KR20170073384A - System and method for measuring gap between nozzle and cooling roll - Google Patents
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Abstract
To a gap measurement system and method between a nozzle and a cooling roll.
A gap measurement system between a nozzle and a cooling roll includes an illumination device for irradiating a light of a specific wavelength band to a lower portion of the nozzle and an upper portion of the cooling roll, A band pass filter coupled to the camera for transmitting light of the specific wavelength band from the light incident on the camera to an image pickup plane of the camera, And a controller for detecting the upper edge of the cooling roll and measuring the distance between the lower edge of the nozzle and the upper edge of the cooling roll as a gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll.
Description
Embodiments relate to a gap measurement system and method thereof between a nozzle and a cooling roll, and more particularly to a gap measurement system and method for measuring a gap between a nozzle and a cooling roll in a single roll manufacturing facility.
According to the single-roll method, molten metal discharged through a nozzle is rapidly cooled and solidified by a cooling roll rotating, and is made of a strip / fiber having a certain width and thickness.
The thickness and quality characteristics of the strip / fiber produced by the single roll method are affected by various factors such as the temperature of the molten metal, the rotation speed of the cooling roll, the injection rate of the molten metal, and the distance (gap) between the nozzle and the cooling roll . Of these, the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll is a factor that finely controls the quality of the strip / fiber that is difficult to control but solidifies rapidly. If the gap is too large, the thickness of the quenched solidified strip / fiber becomes too thick and crystallization of the strip / fiber may progress due to the lowered cooling rate. On the other hand, if the gap is too small, the thickness of the quenched and solidified strip / fiber becomes too thin to cause breakage or clogging of the opening of the nozzle, and the manufacturing process may be interrupted.
Therefore, in order to produce a strip / fiber of good thickness and quality, it is necessary to maintain a constant gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll.
On the other hand, during the manufacturing process of the strip / fiber by the single roll method, the nozzle may be heated and expanded due to the preheating process and the molten metal at a high temperature. The expansion of the nozzle causes a change in the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll. Therefore, even if the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll is set accurately at the beginning of the process, it is necessary to change the position of the nozzle in accordance with the gap change occurring during the process.
This requires a system for accurately measuring the gap change between the nozzle and the cooling roll during the process.
An object to be solved by the embodiments is to provide a gap measuring system and method therefor between a nozzle and a cooling roll for accurately measuring a gap between a nozzle and a cooling roll.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gap measurement system for a gap between a nozzle and a cooling roll, comprising: a camera for capturing an image by photographing a lower portion of the nozzle and an upper portion of the cooling roll; A bandpass filter coupled to the camera for transmitting the light of the specific wavelength band to the image sensing plane of the camera among light incident on the camera, And a control unit for detecting the lowermost edge of the nozzle and measuring the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll based on the lowermost edge of the nozzle.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of measuring a gap between a nozzle and a cooling roll, comprising the steps of: irradiating light of a specific wavelength band to a lower portion of the nozzle and an upper portion of the cooling roll through a lighting device; Obtaining a photographed image of a region irradiated with the light of the specific wavelength band in the nozzle and the cooling roll through a camera coupled with a band-pass filter that transmits light of a predetermined wavelength band from the image; And measuring a gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll based on the lowermost edge of the nozzle.
According to the embodiment, the nozzle edge can be accurately detected even while discharging the molten metal. Accordingly, it is possible to accurately control the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll during casting of the product, thereby reducing the variation in the thickness of the product, thereby contributing to the improvement of product quality.
Fig. 1 is an enlarged view showing the relationship between the nozzle and the cooling roll in the single-roll process.
Figure 2 schematically shows a gap measurement system between a nozzle and a cooling roll according to an embodiment.
3 shows an example of the coupling structure between the optical film and the camera in the gap measuring system according to the embodiment.
4 is a block diagram schematically showing a control apparatus of a gap measurement system according to an embodiment.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.
In order to clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, portions that are not related to the description are omitted, and the same or similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the specification.
Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between .
1 is an enlarged view showing a relationship between a nozzle and a cooling roll in a single-roll casting facility.
Referring to FIG. 1, a
When the
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem and to improve the edge detection accuracy of the
Hereinafter, a gap measuring system and method for measuring a gap between a nozzle and a cooling roll according to an embodiment will be described with reference to necessary drawings.
Figure 2 schematically shows a gap measurement system between a nozzle and a cooling roll according to an embodiment. 3 shows an example of the coupling structure between the optical film and the camera in the gap measuring system according to the embodiment. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing a control apparatus of a gap measurement system according to an embodiment.
2, a gap measurement system between a
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FIG. 5 shows a gap measuring method between the nozzle and the cooling roll according to the embodiment.
5, the gap measuring system according to the embodiment controls the
In step S100, the
The gap measurement system obtains an image of the lower end of the
In step S110, the image obtained through the
The gap measurement system 100 acquires an image through the
The gap measurement system detects the distance between the
Typically, the degree of expansion of the nozzle in the state where the molten metal is being discharged during the casting of the strip / fiber may vary depending on the position. For example, the central portion where the openings for discharging the molten metal from the nozzles are located may have a greater degree of expansion than the opposite ends of the nozzles that are in direct contact with the molten metal and are indirectly affected by the molten metal. Therefore, in order to accurately measure the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll, it is necessary to measure the contact surface between the nozzle having a large expansion degree and the molten metal puder, that is, the distance between the center of the nozzle and the cooling roll. However, conventionally, due to the light emitted from the molten metal, there is a difficulty in accurately detecting the shape of the center portion where the molten metal is discharged from the lower end of the nozzle during casting.
In order to solve such a problem, the gap measuring system according to the embodiment irradiates light of a wavelength band different from the divergent light of the molten metal and the reflected light of the cooling roll through the
Conventionally, when the camera and the light source are arranged opposite to each other, and the light source irradiates light passing through the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll, the camera in the opposite direction captures the light-transmitting image so that the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll The accuracy of the detection method is ensured if the alignment between the light source and the camera is based on 6 degrees of freedom (X, Y, Z, Roll, Pitch, Roll). That is, the gap measurement accuracy can be changed according to the alignment accuracy between the camera and the light source. However, it is very difficult to ensure the alignment accuracy between the light source and the camera during the installation process, and when the cooling roll is turned every time the casting roll is changed in diameter, the straightness of the light changes, do. Further, there is a problem in that during irradiation of the molten metal from the nozzle, the light irradiated from the illumination does not pass through the molten metal, so that the edge region of the central portion where the molten metal is discharged from the nozzle can not be detected.
In order to solve this problem, the gap measuring system according to the embodiment detects the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll by detecting only the lowermost end face of the nozzle after horizontally aligning the
The gap measuring method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be executed through software. When executed in software, the constituent means of the present invention are code segments that perform the necessary tasks. The program or code segments may be stored on a processor read functional medium or transmitted by a computer data signal coupled with a carrier wave in a transmission medium or network.
A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording device include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, hard disk and optical data storage device. Also, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over a network-connected computer device so that computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are illustrative and explanatory only and are intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It is not. Therefore, those skilled in the art can readily select and substitute it. Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that some of the components described herein can be omitted without degrading performance or adding components to improve performance. In addition, those skilled in the art may change the order of the method steps described herein depending on the process environment or equipment. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be determined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof, not by the embodiments described.
110: illumination device 120: camera
130: Optical filter 140: Control device
141: edge detecting unit 142: gap measuring unit
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A camera for photographing the lower portion of the nozzle and the upper portion of the cooling roll to obtain an image,
An illumination device for irradiating the nozzle and the cooling roll with light of a specific wavelength band to an area taken by the camera,
A band-pass filter coupled to the camera and transmitting light of the specific wavelength band among the light incident on the camera to an image pickup plane of the camera,
And a control unit for detecting the lowermost edge of the nozzle from the image and measuring the gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll based on the lowermost edge of the nozzle.
Wherein the band-
A first filter for removing the divergent light of the molten metal discharged from the nozzle by the light incident on the camera,
And a second filter for removing reflected light from the cooling roll.
Wherein the specific wavelength band is different from the wavelength band of the divergent light of the molten metal and the reflected light of the cooling roll.
Wherein the specific wavelength band is a wavelength band of 300 nm to 400 nm.
Wherein the band-
And is coupled to an incident surface of a lens portion of the camera.
Wherein the band-pass filter is disposed between the lens portion of the camera and the imaging surface.
Wherein the illumination device irradiates light in the same direction as the photographing direction of the camera.
Wherein the camera is installed such that the optical axis is horizontally aligned with the top surface of the cooling roll.
Irradiating light of a specific wavelength band to a lower portion of the nozzle and an upper portion of the cooling roll through a lighting device,
Obtaining an image of a region irradiated with light of the specific wavelength band in the nozzle and the cooling roll through a camera having a band-pass filter that transmits light of the specific wavelength band among incident light,
Detecting a bottom edge of the nozzle from the image, and
And measuring a gap between the nozzle and the cooling roll based on the lowermost edge of the nozzle.
Wherein the specific wavelength band is different from the wavelength band of the divergent light of the molten metal discharged by the nozzle and the reflected light of the cooling roll.
Wherein the specific wavelength band is a wavelength band of 300 nm to 400 nm.
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