet in a cooling section provided on the sheet passing path, and the hot rolling step has been experimentally obtained in advance. Based on the first correlation data showing the correlation between the steepness of the ear-wave shape of the hot-rolled steel plate and the temperature standard deviation Y during or after cooling of the hot-rolled steel plate, the target steepness of the ear-wave shape And a shape control step for controlling the operating parameters of the finishing mill so that the steepness of the ear wave shape matches the target steepness.

(2) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (1) above, in the target steepness setting step, the target steepness may be set to more than 0% and within 1%.

(3) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to the above (1) or (2), the cooling step is experimentally determined in advance under a condition in which the steepness and the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet are constant values. The second correlation showing the correlation between the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X, which is the ratio of the heat transfer coefficients of the upper and lower surfaces of the hot rolled steel sheet, and the temperature standard deviation Y during or after cooling the hot rolled steel sheet A target ratio setting step of setting, as a target ratio Xt, an upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X1 at which the temperature standard deviation Y is a minimum value Ymin based on data; and an upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section A cooling control step of controlling at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section so as to coincide with the target ratio Xt.

(4) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3), in the target ratio setting step, the temperature standard deviation Y is within a range from the minimum value Ymin to the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C. based on the second correlation data. The upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X that fits may be set as the target ratio Xt.

(5) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3), the second correlation data is prepared for each of a plurality of conditions having different values of the steepness and the plate passing speed, and the target ratio setting In the step, the target ratio Xt may be set based on second correlation data corresponding to the measured values of the steepness and the plate passing speed among the plurality of second correlation data.

(6) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3), the second correlation data may be data indicating a correlation between the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y by a regression equation. good.

(7) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (6) above, the regression equation may be derived by linear regression.

(8) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3), the second correlation data may be data indicating a correlation between the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y in a table. .

(9) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3), a temperature measurement step of measuring the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet downstream in the cooling section in a time series; the temperature based on the measurement result of the temperature A temperature average value calculating step for calculating a time-series average value; and the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section so that the time-series average value of the temperatures coincides with a predetermined target temperature. And a cooling heat removal amount adjustment step of adjusting a total value with the heat removal amount.

(10) In the steel plate manufacturing method according to (3), a temperature measurement step of measuring the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet on the downstream side of the cooling section in time series; and the hot-rolled steel sheet on the downstream side of the cooling section; A fluctuation rate measuring step of measuring the vertical fluctuation rate of the hot-rolled steel sheet in a time series at the same location as the temperature measurement point; and when the upward direction in the vertical direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet is positive, the fluctuation rate Is a positive region, and when the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is lower than the average temperature in the range of one or more wave shapes of the hot-rolled steel sheet, the lower surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount Is determined as a control direction, and when the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is higher than the average temperature, the upper surface cooling heat removal amount increases and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount decreases. Less Both are determined as the control direction, and when the fluctuation rate is negative and the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is lower than the average temperature, the upper surface cooling heat removal amount increases and the lower surface cooling extraction. When at least one of the directions in which the amount of heat decreases is determined as the control direction, and the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is higher than the average temperature, the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount decreases and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount increase. A control direction determining step of determining at least one of the directions to be performed as the control direction; and based on the control direction determined in the control direction determining step, the upper surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section, and A cooling heat removal amount adjusting step of adjusting at least one of the lower surface cooling heat removal amounts.

(11) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (10), the cooling section is divided into a plurality of divided cooling sections along a plate-passing direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet, and the temperature measurement step and the fluctuation speed are divided. In the measurement step, the temperature and the fluctuation rate of the hot-rolled steel sheet are measured in time series at each boundary of the divided cooling section, and in the control direction determining step, the hot-rolled steel sheet at each boundary of the divided cooling section Based on the measurement results of the temperature and the fluctuation rate of the above, the direction of increase or decrease of the cooling heat removal amount of the upper and lower surfaces of the hot-rolled steel sheet is determined for each of the divided cooling sections, and in the cooling heat removal amount adjustment step, Based on the control direction determined for each, at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet in each of the divided cooling sections. It may be performed feedback control or feed forward control to adjust the.

(12) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (11), a measuring step of measuring the steepness or the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet at each boundary of the divided cooling section; A cooling heat removal amount correcting step for correcting at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet in each of the divided cooling sections based on the measurement result of the plate speed. May be.

(13) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3) above, after further cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet so that the temperature standard deviation of the hot-rolled steel sheet falls within an allowable range on the downstream side of the cooling section. You may further have a cooling process.

(14) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3) above, the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section may be set in a range from 550 m / min or more to a mechanical limit speed or less.

(15) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (14), the hot-rolled steel sheet may have a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more.

(16) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (14), the finish rolling mill is configured by a plurality of rolling stands, and auxiliary cooling is performed to perform auxiliary cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheets between the plurality of rolling stands. You may have the process further.

(17) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3), the cooling section includes an upper cooling device having a plurality of headers for injecting cooling water onto the upper surface of the hot-rolled steel plate, and a lower surface of the hot-rolled steel plate. A lower cooling device having a plurality of headers for injecting cooling water is provided, and the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount may be adjusted by on / off controlling the headers.

(18) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3), the cooling section includes an upper cooling device having a plurality of headers for injecting cooling water onto the upper surface of the hot-rolled steel plate, and a lower surface of the hot-rolled steel plate. A lower cooling device having a plurality of headers for injecting cooling water, wherein the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount control at least one of the water amount density, pressure and water temperature of each header. It may be adjusted by doing.

(19) In the steel sheet manufacturing method according to (3) above, the cooling in the cooling section may be performed in a range where the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is 600 ° C. or higher.

The inventor of the present application conducted an extensive investigation on the relationship between the wave shape formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet obtained from the hot rolling process and the temperature standard deviation during or after cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet. It has been found that when the wave shape is controlled to an ear wave shape, the temperature standard deviation of the hot-rolled steel sheet can be controlled to an arbitrary value according to the steepness of the ear wave shape.
That is, according to the present invention, in the hot rolling process, the experimentally obtained in advance the steepness of the ear wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet and the temperature standard deviation Y during or after cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet. Based on the first correlation data indicating the correlation, the target steepness of the ear wave shape is set, and finish rolling is performed so that the steepness of the ear wave shape formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet matches the target steepness. By controlling the machine, the temperature standard deviation of the hot-rolled steel sheet after cooling can be kept small (the hot-rolled steel sheet can be uniformly cooled).
As a result, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of material variations in the hot-rolled steel sheet after cooling, so that the yield can be improved by suppressing fluctuations in the thickness of the steel sheet finally obtained through the cold rolling process, which is a subsequent process. Can be realized.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the hot rolling equipment 1 for implement | achieving the steel plate manufacturing method in one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of a structure of the cooling device 14 provided in the hot rolling equipment 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the lowest point of the hot-rolled steel plate H contacts the conveyance roll 32. FIG. It is a graph which shows the temperature fluctuation in each location of the hot-rolled steel sheet H when the medium-wave shape with a steepness of 1% is formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet H and when the ear wave shape with a steepness of 1% is formed. . Cold rolling gauge fluctuation in the cold rolling process, which is a subsequent process, when a medium wave shape with a steepness of 1% is formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet H and when an ear wave shape with a steepness of 1% is formed It is a graph which shows (plate thickness fluctuation | variation). It is a graph which shows the correlation of the up-and-down heat-transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y calculated | required on the conditions which make the steepness of the hot-rolled steel plate H and the sheet-feeding speed constant. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of searching the minimum point (minimum value Ymin) of the temperature standard deviation Y from the correlation shown in FIG. A graph showing the relationship between the temperature fluctuation and steepness of a hot-rolled steel sheet H in the ROT cooling of a typical strip in a normal operation, and the upper graph shows the temperature fluctuation with respect to the distance from the coil tip or the fixed point elapsed time. The lower graph shows the steepness with respect to the distance from the coil tip or the fixed point elapsed time. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the temperature fluctuation and the steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the ROT cooling of a typical strip in a normal operation. When the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is lower than the average temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H when the fluctuation speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is positive, and the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is higher when the fluctuation speed is negative. FIG. 6 is a graph showing the relationship between the temperature fluctuation and steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H when the upper surface cooling heat removal amount is decreased and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount is increased. The steepness of the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is a value obtained by dividing the amplitude of the wave shape by the length in the rolling direction for one cycle. When the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is low in the region where the fluctuation speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is positive and the average temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is low, and the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is high in the region where the fluctuation speed is negative 2 is a graph showing the relationship between the temperature fluctuation and the steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H when the amount of heat removal from the upper surface is increased and the amount of heat removal from the lower surface is decreased. It is a graph which shows the correlation with the steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, and the temperature standard deviation Y calculated | required on the conditions which make the up-and-down heat-transfer coefficient ratio X and a sheet-feeding speed constant. It is the graph which showed the correlation of the up-and-down heat-transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y calculated | required about each of several conditions (however, plate-feeding speed is constant) from which the value of steepness differs. It is a graph which shows the correlation with the plate | board speed | rate of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, and the temperature standard deviation Y calculated | required on the conditions which make the up-and-down heat transfer coefficient ratio X and steepness constant. It is the graph which showed the correlation of the up-and-down heat-transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y calculated | required about each of several conditions (however, steepness is constant) from which the value of plate-passing speed differs. It is explanatory drawing which shows the detail of the periphery of the cooling device 14 in the hot rolling equipment 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the modification of the cooling device. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the temperature standard deviation was formed in the plate width direction of the hot-rolled steel plate H. It is explanatory drawing which shows the manufacturing method of the conventional hot-rolled steel plate H. It is explanatory drawing which shows the cooling method of the conventional hot-rolled steel plate H.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the present invention, for example, a steel plate manufacturing method for steel plates used in automobiles and industrial machines will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 schematically shows an example of a hot rolling facility 1 for realizing the steel sheet manufacturing method in the present embodiment. This hot rolling facility 1 manufactures a steel plate (hot rolled steel plate H described later) having a minimum thickness of 1.2 mm by continuously rolling the heated slab S sandwiched between rolls, It is equipment intended to wind up steel plates.
This hot rolling equipment 1 is rolled in the width direction, a heating furnace 11 for heating the slab S, a width-direction rolling mill 16 that rolls the slab S heated in the heating furnace 11 in the width direction, and the width direction. A roughing mill 12 that rolls the slab S from above and below to form a rough bar Br, and a steel plate having a predetermined thickness (hereinafter referred to as a hot-rolled steel plate) by continuously hot-rolling the rough bar Br. ) Finish rolling mill 13 for forming H, cooling device 14 for cooling hot-rolled steel sheet H conveyed from finishing mill 13 with cooling water, and hot-rolled steel sheet H cooled by cooling device 14 in a coil shape And a winding device 15 for winding.

  The heating furnace 11 is provided with a side burner, an axial flow burner, and a roof burner for heating the slab S by blowing out flames with respect to the slab S carried in from the outside through the loading port. The slab S carried into the heating furnace 11 is sequentially heated in each heating zone formed in each zone, and further in the soaking zone formed in the final zone, the slab S is evenly heated using a roof burner, A coercive heat treatment is performed to enable conveyance at the optimum temperature. When all the heat treatments in the heating furnace 11 are completed, the slab S is transferred to the outside of the heating furnace 11 and moves to a rolling process by the roughing mill 12.

  The roughing mill 12 allows the slab S that has been conveyed to pass through the gap between the cylindrical rotating rolls that are disposed across a plurality of stands. For example, the roughing mill 12 hot-rolls the slab S only with the work rolls 12a disposed up and down in the first stand to form the rough bar Br. Next, the rough bar Br that has passed through the first stand is further continuously rolled by a plurality of quadruple rolling mills 12b configured by work rolls and backup rolls. As a result, at the end of this rough rolling step, the rough bar Br is rolled to a thickness of about 30 to 60 mm and conveyed to the finishing mill 13.

  The finish rolling mill 13 hot finish-rolls the coarse bar Br conveyed from the coarse rolling mill 12 until its thickness reaches about several millimeters. These finishing mills 13 allow the rough bar Br to pass through the gaps between the finish rolling rolls 13a arranged in a straight line over 6 to 7 stands, and gradually reduce this to obtain a predetermined plate thickness. The hot-rolled steel sheet H is formed. The hot-rolled steel sheet H formed by the finish rolling mill 13 is conveyed to the cooling device 14 by a conveyance roll 32 described later. The finish rolling mill 13 forms an ear wave shape in the rolling direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H.

The cooling device 14 is a facility for cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet H conveyed from the finish rolling mill 13 with a laminator or a spray. As shown in FIG. 2, the cooling device 14 has an upper cooling device 14 a that jets cooling water from the upper cooling port 31 to the upper surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H that moves on the transport roll 32 of the run-out table, The lower side cooling device 14b which injects a cooling water from the lower side cooling port 31 with respect to the lower surface of the hot-rolled steel plate H is provided. A plurality of cooling ports 31 are provided for each of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b.
A cooling header (not shown) is connected to the cooling port 31. The cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b is determined by the number of the cooling ports 31. The cooling device 14 may be composed of at least one of an upper / lower split laminar, a pipe laminar, spray cooling, and the like. Further, a section in which the hot-rolled steel sheet H is cooled by the cooling device 14 corresponds to a cooling section in the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the winding device 15 winds the cooled hot-rolled steel sheet H conveyed from the cooling device 14 at a predetermined winding temperature. The hot-rolled steel sheet H wound in a coil shape by the winding device 15 is sent to a cold rolling facility (not shown) and cold-rolled to prepare a steel sheet that satisfies the specifications as a final product.

  In the cooling device 14 of the hot rolling facility 1 configured as described above, when the hot-rolled steel sheet H in which a corrugated shape whose surface height (wave height) fluctuates in the rolling direction is formed is performed, As described above, the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be made uniform by suitably adjusting the water volume density, pressure, water temperature, etc. of the cooling water injected from the upper cooling device 14a and the cooling water injected from the lower cooling device 14b. Cooling takes place. However, especially when the sheet passing speed is slow, the time for which the hot-rolled steel sheet H and the transport roll 32 are in local contact with each other becomes longer, and the contact portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet H with the transport roll 32 is cooled by contact heat removal. Since it becomes easy to be done, cooling will become non-uniform | heterogenous.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the hot-rolled steel sheet H has a corrugated shape, the hot-rolled steel sheet H may locally contact the transport roll 32 at the bottom of the corrugated shape. As described above, in the hot-rolled steel sheet H, the part that is locally in contact with the transport roll 32 is more easily cooled than the other part by contact heat removal. For this reason, the hot-rolled steel sheet H is cooled unevenly.

  On the other hand, as described above, in the hot rolling facility 1, when the hot-rolled steel sheet H is not uniformly cooled due to the wave shape being formed in the hot-rolled steel sheet H, the heat after cooling is reduced. The material (hardness etc.) of the rolled steel sheet H varies. As a result, when the hot-rolled steel sheet H is cold-rolled by the cold rolling equipment, a plate thickness variation occurs in the steel sheet (product steel sheet) finally obtained as a product. Since the plate thickness fluctuation of the product steel plate causes a decrease in yield, it is necessary to suppress it to a level at which it is not determined as a defective product in the inspection process. Therefore, the inventors of the present application conducted verification described below in order to examine the relationship between the wave shape formed in the hot-rolled steel sheet H and the thickness variation in the subsequent process (cold rolling process).

  FIG. 4 shows temperature fluctuations at various points of the hot-rolled steel sheet H when the hot-rolled steel sheet H has a medium-wave shape with a steepness of 1% and when an oto-wave shape with a steepness of 1% is formed. It is a graph to show. FIG. 5 shows a cold rolling process for each of a case where a medium wave shape having a steepness of 1% is formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet H and a case where an ear wave shape having a steepness of 1% is formed. It is a graph which shows cold-rolling gauge fluctuation | variation (plate thickness fluctuation | variation). In addition, WS (work side) and DS (drive side) refer to one width direction end (WS) and the other width direction end (DS) of the hot-rolled steel sheet H.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the plate width center (when the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H at the time of cooling in the hot rolling facility 1 is an oto-wave shape is greater than the case where the wave shape is an intermediate wave shape ( C) and width average temperature fluctuations are suppressed, and sheet thickness fluctuations in the cold rolling process are suppressed (as shown in FIG. 5, the ear wave shape is about 30% of the medium wave shape. It can be seen that the effect of suppressing fluctuations in sheet thickness can be obtained.
This is because the middle wave shape is symmetrical at the center of the steel plate and is uniformly displaced in the width direction, so it is easy to cause uneven cooling deviation in the sheet passing direction (rolling direction). This is because the influence of one edge wave (for example, the wave shape of WS) becomes an antisymmetric shape that affects the other edge wave (for example, the wave shape of DS).
That is, when the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is an ear wave shape, the DS wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is 180 degrees out of phase with respect to the WS wave shape. Cooling deviations corresponding to the shapes are generated, and the temperature standard deviation in the sheet passing direction becomes small when the temperature average in the sheet width direction is taken.
Therefore, when the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is an ear-wave shape, the hot rolling facility 1 performs substantially uniform cooling that does not affect the thickness variation in the cold rolling process, and finally The yield of the product steel plate obtained can be improved.

Furthermore, when this inventor investigated the correlation with the steepness of the ear wave shape formed in the hot-rolled steel sheet H and the temperature standard deviation Y in the rolling direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H after cooling, FIG. As shown, an investigation result was obtained that the steepness and the temperature standard deviation Y are in a substantially proportional relationship. FIG. 12 is data showing the correlation between the steepness and the temperature standard deviation Y, obtained under the condition that the plate passing speed and the below-described upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X are constant values.

The investigation results shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 12 show that when the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is controlled to be an ear wave shape, the temperature standard deviation of the hot-rolled steel sheet H after cooling is controlled according to the steepness of the ear wave shape. This suggests that Y can be controlled to an arbitrary value.
That is, based on the correlation between the steepness and the temperature standard deviation Y shown in FIG. 12, the temperature standard deviation Y required during actual operation (the temperature standard deviation that can suppress the thickness variation in the cold rolling process within an allowable level). Y) is obtained, and the steepness is set as the target steepness, and the finish rolling mill 13 is set so that the steepness of the ear wave shape formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet H matches the target steepness. By controlling the operating parameters, it is possible to realize the yield improvement of the finally obtained product steel plate, which is the object of the present invention.

Below, based on the said knowledge, the steel plate manufacturing method of this embodiment is demonstrated. In the steel sheet manufacturing method of the present embodiment, a hot rolled steel sheet H in which an ear wave shape whose wave height fluctuates periodically in the rolling direction is formed by hot rolling a steel material (coarse bar Br) with a finish mill 13. And a cooling step of cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet H obtained from the hot rolling step in a cooling section (that is, the cooling device 14) provided on the plate passage.

  Here, in the hot rolling process, a correlation between the steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H and the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H after cooling (or during cooling), which has been experimentally obtained in advance (FIG. 12). A target steepness setting step for setting the target steepness of the ear wave shape based on the first correlation data indicating the reference), and finish rolling so that the steepness of the earwave shape matches the target steepness And a shape control step for controlling the operation parameters of the machine 13.

In the target steepness setting step, based on the first correlation data, the temperature standard deviation Y required during actual operation (temperature standard deviation Y that can suppress the plate thickness variation in the cold rolling step within an allowable level) Is obtained, and the steepness is set as the target steepness. For example, referring to FIG. 12, when the temperature standard deviation Y required during actual operation is 10 ° C., the target steepness is set to 0.5%.

In the shape control step, the operating parameters of the finishing mill 13 are controlled so that the steepness of the ear wave shape formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet H matches the target steepness (for example, 0.5%). As operation parameters of the finishing mill 13, there are a sheet feeding speed, a heating temperature, a pressing force, and the like. Therefore, by adjusting the values of these operating parameters, the steepness of the ear wave shape formed in the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be matched with the target steepness.
Specifically, if a distance meter that measures the distance from the surface (upper surface) of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is installed on the exit side of the finish rolling mill 13, based on the distance measurement result obtained from the distance meter. The steepness of the ear shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be calculated in real time. Then, the operation parameters of the finishing mill 13 may be feedback controlled so that the calculation result of the steepness matches the target steepness. A controller equipped with a general microcomputer or the like can be used for the calculation of the steepness and the feedback control.

As can be seen from the investigation results shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, in the target steepness setting step, it is preferable to set the target steepness within 0% and within 1%. Thereby, the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H after cooling is suppressed to about 18 ° C. or less (see FIG. 12), and the thickness variation of the product steel sheet in the cold rolling process can be greatly suppressed.
Furthermore, in order to suppress the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H as much as possible, it is more preferable to set the target steepness within 0% to within 0.5% in the target steepness setting step. According to this, the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be suppressed to about 10 ° C. or less (see FIG. 12).
As described above, according to the steel sheet manufacturing method of the present embodiment, it is possible to achieve an improvement in the yield of steel sheets manufactured through at least a hot rolling process and a cooling process.

Furthermore, in order to further reduce the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H after cooling, the cooling process of the present embodiment described above includes two processes, a target ratio setting process and a cooling control process. It is preferable.
Although details will be described later, in the target ratio setting step, heat transfer between the upper and lower surfaces of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, which has been experimentally determined in advance under the condition that the steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H and the sheet passing speed are constant values. Based on the second correlation data showing the correlation between the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X, which is the ratio of the coefficients, and the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H during or after cooling, the temperature standard deviation Y is the minimum value Ymin. The vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X1 is set as the target ratio Xt.
Further, in the cooling control step, the cooling section is set such that the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section (the section in which the hot rolled steel sheet H is cooled by the cooling device 14) matches the target ratio Xt. At least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is controlled.

The second correlation data used in the target ratio setting step is experimentally obtained in advance using the hot rolling facility 1 before actual operation (before actually manufacturing the hot-rolled steel sheet H). Hereinafter, a method for obtaining the second correlation data used in the target ratio setting step will be described in detail.
First, before cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet H with the cooling device 14, the cooling capacity (upper cooling capacity) of the upper cooling device 14a of the cooling apparatus 14 and the cooling capacity (lower cooling capacity) of the lower cooling device 14b are previously set. adjust. The upper cooling capacity and the lower cooling capacity are respectively the heat transfer coefficient of the upper surface of the hot rolled steel sheet H cooled by the upper cooling device 14a and the heat transfer of the lower surface of the hot rolled steel sheet H cooled by the lower cooling device 14b. Adjust using the coefficient.

Here, the calculation method of the heat transfer coefficient of the upper surface and the lower surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H will be described. The heat transfer coefficient is a value obtained by dividing the amount of heat removed from cooling (heat energy) per unit time from the unit area by the temperature difference between the heat transfer medium and the heat medium (heat transfer coefficient = cooled heat removal / temperature difference). ). The temperature difference here is a difference between the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H measured by the thermometer on the inlet side of the cooling device 14 and the temperature of the cooling water used in the cooling device 14.
The cooling heat removal amount is a value obtained by multiplying the temperature difference, specific heat, and mass of the hot-rolled steel sheet H (cooling heat removal amount = temperature difference × specific heat × mass). That is, the amount of heat removed from cooling is the amount of heat removed from the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling device 14, and the difference in temperature between the hot-rolled steel plates H measured by the thermometer on the inlet side and the thermometer on the outlet side of the cooling device 14. And the specific heat of the hot-rolled steel sheet H and the mass of the hot-rolled steel sheet H cooled by the cooling device 14, respectively.

The heat transfer coefficient of the hot-rolled steel sheet H calculated as described above is divided into the heat transfer coefficients of the upper surface and the lower surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. These heat transfer coefficients of the upper surface and the lower surface are calculated using, for example, a ratio obtained in advance as follows.
That is, the heat transfer coefficient of the hot-rolled steel sheet H when the hot-rolled steel sheet H is cooled only by the upper cooling device 14a and the heat transfer of the hot-rolled steel plate H when the hot-rolled steel plate H is cooled only by the lower cooling device 14b. Measure the coefficient.
At this time, the cooling water amount from the upper cooling device 14a and the cooling water amount from the lower cooling device 14b are the same. The reciprocal of the ratio between the measured heat transfer coefficient when using the upper cooling device 14a and the heat transfer coefficient when using the lower cooling device 14b is the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X described later as "1". In this case, the upper / lower ratio of the cooling water amount of the upper cooling device 14a and the cooling water amount of the lower cooling device 14b is obtained.
Then, the above-described hot-rolled steel sheet is obtained by multiplying the vertical ratio of the cooling water amount obtained in this way by the cooling water amount of the upper cooling device 14a or the cooling water amount of the lower cooling device 14b when the hot-rolled steel plate H is cooled. The ratio of the heat transfer coefficient between the upper surface and the lower surface of H (upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X) is calculated.
In the above description, the heat transfer coefficient of the hot-rolled steel sheet H that is cooled only by the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b is used. However, it is cooled by both the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b. The heat transfer coefficient of the hot-rolled steel sheet H may be used. That is, the heat transfer coefficient of the hot-rolled steel sheet H when the amount of cooling water of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b is changed is measured, and the ratio of the heat transfer coefficient is used to determine the upper and lower surfaces of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. The ratio of the heat transfer coefficient may be calculated.

  As described above, the heat transfer coefficient of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is calculated, and the upper surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is calculated based on the above ratio (upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X) of the heat transfer coefficients between the upper and lower surfaces of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. And the heat transfer coefficient of the lower surface is calculated.

And the cooling capacity of the upper side cooling device 14a and the lower side cooling device 14b is each adjusted based on FIG. 6 using the up-and-down heat transfer coefficient ratio X of this hot-rolled steel sheet H. The horizontal axis in FIG. 6 represents the ratio of the average heat transfer coefficient of the upper surface of the hot rolled steel sheet H to the average heat transfer coefficient of the lower surface (that is, the same as the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X), and the vertical axis represents the hot rolled steel sheet H. The standard deviation of temperature between the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature in the rolling direction (temperature standard deviation Y) is shown.
Moreover, FIG. 6 adjusts the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b under a condition in which the steepness of the wave shape of the hot rolled steel plate H and the sheet passing speed of the hot rolled steel plate H are constant values. Thus, the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y obtained by actually measuring the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H after cooling while changing the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. (Correlation data) indicating the correlation with
Referring to FIG. 6, the correlation between the temperature standard deviation Y and the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X is V-shaped, with the temperature standard deviation Y being the minimum value Ymin when the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X is “1”. It turns out that it is related.
The steepness of the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is a value obtained by dividing the amplitude of the wave shape by the length in the rolling direction for one cycle. FIG. 6 shows the correlation between the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y obtained under the condition that the steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is 2% and the sheet feeding speed is 600 m / min (10 m / sec). Showing the relationship. The temperature standard deviation Y may be measured during cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, or may be measured after cooling. In FIG. 6, the target cooling temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is 600 ° C. or higher, for example, 800 ° C.

In the target ratio setting step, the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X1 at which the temperature standard deviation Y becomes the minimum value Ymin is set as the target ratio Xt based on the second correlation data obtained experimentally in advance as described above. It will be. The second correlation data may be prepared as data (table data) indicating the correlation between the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y in a table (table format), or the vertical heat transfer coefficient You may prepare the correlation of the ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y as data which show with numerical formula (for example, regression equation).

  For example, when the second correlation data is prepared as data indicating the correlation between the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y as a regression equation, the V-shaped line shown in FIG. Since it is drawn almost linearly, a regression equation may be derived by performing linear regression on this line. If it is a linear distribution, the number of times of confirmation with a test material and the number of times of calibration for predicting calculation can be reduced.

  Therefore, for example, the minimum value Ymin of the temperature standard deviation Y is searched by using various methods such as a generally known search algorithm such as a bisection method, a golden section method, and a random search. Thus, based on the second correlation data shown in FIG. 6, the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X1 at which the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is the minimum value Ymin is derived. Here, it is preferable to obtain regression equations of the temperature standard deviation Y in the rolling direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H with respect to the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X on both sides of the same point between the upper and lower average heat transfer coefficients.

  Here, a method for searching for the minimum value Ymin of the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H using the above-described bisection method will be described.

FIG. 7 shows a standard case in which different regression lines are obtained across the minimum value Ymin of the temperature standard deviation Y. As shown in FIG. 7, first, temperature standard deviations Ya, Yb, Yc at points c, b, and points c in the middle of the points a and b are extracted. The middle of the points a and b indicates the point c having a value between the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio Xa at the point a and the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio Xb at the point b. Then, it is determined whether the temperature standard deviation Yc is closer to Ya or Yb. In this embodiment, Yc is close to Ya.
Next, the temperature standard deviation Yd at the point d between the points a and c is extracted. Then, it is determined whether the temperature standard deviation Yd is closer to Ya or Yc. In the present embodiment, Yd is close to Yc.
Next, the temperature standard deviation Ye at the point e between the points c and d is extracted. Then, it is determined whether the temperature standard deviation Ye is closer to Yc or Yd. In the present embodiment, Ye is close to Yd.
Such calculation is repeated to specify the minimum point f (minimum value Ymin) of the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. In order to specify the practical minimum point f, the above-described calculation may be performed, for example, about 5 times. Alternatively, the range of the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X to be searched may be divided into 10, and the above-described calculation is performed in each range to specify the minimum point f.

  Moreover, you may calibrate the up-and-down heat-transfer coefficient ratio X using what is called a Newton method. In this case, using the above-described regression equation, the deviation between the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X with respect to the actual temperature standard deviation Y value and the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X at which the temperature standard deviation Y becomes zero is obtained. You may correct the up-and-down heat-transfer coefficient ratio X at the time of cooling the hot-rolled steel plate H using a deviation part.

As described above, the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X1 (Xf in FIG. 7) at which the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H becomes the minimum value Ymin is derived. In addition, regarding the relationship between the V-shaped temperature standard deviation Y and the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X, it is easy to obtain a regression function for each of them by the least square method or the like.
Furthermore, as described above, the relationship between the temperature standard deviation Y and the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X is V-shaped, regardless of whether the wave shape formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet H is an ear wave shape or a medium wave shape. By utilizing this, it is possible to derive the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X1 at which the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H becomes the minimum value Ymin.

  In addition, in the sheet width direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, water cooling is uniformly performed as usual. Further, the temperature standard deviation in the sheet width direction is caused by the fact that the temperature standard deviation Y in the rolling direction is alternately generated on the left and right, so if the temperature standard deviation Y in the rolling direction is reduced, The temperature standard deviation is also reduced.

Referring to FIG. 6, the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X1 at which the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is the minimum value Ymin is “1”. Therefore, when the second correlation data as shown in FIG. 6 is obtained, in order to set the temperature standard deviation Y to the minimum value Ymin, that is, to uniformly cool the hot-rolled steel sheet H, the target ratio at the time of actual operation In the setting step, the target ratio Xt is set to “1”.
In the cooling control step, the upper surface cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section is made so that the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section matches the target ratio Xt (that is, “1”). At least one of the amount of heat and the amount of heat extracted from the bottom surface cooling is controlled.
Specifically, in order to make the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section coincide with the target ratio Xt (that is, “1”), for example, the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device The upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H may be made equal by adjusting the cooling capacity of 14b equally.
Table 1 shows the second correlation data shown in FIG. 6 (that is, the correlation between the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y) and the minimum value Ymin (= 2.3 ° C.) from each temperature standard deviation Y. ) (The difference of the standard deviation from the minimum value) and the evaluation of each temperature standard deviation Y is shown.
Regarding the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X in Table 1, the numerator is the heat transfer coefficient on the upper surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, and the denominator is the heat transfer coefficient on the lower surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. Further, in the evaluation in Table 1 (evaluation of the condition of the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X), the condition that the temperature standard deviation Y becomes the minimum value Ymin is “A”, and the standard deviation from the minimum value as will be described later. The difference between the two is within 10 ° C., that is, the condition where the operation is possible is “B”, and the condition which is performed by trial and error to obtain the above-described regression equation is “C”. Even with reference to Table 1, the evaluation is “A”, that is, the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X1 at which the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H becomes the minimum value Ymin is “1”.

If the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is at least within the range from the minimum value Ymin to the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C., variations in yield stress, tensile strength, etc. can be suppressed within the production allowable range. Can be cooled uniformly. That is, in the above target ratio setting step, based on the second correlation data obtained experimentally in advance, the vertical heat transfer ratio X in which the temperature standard deviation Y falls within the range from the minimum value Y to the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C. It may be set as the target ratio Xt.
Since there are various noises in the temperature measurement of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, the minimum value Ymin of the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H may not be strictly zero. Therefore, in order to remove the influence of this noise, the allowable manufacturing range is a range in which the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is within the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C. from the minimum value Ymin.

  In order to keep the temperature standard deviation Y within the range from the minimum value Ymin to the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C., in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7, a straight line extends from the point on the vertical axis where the temperature standard deviation Y becomes the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C. Then, two intersections between the straight line and the two regression lines on both sides of the V-shaped curve are obtained, and the target ratio Xt may be set from the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X between the two intersections. In Table 1, the temperature standard deviation Y can be kept within the range from the minimum value Ymin to the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C. by setting the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X of “B” as the target ratio Xt. .

  In order to make the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X coincide with the target ratio Xt, it is easiest to operate the cooling water amount density of at least one of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b. Therefore, for example, in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the value of the horizontal axis is read as the vertical water volume density ratio, and the hot rolled steel sheet H with respect to the vertical ratio of the water volume density on both sides sandwiching the same point above and below the average heat transfer coefficient. The regression equation of the temperature standard deviation Y may be obtained. However, the points that are equal above and below the average heat transfer coefficient are not necessarily equal points above and below the cooling water density, so it is better to perform a slightly wider test to obtain the regression equation.

Further, at the time of actual operation, there is a possibility that at least one of the steepness level and the sheet passing speed may change due to a change in manufacturing conditions. When at least one of the steepness and the plate passing speed changes, the correlation between the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y also changes. Therefore, the second correlation data is prepared for each of a plurality of conditions having different values of the steepness and the sheet passing speed, and in the target ratio setting step, among the plurality of second correlation data, The target ratio Xt may be set on the basis of the second correlation data corresponding to the actual steepness during actual operation and the measured value of the sheet passing speed. Thereby, uniform cooling suitable for the manufacturing conditions during actual operation can be performed.

  Here, in order to uniformly cool the hot-rolled steel sheet H, the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b is adjusted (the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot rolled steel plate H are controlled. As a result of intensive studies by the inventors of the present invention, the following knowledge has been obtained.

  The inventors of the present application have made intensive studies on the characteristics of the temperature standard deviation Y generated by cooling in a state where the corrugated shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is generated, and as a result, have clarified the following.

Generally, during actual operation, when the hot-rolled steel sheet H is wound by the winding device 15, the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is controlled to a predetermined target temperature (temperature suitable for winding). Need to maintain the quality.
Therefore, in the target ratio setting process and the cooling control process described above, based on the temperature measurement process for measuring the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H on the downstream side of the cooling section (that is, the cooling device 14) in time series and the measurement result of the temperature. The temperature average value calculating step for calculating the time series average value of the temperature and the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section so that the time series average value of the temperature coincides with a predetermined target temperature. A cooling heat removal amount adjustment step for adjusting the total value of the heat removal amount may be newly added.
In order to realize these new processes, use a thermometer 40 that measures the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, which is arranged between the cooling device 14 and the winding device 15 as shown in FIG. Can do.

  In the temperature measurement step, the temperature measurement at the position determined in the rolling direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H by the thermometer 40 is performed on the hot-rolled steel sheet H conveyed from the cooling device 14 to the winding device 15 at a certain time interval (sampling). Time interval data is obtained at intervals). Note that the temperature measurement region by the thermometer 40 includes the entire width direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. Moreover, when the sampling time of each temperature measurement result is multiplied by the sheet feeding speed (conveying speed) of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, the position in the rolling direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H from which each temperature measurement result is obtained can be calculated. That is, when the time at which the temperature measurement result is sampled is multiplied by the sheet passing speed, the time series data of the temperature measurement result can be linked to the position in the rolling direction.

In the temperature average value calculating step, the time series average value of the temperature measurement result is calculated using the time series data of the temperature measurement result. Specifically, every time a certain number of temperature measurement results are obtained, an average value of the temperature measurement results for the certain number may be calculated. Then, in the cooling heat removal amount adjustment step, the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section so that the time-series average value of the temperature measurement results calculated as described above coincides with the predetermined target temperature. Adjust the total value with heat removal.
Here, it is necessary to adjust the total value of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount while achieving the control target of making the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section coincide with the target ratio Xt. is there.
Specifically, when adjusting the total value of the amount of heat removed from the upper surface cooling and the amount of heat removed from the lower surface cooling, for example, the actual operation with respect to the theoretical value obtained in advance using an experimental theoretical formula represented by the Mitsuka equation, etc. On / off control of the cooling header connected to the cooling device 14 may be performed based on a learning value set so as to correct an error from the actual result. Alternatively, on / off of the cooling header may be feedback-controlled or feed-forward controlled based on the temperature actually measured by the thermometer 40.

Next, data obtained from the thermometer 40 described above and a shape meter 41 for measuring the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, which is disposed between the cooling device 14 and the winding device 15 as shown in FIG. The conventional ROT cooling control will be described with reference to FIG.
The shape meter 41 measures the shape of the same measurement position as the thermometer 40 defined on the hot-rolled steel sheet H (hereinafter, this measurement position may be referred to as a fixed point). Here, the shape means the height or fluctuation component of the wave pitch by using the movement amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the passing direction as the fluctuation amount in the height direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H observed by the fixed point measurement. This is the steepness obtained by the line integral. At the same time, a fluctuation amount per unit time, that is, a fluctuation speed is also obtained. Furthermore, the shape measurement region includes the entire region in the width direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, similarly to the temperature measurement region. As with temperature measurement results, it is possible to link the time series data of each measurement result to the position in the rolling direction by multiplying the time at which each measurement result (steepness, fluctuation speed, etc.) was sampled by the plate feed speed. Become.
FIG. 8 shows the relationship between the temperature fluctuation and the steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H that is cooled in the ROT of a typical strip in a normal operation. The vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in FIG. 8 is 1.2: 1, and the upper cooling capacity is higher than the lower cooling capacity. The upper graph in FIG. 8 shows the temperature variation with respect to the distance from the coil tip or the fixed point elapsed time, and the lower graph in FIG. 8 shows the distance from the coil tip or the steepness with respect to the fixed point elapsed time.
A region A in FIG. 8 is a region before the strip front end portion shown in FIG. 16 is bitten by the coiler of the winding device 15 (a region having a bad shape because there is no tension). A region B in FIG. 8 is a region after the strip front end portion is bitten by the coiler (a region where the wave shape is changed flat due to the influence of the unit tension). It is desired to improve a large temperature fluctuation (that is, temperature standard deviation Y) generated in the region A where the shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is not flat.

Accordingly, the inventors of the present application have conducted intensive experiments with the goal of suppressing an increase in the temperature standard deviation Y in the ROT, and as a result, have obtained the following knowledge.

FIG. 9 shows the temperature fluctuation component with respect to the same shape steepness of cooling in the ROT of a typical strip in a normal operation as in FIG. This temperature fluctuation component is a residual obtained by subtracting a time-series average of temperature (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “average temperature”) from the actual steel plate temperature. For example, the average temperature may be averaged over a range of one or more wave shapes of the hot-rolled steel sheet H.
The average temperature is in principle the average of the range in units of cycles. In addition, it has been confirmed by the operation data that the average temperature in the range of one cycle is not significantly different from the average temperature in the range of two cycles or more.
Therefore, it is only necessary to calculate an average temperature in a range of at least one waveform. The upper limit of the corrugated range of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is not particularly limited, but preferably an average temperature with sufficient accuracy can be obtained if it is set to 5 cycles. Moreover, even if the range to average is not the range of a period unit, if it is the range of 2 to 5 periods, the acceptable average temperature can be obtained.

Here, when the upward direction in the vertical direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H (direction perpendicular to the upper and lower surfaces of the hot-rolled steel sheet H) is positive, the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is a region where the fluctuation rate measured at a fixed point is positive. When the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H (temperature measured at a fixed point) is lower than the average temperature in the range of one cycle or more, at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount decreases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount increases. Is determined as the control direction, and when the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is higher than the average temperature, at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount increases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount decreases is determined as the control direction. To do.
Further, when the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is lower than the above average temperature in the region where the fluctuation rate measured at a fixed point is negative, the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount increases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount decreases. Is determined as a control direction, and when the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is higher than the above average temperature, at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount decreases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount increases is controlled. Determine as direction.
Then, when at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section is adjusted based on the control direction determined as described above, as shown in FIG. And it turned out that the temperature fluctuation generate | occur | produced in the area | region A where the shape of the hot-rolled steel plate H is not flat can be reduced.

The case where the reverse operation is performed will be described below. When the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is lower than the average temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in a region where the fluctuation rate measured at a fixed point is positive, the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount increases and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount decreases. When at least one of the directions is determined as the control direction and the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is higher than the average temperature, at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount decreases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount increases is determined. Determine as the control direction.
Further, when the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is lower than the above average temperature in a region where the fluctuation rate measured at a fixed point is negative, the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount decreases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount increases. Is determined as a control direction, and when the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is higher than the above average temperature, at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount increases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount decreases is controlled. Determine as direction.
Then, when at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section is adjusted based on the control direction determined as described above, as shown in FIG. And it turned out that the temperature fluctuation which generate | occur | produces in the area | region A where the shape of the hot-rolled steel plate H is not flat expands. In the example described here, it is not assumed that the cooling stop temperature may be changed. That is, even when determining the increase / decrease direction (control direction) of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount, the cooling heat removal amount is adjusted so that the cooling stop temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H becomes the predetermined target cooling temperature. Is done.

  By utilizing this relationship, it becomes clear which cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a or the lower cooling device 14b of the cooling device 14 should be adjusted in order to reduce the temperature fluctuation, that is, the temperature standard deviation Y. Table 2 summarizes the above relationships.

Thus, in the target ratio setting process and the cooling control process described above, the temperature measurement process for measuring the temperature (temperature at a fixed point) of the hot rolled steel sheet H on the downstream side of the cooling section in time series, and the hot rolled steel sheet H Fluctuation rate measurement process that measures the variation rate in the vertical direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H at the same location (fixed point) as the temperature measurement location, and the amount of heat removed from the top surface and the bottom surface based on the temperature measurement result and the variation rate measurement result A control direction determining step for determining a control direction of the cooling heat removal amount, and a cooling heat removal amount for adjusting at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section based on the determined control direction. An adjustment step may be newly added.
Here, in the control direction determination step, as described above, the fluctuation speed at the fixed point of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is a positive region, and the fixed temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H with respect to the average temperature at the fixed point of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. When the temperature is low, at least one of the direction in which the amount of heat removal from the upper surface cooling decreases and the direction in which the amount of heat removal from the lower surface cooling increases is determined as the control direction, and the temperature of the hot rolled steel sheet H is higher than the above average temperature Determines at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount increases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount decreases as the control direction.
In this control direction determination step, when the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is lower than the average temperature in the region where the fluctuation speed is negative, the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount are increased. When the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is higher than the above average temperature, the direction of decreasing the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the direction of increasing the lower surface cooling heat removal amount are determined. At least one is determined as a control direction.
Even in this cooling method, it is necessary to adjust the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount while achieving the control target of making the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section coincide with the target ratio Xt. There is.

When adjusting the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the cooling capacity of the lower cooling device 14b, for example, a cooling header connected to the cooling port 31 of the upper cooling device 14a and the cooling port 31 of the lower cooling device 14b. Each of the cooling headers connected to may be controlled on and off. Or you may control the cooling capacity of each cooling header in the upper side cooling device 14a and the lower side cooling device 14b. That is, you may adjust at least one of the water quantity density of the cooling water injected from each cooling port 31, a pressure, and water temperature.
In addition, the cooling headers (cooling ports 31) of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b may be thinned out to adjust the flow rate and pressure of the cooling water injected from the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b. . For example, when the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a before thinning out the cooling header is higher than the cooling capacity of the lower cooling device 14b, it is preferable to thin out the cooling header constituting the upper cooling device 14a.

  The cooling capacity thus adjusted is used to inject cooling water onto the upper surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H from the upper cooling device 14a, and to inject cooling water onto the lower surface of the hot-rolled steel plate H from the lower cooling device 14b. The steel plate H is uniformly cooled.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the second correlation data shown in FIG. 6 is obtained by fixing the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H to 600 m / min has been described. It has been found that, in addition to the above-described upper and lower surface heat extraction control, the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be made more uniform by setting the sheet passing speed to 550 m / min or more.

  It has been found that when the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is set to 550 m / min or more, even if the cooling water is injected onto the hot-rolled steel sheet H, the influence of the water on the hot-rolled steel sheet H is remarkably reduced. For this reason, the non-uniform cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet H by the riding water can be avoided. In addition, although the plate-passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is better as it is higher, it is impossible to exceed the mechanical limit speed (for example, 1550 m / min). Therefore, the sheet feeding speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling section is substantially set in a range from 550 m / min or more to a mechanical limit speed or less. Moreover, when the upper limit (operation upper limit speed) of the sheeting speed at the time of an actual operation is predetermined, the operation upper limit speed (for example, 1200 m / min) is set from 550 m / min or more. min) is preferably set within a range up to or below.

  In general, when the steel sheet is a hot-rolled steel sheet H having a high tensile strength (particularly a steel sheet called so-called high tensile steel having a tensile strength (TS) of 800 MPa or more and a practical upper limit of 1400 MPa). It is known that due to the high hardness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, processing heat generated during rolling in the hot rolling facility 1 is increased. Therefore, conventionally, cooling is sufficiently performed by suppressing the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling device 14 (that is, the cooling section).

  Therefore, the inventors of the present invention cooled (so-called) between a pair of finish rolling rolls 13a (that is, rolling stands) provided over, for example, 6 to 7 stands in the finishing mill 13 of the hot rolling facility 1. It was found that by performing (cooling between stands), the processing heat generation can be suppressed and the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling device 14 can be set to 550 m / min or more. In particular, when the tensile strength (TS) of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is 800 MPa or more, processing heat generation of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is suppressed by cooling between the stands, and the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the cooling device 14 is reduced. It becomes possible to keep it at 550 m / min or more.

In the above embodiment, the cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet H by the cooling device 14 is preferably performed in the range from the finish rolling mill outlet temperature to the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H up to 600 ° C. The temperature region where the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is 600 ° C. or higher is a so-called film boiling region. That is, in this case, the so-called transition boiling region can be avoided and the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be water-cooled in the film boiling region. In the transition boiling region, when cooling water is sprayed onto the surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, a portion covered with a vapor film and a portion where the cooling water is directly sprayed onto the hot-rolled steel plate H are formed on the surface of the hot-rolled steel plate H. Mixed.
For this reason, the hot-rolled steel sheet H cannot be cooled uniformly. On the other hand, in the film boiling region, since the hot-rolled steel sheet H is cooled in a state where the entire surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is covered with the vapor film, the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be uniformly cooled. Therefore, the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be cooled more uniformly in the range where the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is 600 ° C. or more as in this embodiment.

  In the above embodiment, when adjusting the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the cooling capacity of the lower cooling device 14b of the cooling device 14 using the second correlation data as shown in FIG. The steepness of the wave shape and the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H were constant. However, for example, the steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H and the sheet passing speed may not be constant for each coil.

  As a result of investigations by the inventors of the present application, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H increases as the wave shape steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet H increases. That is, as shown in FIG. 13, as the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X increases from “1”, the temperature standard deviation Y increases in accordance with the steepness (steepness sensitivity). In FIG. 13, as described above, the relationship between the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y is represented by a V-shaped regression line for each steepness. In FIG. 13, the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is constant at 10 m / sec (600 m / min).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is increased, the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is increased. That is, as shown in FIG. 15, the temperature standard deviation Y increases as the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X deviates from “1” in accordance with the plate passing speed (the sensitivity of the plate passing speed). In FIG. 15, as described above, the relationship between the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y is represented by a V-shaped regression line for each plate passing speed. In FIG. 15, the steepness of the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is constant at 2%.

  As described above, when the steepness and the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H are not constant, the change of the temperature standard deviation Y with respect to the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X can be qualitatively evaluated but cannot be quantitatively and accurately evaluated. .

Therefore, the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is fixed in advance, and the steepness is changed stepwise from 3% to 0%, for example, as shown in FIG. Table data indicating a correlation with the temperature standard deviation Y after cooling of the steel plate H is obtained. Then, the temperature standard deviation Y with respect to the steepness z% of the actual hot-rolled steel sheet H is corrected to a temperature standard deviation Y ′ with respect to a predetermined steepness by an interpolation function. Specifically, when the predetermined steepness is set to 2% as the correction condition, the temperature standard deviation Yz ′ is calculated by the following equation (1) based on the temperature standard deviation Yz at the steepness z%. Alternatively, for example, the steepness gradient α in FIG. 12 may be calculated by the least square method or the like, and the temperature standard deviation Yz ′ may be calculated using the gradient α.
Yz ′ = Yz × 2 / z (1)

Further, in the regression equation of the V-shaped curve shown in FIG. 13, the steepness may be corrected to a predetermined steepness, and the temperature standard deviation Y may be derived from the regression equation. Table 3 shows the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H when the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X is varied as shown in FIG. 13 with respect to the steepness in FIG. The minimum value Ymin from each temperature standard deviation Y (Ymin = 1.2 ° C. when the steepness is 1%, Ymin = 2.3 ° C. when the steepness is 2%, Ymin = 3% when the steepness is 3%) The value obtained by subtracting 3.5 ° C. (difference of standard deviation from the minimum value) and the evaluation of each temperature standard deviation Y are shown.
The display and evaluation criteria for the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X in Table 3 are the same as those in Table 1 and will not be described. Using FIG. 13 or Table 3, the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H according to the steepness can be derived. For example, when the steepness is corrected to 2%, the evaluation in Table 3 is “B”, that is, the ratio of the vertical heat transfer coefficient that the difference of the standard deviation from the minimum value of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is within 10 ° C. X can be set to 1.1.

Similarly, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 14, the sheet feeding speed is changed stepwise from 5 m / sec (300 m / min) to 20 m / sec (1200 m / min), and the sheet feeding speed and the hot rolled steel sheet H are changed. Table data indicating a correlation with the temperature standard deviation Y after cooling is obtained. Then, the temperature standard deviation Y with respect to the sheet passing speed v (m / sec) of the actual hot rolled steel sheet H is corrected to a temperature standard deviation Y ′ with respect to a predetermined sheet passing speed by an interpolation function. Specifically, when the predetermined sheet passing speed is set to 10 (m / sec) as the correction condition, the temperature standard is expressed by the following formula (2) based on the temperature standard deviation Yv at the sheet passing speed v (m / sec). Deviation Yv ′ is calculated. Alternatively, for example, the gradient β of the sheet feeding speed in FIG. 14 may be calculated by a least square method or the like, and the temperature standard deviation Yv ′ may be calculated using the gradient β.
Yz ′ = Yv × 10 / v (2)

Further, in the regression formula of the V-shaped curve shown in FIG. 15, the plate passing speed may be corrected to a predetermined plate passing speed, and the temperature standard deviation Y may be derived from the regression formula. Table 4 shows the temperature standard deviation Y and the temperature standard deviation of the hot-rolled steel sheet H when the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X is varied as shown in FIG. 15 with respect to the sheet passing speed in FIG. Minimum value Ymin from Y (Ymin = 1.2 ° C when the plate speed is 5 m / s, Ymin = 2.3 ° C when the plate speed is 10 m / s, and 15 m / s when the plate speed is 15 m / s) Ymin = 3.5 ° C, Ymin = 4.6 ° C when the plate speed is 20m / s (the difference of the standard deviation from the minimum value), and the evaluation of each temperature standard deviation Y Yes.
The display and evaluation criteria for the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X in Table 4 are the same as those in Table 1 and will not be described. Using FIG. 15 or Table 4, the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H corresponding to the sheet passing speed can be derived. For example, when correcting the sheet passing speed to 10 m / sec, the evaluation in Table 4 is “B”, that is, the vertical heat transfer is such that the difference of the standard deviation from the minimum value of the hot rolled steel sheet H is within 10 ° C. The coefficient ratio X can be set to 1.1.

  By correcting the temperature standard deviation Y as described above, the change in the temperature standard deviation Y with respect to the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X can be quantitatively and accurately determined even when the steepness and the sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet H are not constant. Can be evaluated.

  In the above embodiment, the temperature and wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H cooled by the cooling device 14 are measured, and the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the cooling capacity of the lower cooling device 14b are determined based on the measurement result. You may adjust. That is, the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b may be feedback controlled.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 16, a thermometer 40 that measures the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet H and a shape meter 41 that measures the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H are provided between the cooling device 14 and the winding device 15. And are arranged.

  And with respect to the hot-rolled steel sheet H in the passing plate, the temperature and the shape are measured at the same point by the thermometer 40 and the shape meter 41, and measured as time series data. The temperature measurement region includes the entire region in the width direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H. Further, the shape indicates the amount of fluctuation in the height direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H observed by fixed point measurement. Furthermore, the shape measurement region includes the entire region in the width direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H, similarly to the temperature measurement region. By multiplying these sampled times by the sheet feeding speed, it becomes possible to link time-series data of measurement results such as temperature and fluctuation speed to the position in the rolling direction. The measurement points of the thermometer 40 and the shape meter 41 do not have to be exactly the same point. However, in order to maintain the measurement accuracy, the deviation between the measurement points of the thermometer 40 and the shape meter 41 is not limited in the rolling direction. The direction is preferably within 50 mm in any direction.

  As described with reference to FIGS. 8, 9, 10, and 11, the fluctuation rate at the fixed point of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is a positive region, and the fixed point of the hot-rolled steel sheet H with respect to the average temperature at the fixed point. When the temperature is low, the temperature standard deviation Y can be reduced by reducing the upper cooling capacity (upper surface cooling heat removal amount). Similarly, the temperature standard deviation Y can be reduced by increasing the lower cooling capacity (lower surface cooling heat removal amount). If this relationship is utilized, in order to reduce the temperature standard deviation Y, it becomes clear which cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a or the lower cooling device 14b of the cooling device 14 should be adjusted.

That is, if the fluctuation position of the temperature associated with the wave shape of these hot-rolled steel sheets H is grasped, it becomes clear whether the temperature standard deviation Y currently generated is generated by the upper cooling or the lower cooling. It becomes possible to do. Therefore, the increase / decrease direction (control direction) of the upper cooling capacity (upper surface cooling heat removal amount) and the lower cooling capacity (lower surface cooling heat removal amount) to reduce the temperature standard deviation Y is determined, and the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X is adjusted. can do.
Further, based on the magnitude of the temperature standard deviation Y, the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X can be determined so that the temperature standard deviation Y falls within an allowable range, for example, the range from the minimum value Ymin to the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C. . The method for determining the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X is the same as that in the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. By keeping the temperature standard deviation Y within the range from the minimum value Ymin to the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C, variations in yield stress, tensile strength, etc. can be kept within the manufacturing tolerances, and the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be cooled uniformly. it can.
In addition, although there is considerable variation, if the cooling water amount density ratio is within ± 5% of the cooling water amount density ratio at which the temperature standard deviation Y is the minimum value Ymin, the temperature standard deviation Y is minimized from the minimum value Ymin. The value can be kept within a range of Ymin + 10 ° C. That is, when the cooling water amount density is used, it is desirable that the ratio of the cooling water amount density (cooling water amount density ratio) is set within ± 5% with respect to the cooling water amount density ratio at which the temperature standard deviation Y is the minimum value Ymin. . However, this allowable range does not necessarily include the same upper and lower water density.

  As described above, the cooling capacity of the upper cooling apparatus 14a and the lower cooling apparatus 14b can be feedback controlled to adjust the cooling capacity to an appropriate cooling capacity qualitatively and quantitatively. Can be improved.

  In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 17, the cooling zone in which the hot-rolled steel sheet H is cooled may be divided into a plurality of, for example, two divided cooling zones Z1 and Z2 in the rolling direction. A cooling device 14 is provided in each of the divided cooling zones Z1 and Z2. In addition, a thermometer 40 and a shape meter 41 are provided at the boundary between the divided cooling zones Z1 and Z2, that is, downstream of the divided cooling zones Z1 and Z2. In the present embodiment, the cooling section is divided into two divided cooling sections, but the number of divisions is not limited to this and can be arbitrarily set. For example, the cooling section may be divided into 1 to 5 divided cooling sections.

  In this case, the temperature and the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H on the downstream side of the divided cooling zones Z1 and Z2 are measured by the thermometers 40 and the shape meters 41, respectively. And based on these measurement results, the cooling capacity of the upper side cooling device 14a and the lower side cooling device 14b in each division | segmentation cooling zone Z1, Z2 is controlled. At this time, the cooling capacity is controlled so that the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is within an allowable range, for example, the range from the minimum value Ymin to the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C. as described above. Thus, at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in each divided cooling zone Z1, Z2 is adjusted.

For example, in the divided cooling zone Z1, the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b is feedback-controlled based on the measurement results of the thermometer 40 and the shape meter 41 on the downstream side, and the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and At least one of the bottom surface cooling heat removal amount is adjusted.
In the divided cooling zone Z2, the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b may be feedforward controlled based on the measurement results of the thermometer 40 and the shape meter 41 on the downstream side, Alternatively, feedback control may be performed. In any case, at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount is adjusted in the divided cooling zone Z2.

  The method for controlling the cooling capacity of the upper cooling device 14a and the lower cooling device 14b based on the measurement results of the thermometer 40 and the shape meter 41 is the same as that of the above-described embodiment described with reference to FIGS. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.

  In this case, in each of the divided cooling zones Z1 and Z2, at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is adjusted, so that finer control is possible. Therefore, the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be cooled more uniformly.

  In the above embodiment, when adjusting at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in each of the divided cooling zones Z1 and Z2, the measurement results of the thermometer 40 and the shape meter 41 are used. In addition, at least one of the steepness of the wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet H and the sheet passing speed may be used. In this case, the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet H corresponding to at least the steepness or the sheet passing speed is corrected by the same method as that of the above-described embodiment described with reference to FIGS. Then, based on the corrected temperature standard deviation Y (Y ′), at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet H in each divided cooling zone Z1, Z2 is corrected. Thereby, the hot-rolled steel sheet H can be cooled more uniformly.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, it can be finished so that it may become a uniform shape and material also in the plate width direction of the hot-rolled steel plate H. The temperature standard deviation in the sheet width direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet H is caused by the fact that the temperature standard deviation Y in the rolling direction is alternately generated on the left and right, so if the temperature standard deviation Y in the rolling direction is reduced, The temperature standard deviation in the width direction is further reduced. FIG. 18 shows an example of a state in which wave shapes having different amplitudes are formed in the plate width direction of the hot-rolled steel plate H by medium elongation. As described above, even when wave shapes having different amplitudes occur in the plate width direction and a temperature standard deviation is formed in the plate width direction, according to the above-described embodiment, the temperature standard in the plate width direction is formed. The deviation can be reduced.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described referring an accompanying drawing, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment. It is obvious for those skilled in the art that various modifications or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the idea described in the claims, and these naturally belong to the technical scope of the present invention. It is understood.

Example 1
The inventor of the present application uses, as a material, high tension (so-called high-tensile steel plate) with a plate thickness of 2.3 mm and a plate width of 1200 mm as a material, and forms a medium wave shape and an ear wave shape in the material, respectively, and the steepness is determined. Cold rolling gauge fluctuation (sheet thickness fluctuation) and sheet width direction average in the subsequent process (ie, cold rolling process) when cooling is performed with various values ranging from 0% (no wave formation) to 2%. Temperature fluctuation was measured and evaluated. In the first embodiment and the second and third embodiments described below, for the sake of convenience, the steepness when the medium wave shape is formed is expressed as -0.5% to -2%, and the ear wave shape is formed. The steepness was expressed as 0.5% to 2%.
Further, the measurement of the medium wave shape and the ear wave shape was measured using a commercially available shape measuring instrument, and the measurement location of the medium wave shape is the center portion of the plate within 30 mm on the left and right sides of the plate center. The measurement location was 25 mm from the edge of the plate. Furthermore, in Example 1, the vertical cooling ratio (vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio) at the time of cooling was set to upper cooling: lower cooling = 1.2: 1, the plate speed was 400 m / min, and the steel sheet winding temperature ( CT) was 500 ° C.
The measurement results and evaluation results are shown in Table 5 below. At this time, as an evaluation standard in the following examples, A (good as a product) in which the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation in the subsequent process was suppressed to 0 to 25 μm, B (allowable range) in which it was 25 to 50 μm In this case, the value exceeding 50 μm is evaluated as C (product defect). The comprehensive evaluation in Table 5 will be described later. In Table 5, the temperature standard deviation of each wave shape in the steel sheet rolling direction is also shown for reference.

  As shown in Table 5, when a medium wave shape was formed on the steel sheet (in the table, when the steepness was -0.5% to -2%), the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation in the cold-rolling process was 30 μm to 120 μm. On the other hand, when an ear wave shape was formed (when the steepness was 0.5% to 2% in the table), the cold rolling gauge fluctuation in the cold rolling process was 21 μm to 84 μm. In other words, even if the corrugated shape having the same steepness is formed on the steel sheet, the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation (i.e., the plate thickness fluctuation) in the cold-rolling process is more in the case where the ear wave shape is formed than in the case where the medium-wave shape is formed. ) Was found to be small.

  Further, from the results of Table 5, when the average temperature fluctuation in the plate width direction is compared between the case where the medium wave shape is formed on the steel plate and the case where the ear wave shape is formed, the case where the ear wave shape is formed even with the same steepness It was found that the plate width direction average temperature fluctuation was suppressed to a lower level than when the medium wave shape was formed. Therefore, it was confirmed that the temperature unevenness in the width direction of the steel sheet during cold rolling was reduced and the variation in material was suppressed when the ear wave shape was formed compared to the case where the medium wave shape was formed.

  In general, it is desirable that the plate thickness fluctuation in the cold rolling process of the steel plate is small in order to suppress a decrease in yield such as product defects. Therefore, as shown in Table 5 above, when an ear wave shape is formed on a steel sheet, if the steepness of the ear wave shape is more than 0% and within 1%, the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation is small (for example, Table 5). It was found that the evaluations A and B) can be suppressed. Furthermore, it was found that when the steepness of the ear wave shape is more than 0% and within 0.5%, the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation can be suppressed to a smaller value (for example, evaluation A in Table 5).

(Example 2)
Next, the inventor of the present application forms a medium wave shape and an ear wave shape in the same material as in Example 1 as Example 2, and the steepness is 0% (no wave formation) to 2%. When cooling was performed by changing to various values, the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation (sheet thickness fluctuation) and the sheet width direction average temperature fluctuation in the subsequent process (that is, cold rolling process) were measured and evaluated. In Example 2, the sheet passing speed was 600 m / min, and the other conditions were the same as in Example 1. The measurement results and evaluation results are shown in Table 6 below.

  As shown in Table 6, even when the same steep wave shape is formed on the steel plate as in Example 1, the case where the ear wave shape is formed is cooler than the case where the medium wave shape is formed. It was found that the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation (ie, board thickness fluctuation) and the board width direction average temperature fluctuation in the rolling process can be kept low. In addition, as can be seen from a comparison between Table 5 and Table 6, in the second embodiment, the plate passing speed is 600 m / min, which is higher than that in the first embodiment. In both cases where the shape is formed, cold rolling gauge fluctuation and sheet width direction average temperature fluctuation in the subsequent process are reduced. That is, by increasing the sheet passing speed, the contact time between the steel sheet and the transport roll is shortened, and the non-uniformity of cooling due to contact heat removal is alleviated and uniform cooling is performed. It was proved that gauge fluctuation and average temperature fluctuation in the plate width direction were further reduced.

Further, as in the first embodiment, it is desirable that the plate thickness variation in the cold rolling process is small in order to suppress a decrease in yield such as product defects. Therefore, as shown in Table 6 above, in the case where an ear wave shape is formed on a steel sheet, if the steepness of the ear wave shape is more than 0% and within 1.5%, the cold-rolling gauge variation is small (for example, It was found that evaluations A and B) in Table 6 were suppressed. Therefore, when the plate passing speed is increased, the control range of the ear wave shape can be extended to 1.5%. Furthermore, it was found that when the steepness of the ear wave shape is more than 0% and within 0.5%, the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation can be suppressed to a smaller value (for example, evaluation A in Table 6).

(Example 3)
Next, the inventor of the present application forms a medium wave shape and an ear wave shape in the same material as in Examples 1 and 2 as Example 3, and the steepness is 0% (no wave formation) to 2%. In the case of cooling by changing to various values up to the above, the cold-rolled gauge fluctuation (sheet thickness fluctuation) and the sheet width direction average temperature fluctuation in the subsequent process (that is, cold rolling process) were measured and evaluated. . In Example 3, the vertical cooling ratio (upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio) during cooling was set to upper cooling: lower cooling = 1.1: 1, and the other conditions were the same as those in Example 1. The measurement results and evaluation results are shown in Table 7 below.

  As shown in Table 7, even when the same steep wave shape is formed on the steel plate as in Example 1, the case where the ear wave shape is formed is cooler than the case where the medium wave shape is formed. It was found that the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation (ie, board thickness fluctuation) and the board width direction average temperature fluctuation in the rolling process can be kept low. In addition, as can be seen from a comparison between Table 5 and Table 7, by changing the vertical cooling ratio at the time of steel plate cooling to upper cooling: lower cooling 1.1: 1, cold rolling gauge fluctuation and plate in the subsequent process It was found that the average temperature variation in the width direction was further reduced. That is, it was confirmed that the cold rolling gauge fluctuation and the sheet width direction average temperature fluctuation in the subsequent process can be further reduced by bringing the vertical cooling ratio at the time of cooling the steel sheet close to 1: 1.

  Also in the third embodiment, as in the first embodiment, it is desirable that the plate thickness fluctuation in the cold rolling process is small in order to suppress a decrease in yield such as product defects. Therefore, as shown in Table 7 above, in the case where an ear wave shape is formed on a steel sheet, if the steepness of the ear wave shape is more than 0% and within 1.5%, the cold-rolling gauge variation is small (for example, It was found that evaluations A and B) in Table 7 were suppressed. Therefore, when the vertical cooling ratio at the time of cooling the steel sheet can be set to upper cooling: lower cooling = 1.1: 1, the control range of the ear wave shape can be expanded to 1.5%. Furthermore, it was found that when the steepness of the ear wave shape is more than 0% and within 0.5%, the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation can be suppressed to a smaller value (for example, evaluation A in Table 7).

  By the way, in Tables 5 to 7, the evaluation is A with a steepness of 0%. It is only necessary to control the steepness to 0% at any time, but at this steepness of 0%, the gain related to gauge fluctuation is changed between the ear wave shape and the medium wave shape. Control that constantly changes the gain is not very preferable, so the steepness of the ear wave shape is controlled to be over 0%, such as 0.05% or more, or 0.1% or more. It is desirable to cool the hot-rolled steel sheet. Therefore, in Tables 5 to 7, C is a comprehensive evaluation with a steepness of 0%.

  In Tables 5 to 7, the evaluation is B with a steepness of -0.5% or -1%. However, as described above, the steepness of −0.5% or less is a case where a medium-wave shape is formed on the hot-rolled steel sheet, and the cold-rolling gauge fluctuation in the subsequent process cannot be sufficiently suppressed. For this reason, in Tables 5 to 7, C is a comprehensive evaluation with a steepness of −0.5% or less.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is useful when cooling a hot-rolled steel sheet that has been hot-rolled by a finish rolling mill and has a corrugated shape whose surface height varies in the rolling direction.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hot rolling equipment 11 Heating furnace 12 Rough rolling mill 12a Work roll 12b Quadruple rolling mill 13 Finishing rolling mill 13a Finishing rolling roll 14 Cooling device 14a Upper side cooling device 14b Lower side cooling device 15 Winding device 16 Width direction rolling mill 31 Cooling port 32 Transport roll 40 Thermometer 41 Shape meter H Hot-rolled steel sheet S Slab Z1, Z2 Divided cooling section

Claims (19)

A hot rolling step of obtaining a hot-rolled steel sheet in which an ear wave shape in which the wave height fluctuates periodically in the rolling direction is formed by hot rolling the steel material with a finish rolling mill;
A cooling step of cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet in a cooling section provided on the plate passage;
With
The hot rolling step is
Based on first correlation data indicating a correlation between the steepness of the ear wave shape of the hot-rolled steel sheet and the temperature standard deviation Y during or after cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet, which has been experimentally obtained in advance. A target steepness setting step for setting a target steepness of the ear wave shape;
A shape control step for controlling operating parameters of the finishing mill such that the steepness of the ear wave shape matches the target steepness;
A method for producing a steel sheet, comprising: The steel sheet manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the target steepness setting step, the target steepness is set to more than 0% and within 1%. The cooling step is
The upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X, which is the ratio of the heat transfer coefficients of the upper and lower surfaces of the hot rolled steel sheet, experimentally determined in advance under the condition that the steepness and the sheet passing speed of the hot rolled steel sheet are constant values, Based on the second correlation data indicating the correlation with the temperature standard deviation Y during or after cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet, the target is the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X1 at which the temperature standard deviation Y becomes the minimum value Ymin. A target ratio setting step to set as the ratio Xt;
Control at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot rolled steel sheet in the cooling section so that the vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot rolled steel sheet in the cooling section matches the target ratio Xt. A cooling control step to perform;
The steel sheet manufacturing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein   In the target ratio setting step, based on the second correlation data, a vertical heat transfer coefficient ratio X in which the temperature standard deviation Y falls within the range of the minimum value Ymin to the minimum value Ymin + 10 ° C. is set as the target ratio Xt. The method for producing a steel sheet according to claim 3. The second correlation data is prepared for each of a plurality of conditions with different values of the steepness and the plate passing speed,
In the target ratio setting step, the target ratio Xt is set based on second correlation data corresponding to the measured values of the steepness and the sheet passing speed among the plurality of second correlation data. The steel plate manufacturing method according to claim 3 or 4 . The said 2nd correlation data are data which show the correlation of the said up-and-down heat-transfer coefficient ratio X and the said temperature standard deviation Y by a regression equation, The any one of Claims 3-5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Steel plate manufacturing method.   The steel sheet manufacturing method according to claim 6, wherein the regression equation is derived by linear regression.  The steel sheet manufacturing method according to claim 3, wherein the second correlation data is data indicating a correlation between the upper and lower heat transfer coefficient ratio X and the temperature standard deviation Y in a table. A temperature measuring step of measuring the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet downstream of the cooling section in time series;
A temperature average value calculating step of calculating a time-series average value of the temperature based on the measurement result of the temperature;
A cooling heat removal amount adjustment step of adjusting a total value of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section so that the time-series average value of the temperatures coincides with a predetermined target temperature. When;
The steel sheet manufacturing method according to claim 3, further comprising: A temperature measuring step of measuring the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet downstream of the cooling section in time series;
A fluctuation rate measurement step of measuring, in a time series, a fluctuation rate in the vertical direction of the hot-rolled steel plate at the same location as the temperature measurement location of the hot-rolled steel plate on the downstream side of the cooling section;
When the upward direction in the vertical direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet is positive, the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is in an area where the fluctuation rate is positive, with respect to the average temperature in the range of one or more wave shapes of the hot-rolled steel sheet. If it is low, determine at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount decreases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount increases as the control direction, and when the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is higher than the average temperature, Determining at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount increases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount decreases as the control direction;
When the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is lower than the average temperature in a region where the fluctuation speed is negative, at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount increases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount decreases is When the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is determined as a control direction and the average temperature is higher, at least one of the direction in which the upper surface cooling heat removal amount decreases and the direction in which the lower surface cooling heat removal amount increases is set as the control direction. A control direction determining step to determine;
A cooling heat removal amount adjustment step of adjusting at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section based on the control direction determined in the control direction determination step;
The steel sheet manufacturing method according to claim 3, further comprising: The cooling section is divided into a plurality of divided cooling sections along the sheet passing direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet,
In the temperature measurement step and the fluctuation rate measurement step, the temperature and fluctuation rate of the hot-rolled steel sheet are measured in time series at each boundary of the divided cooling section,
In the control direction determination step, based on the measurement results of the temperature and the fluctuation rate of the hot-rolled steel sheet at each boundary of the divided cooling section, the amount of cooling heat removed from the upper and lower surfaces of the hot-rolled steel sheet for each of the divided cooling sections. Determine the direction of increase or decrease
In the cooling heat removal amount adjustment step, based on the control direction determined for each of the divided cooling sections, at least the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet in each of the divided cooling sections. The steel sheet manufacturing method according to claim 10, wherein feedback control or feedforward control is performed to adjust one of them. A measuring step of measuring the steepness of the hot-rolled steel sheet or the sheet passing speed at each boundary of the divided cooling section;
A cooling heat removal amount correcting step for correcting at least one of the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount of the hot-rolled steel sheet in each of the divided cooling sections based on the measurement result of the steepness or the sheet passing speed; ;
The steel sheet manufacturing method according to claim 11, further comprising:   4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising a post-cooling step of further cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet so that a temperature standard deviation of the hot-rolled steel sheet falls within an allowable range on the downstream side of the cooling section. Steel plate manufacturing method. The sheet passing speed of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section, according to any one of claims 1 to 1 3, characterized in that it is set in a range of mechanical limit speed from above 550 meters / min Steel plate manufacturing method. The tensile strength of the hot-rolled steel sheet is 800 MPa or more, The steel sheet manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 14. The finish rolling mill is composed of a plurality of rolling stands,
The steel sheet manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, further comprising an auxiliary cooling step of performing auxiliary cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet between the plurality of rolling stands. In the cooling section, an upper cooling device having a plurality of headers for injecting cooling water onto the upper surface of the hot-rolled steel plate, and a lower cooling device having a plurality of headers for injecting cooling water to the lower surface of the hot-rolled steel plate, Is provided,
The steel sheet manufacturing method according to any one of claims 3 to 16, wherein the upper surface cooling heat removal amount and the lower surface cooling heat removal amount are adjusted by on / off controlling the headers. In the cooling section, an upper cooling device having a plurality of headers for injecting cooling water onto the upper surface of the hot-rolled steel plate, and a lower cooling device having a plurality of headers for injecting cooling water to the lower surface of the hot-rolled steel plate, Is provided,
Said upper surface cooling dissipation heat amount and the lower surface cooling heat removing amount, water density of each header, claim 3-16 any one of which is characterized by being adjusted by controlling at least one pressure and temperature The steel plate manufacturing method as described in 2. The method for manufacturing a steel sheet according to any one of claims 1 to 18 , wherein the cooling in the cooling section is performed in a range where the temperature of the hot-rolled steel sheet is 600 ° C or higher.