US20200206802A1 - Method for producing h-shaped steel - Google Patents

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US20200206802A1
US20200206802A1 US16/628,911 US201816628911A US2020206802A1 US 20200206802 A1 US20200206802 A1 US 20200206802A1 US 201816628911 A US201816628911 A US 201816628911A US 2020206802 A1 US2020206802 A1 US 2020206802A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method for producing H-shaped steel using a slab or the like having, for example, a rectangular cross section as a raw material
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which splits are formed without constraining upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of a material to be rolled, and then the splits are spread out by performing edging rolling. This technique makes it possible to increase a flange thickness according to a reduction ratio in the edging rolling.
  • Patent Document 2 discloses a technique of performing the edging rolling of spreading out the splits by applying reduction in a state of constraining both sides of the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled. According to this technique, since the reduction is performed while constraining both sides of the upper and lower end parts of the material to be rolled, it is possible to create a metal pool in a flange tip part to increase the thickness.
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. H11-347601
  • Patent Document 2 Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. H7-88501
  • the thickness of the flange is possibly insufficient to fail to realize an H-shaped steel product which is large in size as compared with the conventional one.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing H-shaped steel capable of producing an H-shaped steel product having a large flange thickness as compared with a conventional one, when performing a step of, in a rough rolling step using calibers when producing H-shaped steel, creating deep splits on end surfaces of a raw material such as a slab using projections in acute-angle tip shapes, and sequentially bending flange parts formed by the splits.
  • Another object is to provide a method for producing H-shaped steel capable of suppressing a rub-down flaw which possibly occurs on an outside surface of a flange which is a problem when producing the H-shaped steel product having a large flange thickness, and improving the biting property during rolling and shaping.
  • a method for producing H-shaped steel includes: a rough rolling step; an intermediate rolling step; and a finish rolling step, wherein: a rolling mill which performs the rough rolling step is engraved with a plurality of calibers configured to shape a material to be rolled; the plurality of calibers include: one or a plurality of split calibers formed with projections configured to create splits vertically with respect to a width direction of the material to be rolled to form divided parts at end parts of the material to be rolled; and a plurality of bending calibers formed with projections configured to come into contact with the splits and sequentially bend the divided parts formed by the split caliber; and the projections formed in a final split caliber of the split calibers are each composed a tip part in a tapered shape having a predetermined tip angle, and a base part located at a base of the tip part and having a tapered shape with a gentle inclination as compared with the tip part.
  • a tapered angle of the base part may be 60° or more and equal to or smaller than the tip angle of the projection formed in a caliber at a foremost stage of the bending calibers.
  • a flange thickness of the material to be rolled shaped in the caliber at the foremost stage of the bending calibers may be more than 160 mm.
  • the tip part and the base part may be configured so that a contact width ratio L/B being a ratio of a width L of the base part to a flange contact width B in the final split caliber of the split calibers is 0.20 or more.
  • reduction may be performed in a state where end faces of the material to be rolled are in contact with peripheral surfaces of the caliber in shaping in at least one pass or more.
  • the split caliber may be provided with caliber side surfaces which come into contact with right and left side surfaces of the material to be rolled and constrain the material to be rolled from right and left.
  • an H-shaped steel product having a large flange thickness as compared with a conventional one, when performing a step of, in a rough rolling step using calibers when producing H-shaped steel, creating deep splits on end surfaces of a raw material such as a slab using projections in acute-angle tip shapes, and sequentially bending flange parts formed by the splits.
  • a rub-down flaw which possibly occurs on an outside surface of a flange which is a problem when producing the H-shaped steel product having the large flange thickness, and improve the biting property during rolling and shaping.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view about a production line for H-shaped steel.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view of a first caliber.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory view of a second-first caliber.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory view of a second-second caliber.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view of a third caliber.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory view of a fourth caliber.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory view of a fifth caliber (flat shaping caliber).
  • FIG. 8 is an analysis diagram illustrating a finished shape in the first pass of bending shaping in the third caliber.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic explanatory view about a projection shape after improvement.
  • FIG. 10 is a graph representing the relationships between a wedge angle ⁇ 1 b when changed and numerical values of a flange width and a flange thickness.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic explanatory view of a second-second caliber K 2 - 2 b according to a modification example of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a graph illustrating a slipping velocity in an up-down direction between a roll and the material to be rolled.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic view illustrating a deformation simulation result by FEM analysis under conditions in a comparative example, Example 1, and Example 2.
  • FIG. 1 is an explanatory view about a production line T for H-shaped steel including a rolling facility 1 according to this embodiment.
  • a heating furnace 2 a sizing mill 3 , a rough rolling mill 4 , an intermediate universal rolling mill 5 , and a finishing universal rolling mill 8 are arranged in order from the upstream side.
  • an edger rolling mill 9 is provided close to the intermediate universal rolling mill 5 .
  • a steel material in the production line T is collectively described as a “material to be rolled A” for explanation and its shape is illustrated using broken lines, oblique lines and the like in the drawings as needed in some cases.
  • the material to be rolled A such as a slab 11 extracted from the heating furnace 2 is subjected to rough rolling in the sizing mill 3 and the rough rolling mill 4 . Then, the material to be rolled A is subjected to intermediate rolling in the intermediate universal rolling mill 5 . During the intermediate rolling, reduction is performed on end parts or the like (later-explained flange parts 80 ) of the material to be rolled by the edger rolling mill 9 as necessary. In a normal case, about four to six calibers in total are engraved on rolls of the sizing mill 3 and the rough rolling mill 4 , and an H-shaped raw blank 13 is shaped by reverse rolling in about a plurality of passes through those calibers.
  • the H-shaped raw blank 13 is subjected to application of reduction in a plurality of passes using a rolling mill train composed of two rolling mills such as the intermediate universal rolling mill 5 and the edger rolling mill 9 , whereby an intermediate material 14 is shaped.
  • the intermediate material 14 is then subjected to finish rolling into a product shape in the finishing universal rolling mill 8 , whereby an H-shaped steel product 16 is produced.
  • FIG. 2 to FIG. 7 are schematic explanatory views about calibers engraved on the sizing mill 3 and the rough rolling mill 4 which perform a rough rolling step. All of the first caliber to the fourth caliber explained here may be engraved, for example, on the sizing mill 3 , or five calibers such as the first caliber to the fifth caliber may be engraved separately on the sizing mill 3 and the rough rolling mill 4 .
  • the first caliber to the fourth caliber may be engraved across both the sizing mill 3 and the rough rolling mill 4 , or may be engraved on one of the rolling mills
  • shaping in one or a plurality of passes is performed in each of the calibers.
  • the basic configuration of the engraved calibers has six calibers
  • the number of calibers is not necessarily six but may be plural being six or more.
  • the basic configuration only needs to be a caliber configuration suitable for shaping the H-shaped raw blank 13 .
  • FIG. 2 to FIG. 7 a schematic final pass shape of the material to be rolled A in shaping in each caliber is illustrated by broken lines.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view of a first caliber K 1 .
  • the first caliber K 1 is engraved on an upper caliber roll 20 and a lower caliber roll 21 which are a pair of horizontal rolls.
  • the material to be rolled A is subjected to reduction and shaping in a roll gap between the upper caliber roll 20 and the lower caliber roll 21 .
  • a peripheral surface of the upper caliber roll 20 namely, an upper surface of the first caliber K 1
  • a projection 25 protruding toward the inside of the caliber.
  • a peripheral surface of the lower caliber roll 21 namely, a bottom surface of the first caliber K 1
  • a projection 26 protruding toward the inside of the caliber.
  • projections 25 , 26 have tapered shapes, and dimensions such as a protrusion length of the projection 25 and the projection 26 are configured to be equal to each other.
  • a height (protrusion length) of the projections 25 , 26 is h 1 and a tip part angle thereof is ⁇ 1 a.
  • the projections 25 , 26 are pressed against upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A and thereby form splits 28 , 29 .
  • the first caliber K 1 is a caliber applying grooves (splits 28 , 29 ) to the slab end surfaces and therefore also referred to as a “grooving caliber”.
  • a tip part angle (also referred to as a wedge angle) ⁇ 1 a of the projections 25 , 26 is desirably, for example, 25° or more and 40° or less.
  • a caliber width of the first caliber K 1 is preferably substantially equal to the thickness of the material to be rolled A (namely, a slab thickness).
  • a slab thickness namely, a slab thickness
  • the width of the caliber at the tip parts of the projections 25 , 26 formed in the first caliber K 1 is set to be the same as the slab thickness, a right-left centering property of the material to be rolled A is suitably secured.
  • a reduction amount at the projections 25 , 26 (reduction amount at wedge tips) at the time when the projections 25 , 26 are pressed against the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A to form the splits 28 , 29 is made sufficiently larger than a reduction amount at the slab upper and lower end parts (reduction amount at slab end surfaces) and thereby forms the splits 28 , 29 .
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory view of a second-first caliber K 2 - 1 .
  • the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 is engraved on an upper caliber roll 30 and a lower caliber roll 31 which are a pair of horizontal rolls.
  • a peripheral surface of the upper caliber roll 30 (namely, an upper surface of the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 ) is formed with a projection 35 protruding toward the inside of the caliber.
  • a peripheral surface of the lower caliber roll 31 namely, a bottom surface of the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 ) is formed with a projection 36 protruding toward the inside of the caliber.
  • projections 35 , 36 have tapered shapes, and dimensions such as a protrusion length of the projection 35 and the projection 36 are configured to be equal to each other.
  • a tip part angle of the projections 35 , 36 is desirably a wedge angle ⁇ 1 b of 25° or more and 40° or less.
  • the wedge angle ⁇ 1 a of the above first caliber K 1 is preferably the same angle as the wedge angle ⁇ 1 b of the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 at a subsequent stage in order to ensure the thickness of the tip parts of the flange corresponding parts, enhance the inductive property, and secure the stability of rolling.
  • a height (protrusion length) h 2 a of the projections 35 , 36 is configured to be larger than a height h 1 of the projections 25 , 26 of the first caliber K 1 so as to be h 2 a >h 1 .
  • the material to be rolled A after passing through the first caliber K 1 is further shaped.
  • the height h 2 a of the projections 35 , 36 formed in the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 is larger than the height h 1 of the projections 25 , 26 formed in the first caliber K 1 .
  • An intrusion length into the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A is also similarly larger in the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 .
  • An intrusion depth into the material to be rolled A of the projections 35 , 36 in the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 is the same as the height h 2 a of the projections 35 , 36 .
  • an intrusion depth h 1 ′ into the material to be rolled A of the projections 25 , 26 in the first caliber K 1 and the intrusion depth h 2 a into the material to be rolled A of the projections 35 , 36 in the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 satisfy a relationship of h 1 ′ ⁇ h 2 a.
  • angles ⁇ f formed between caliber upper surfaces 30 a , 30 b and caliber bottom surfaces 31 a , 31 b facing the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A, and, inclined surfaces of the projections 35 , 36 are configured to be about 90° (almost right angle) at all of four locations illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • the intrusion length of the projections at the time when pressed against the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A is large as illustrated in FIG. 3 , shaping is performed to make the splits 28 , 29 formed in the first caliber K 1 deeper in the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 , to thereby form the splits 38 , 39 .
  • the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 is also referred to as a “split caliber”.
  • the shaping in the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 is performed by multi-pass, and in the multi-pass shaping, shaping is performed to bring the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A into contact with the caliber upper surfaces 30 a , 30 b and the caliber bottom surfaces 31 a , 31 b facing them in a final pass.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory view of a second-second caliber K 2 - 2 .
  • the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 is engraved on an upper caliber roll 40 and a lower caliber roll 41 which are a pair of horizontal rolls.
  • a peripheral surface of the upper caliber roll 40 (namely, an upper surface of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 ) is formed with a projection 45 protruding toward the inside of the caliber.
  • a peripheral surface of the lower caliber roll 41 namely, a bottom surface of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2
  • a projection 46 protruding toward the inside of the caliber.
  • projections 45 , 46 have tapered shapes, and dimensions such as a protrusion length of the projection 45 and the projection 46 are configured to be equal to each other.
  • a tip part angle of the projections 45 , 46 is a wedge angle ⁇ 1 b of 25° or more and 40° or less, and is desirably designed to be the same angle as the wedge angle of the above second-first caliber K 2 - 1 .
  • a height (protrusion length) h 2 b of the projections 45 , 46 is configured to be larger than the height h 2 a of the projections 35 , 36 of the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 so as to be h 2 b >h 2 a .
  • the material to be rolled A after passing through the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 is further shaped.
  • the height h 2 b of the projections 45 , 46 formed in the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 is larger than the height h 2 a of the projections 35 , 36 formed in the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 .
  • an intrusion length into the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A is also similarly larger in the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 .
  • An intrusion depth into the material to be rolled A of the projections 45 , 46 in the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 is the same as the height h 2 b of the projections 45 , 46 .
  • the intrusion depth h 2 a into the material to be rolled A of the projections 35 , 36 in the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 and the intrusion depth h 2 b into the material to be rolled A of the projections 45 , 46 in the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 satisfy a relationship of h 2 a ⁇ h 2 b.
  • angles ⁇ f formed between caliber upper surfaces 40 a , 40 b and caliber bottom surfaces 41 a , 41 b facing the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A, and, inclined surfaces of the projections 45 , 46 are configured to be about 90° (almost right angle) at all of four locations illustrated in FIG. 4 .
  • the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 is also referred to as a “split caliber”.
  • the shaping in the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 is performed by multi-pass, and in the multi-pass shaping, shaping is performed to bring the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A into contact with the caliber upper surfaces 40 a , 40 b and the caliber bottom surfaces 41 a , 41 b facing them in a final pass.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view of a third caliber K 3 .
  • the third caliber K 3 is engraved on an upper caliber roll 50 and a lower caliber roll 51 which are a pair of horizontal rolls.
  • a peripheral surface of the upper caliber roll 50 (namely, an upper surface of the third caliber K 3 ) is formed with a projection 55 protruding toward the inside of the caliber.
  • a peripheral surface of the lower caliber roll 51 namely, a bottom surface of the third caliber K 3
  • projections 55 , 56 have tapered shapes, and dimensions such as a protrusion length of the projection 55 and the projection 56 are configured to be equal to each other.
  • a tip part angle ⁇ 2 of the projections 55 , 56 is configured to be larger than the aforementioned angle ⁇ 1 b .
  • An intrusion depth h 3 into the material to be rolled A of the projections 55 , 56 is smaller than the intrusion depth h 2 b of the above projections 45 , 46 (namely, h 3 ⁇ h 2 b ).
  • the angle ⁇ 2 is preferably, for example, 70° or more and 110° or less.
  • angles ⁇ f formed between caliber upper surfaces 50 a , 50 b and caliber bottom surfaces 51 a , 51 b facing the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A, and, inclined surfaces of the projections 55 , 56 , are configured to be about 90° (almost right angle) at all of four locations illustrated in FIG. 5 .
  • the splits 48 , 49 formed in the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 at the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A become splits 58 , 59 by the projections 55 , 56 being pressed against them.
  • a deepest portion angle (hereinafter, also referred to as a split angle) of the splits 58 , 59 becomes ⁇ 2 .
  • shaping is performed so that divided parts (parts corresponding to the later-explained flange parts 80 ) shaped along with the formation of the splits 48 , 49 in the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 are bent outward.
  • the third caliber K 3 is also referred to as a “bending caliber”.
  • the shaping in the third caliber K 3 illustrated in FIG. 5 is performed by at least one pass or more. At least one pass or more of them are performed with the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A in contact with the inside of the caliber (the upper surface and the bottom surface of the third caliber K 3 ). In the state where the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A are in contact with the inside of the caliber, it is preferable to perform light reduction on the end parts.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory view of a fourth caliber K 4 .
  • the fourth caliber K 4 is engraved on an upper caliber roll 60 and a lower caliber roll 61 which are a pair of horizontal rolls.
  • a peripheral surface of the upper caliber roll 60 (namely, an upper surface of the fourth caliber K 4 ) is formed with a projection 65 protruding toward the inside of the caliber.
  • a peripheral surface of the lower caliber roll 61 namely, a bottom surface of the fourth caliber K 4
  • These projections 65 , 66 have tapered shapes, and dimensions such as a protrusion length of the projection 65 and the projection 66 are configured to be equal to each other.
  • a tip part angle ⁇ 3 of the projections 65 , 66 is configured to be larger than the angle ⁇ 2 .
  • An intrusion depth h 4 into the material to be rolled A of the projections 65 , 66 is smaller than the intrusion depth h 3 of the projections 55 , 56 (namely, h 4 ⁇ h 3 ).
  • angles ⁇ f formed between caliber upper surfaces 60 a , 60 b and caliber bottom surfaces 61 a , 61 b facing the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A, and, inclined surfaces of the projections 65 , 66 , are configured to be about 90° (almost right angle) at all of four locations illustrated in FIG. 6 , similarly to the above third caliber K 3 .
  • the splits 58 , 59 formed in the third caliber K 3 at the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A after passing through the third caliber K 3 are spread out by the projections 65 , 66 being pressed against them and thereby become splits 68 , 69 .
  • a deepest part angle (hereinafter, also referred to as a split angle) of the splits 68 , 69 becomes ⁇ 3 .
  • shaping is performed so that divided parts (parts corresponding to the later-explained flange parts 80 ) shaped along with the formation of the splits 58 , 59 in the third caliber K 3 are further bent outward.
  • the fourth caliber K 4 is also referred to as a “bending caliber”.
  • the parts of the upper and lower end parts of the material to be rolled A shaped in this manner are parts corresponding to flanges of a later-explained H-shaped steel product and referred to as the flange parts 80 herein.
  • the shaping in the fourth caliber K 4 illustrated in FIG. 6 is performed by at least one pass or more, and at least one pass or more of them are performed with the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A in contact with the inside of the caliber (the upper surface and the bottom surface of the fourth caliber K 4 ).
  • the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A are in contact with the inside of the caliber, it is preferable to perform light reduction on the end parts.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory view of a fifth caliber K 5 .
  • the fifth caliber K 5 is composed of an upper caliber roll 85 and a lower caliber roll 86 which are a pair of horizontal rolls.
  • the material to be rolled A shaped until the fourth caliber K 4 is rotated by 90° or 270°, whereby the flange parts 80 located at the upper and lower ends of the material to be rolled A until the fourth caliber K 4 are located on a rolling pitch line.
  • the fifth caliber K 5 reduction of a web part 82 being a connecting part connecting the flange parts 80 at two positions and reduction of the flange tip parts of the flange parts 80 are performed, to thereby perform dimension adjustment of the flange width.
  • an H-shaped raw blank in a so-called dog-bone shape H-shaped raw blank 13 illustrated in FIG. 1
  • the fifth caliber K 5 thins the web part 82 by reduction, and thus is also referred to as a “web thinning caliber” or a “flat shaping caliber”.
  • the rolling and shaping in the flat shaping caliber is performed by one or an arbitrary plurality of passes.
  • the H-shaped raw blank 13 shaped as above is subjected to reverse rolling in a plurality of passes using the rolling mill train composed of two rolling mills of the intermediate universal rolling mill 5 and the edger rolling mill 9 which are already-known rolling mills, whereby an intermediate material 14 is shaped. Subsequently, the intermediate material 14 is subjected to finish rolling into a product shape in the finishing universal rolling mill 8 , whereby an H-shaped steel product 16 is produced (refer to FIG. 1 ).
  • the first caliber K 1 to the fourth caliber K 4 are used to create splits in the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A and perform processing of bending to right and left the respective parts separated to right and left by the splits to perform the shaping of forming the flange parts 80 .
  • This enables shaping of the H-shaped raw blank 13 having the flange width made wide as compared with that by the rough rolling method for reducing at all times the slab end surfaces conventionally performed, resulting in production of a final product (H-shaped steel) having a large flange width.
  • the shape of the flange part 80 of the material to be rolled A shaped by the aforementioned first caliber K 1 to fourth caliber K 4 is a shape close to the shape of the product flange as compared with the shape of the flange part before the shaping in a flat caliber in the conventional production method.
  • the flange parts 80 in the production process are sometimes thick as compared with the conventional one.
  • the occurrence of a rub-down flaw was confirmed on the outside surface of the flange parts 80 during the bending shaping in the third caliber K 3 and deterioration in biting property was also confirmed.
  • the rub-down flaw is estimated to occur due to the metal of the flange parts 80 being lowered in the reduction direction by the friction force of the roll during the bending shaping in the third caliber K 3 .
  • FIG. 8 is an analysis diagram illustrating a finished shape in the first pass of the bending shaping in the third caliber K 3 .
  • FIG. 8 illustrates an enlarged part of the divided part (flange part 80 ) for explanation, illustrates a flange part shape before the bending shaping by a solid line, illustrates a flange part shape after the bending shaping by a mesh, and also illustrates a roll shape.
  • the roll is in contact only with a part of the outside surface of the flange part 80 in the first pass during the bending shaping. It is known that, as a result of that, the rub-down flaw occurs as described above at a boundary part (a broken line part in FIG. 8 ) between the contact portion and a portion other than that.
  • biting property is a criterion indicating whether the material to be rolled A independently bites into the rolling mill from the entry side of each rolling mill only by transfer by a transfer system (for example, a table roll or the like).
  • biting property represents the criterion about whether the rolling is started only by the table roll drive force on the entry side of each rolling mill
  • the rub-down flaw occurs on the outside surface of the flange part when an H-shaped steel product having a large size and a large flange thickness such as a height of 1200 mm ⁇ a width of 500 mm is produced, for example, from a raw material slab of 300 mm thick as explained above referring to FIG. 8 .
  • the flaw possibly remains also in a final product, and therefore a rolling and shaping technique capable of avoiding this possibility and suppressing the deterioration in biting property is required.
  • the rub-down flaw is estimated to occur due to the metal on the outside surface of the flange part being lowered in the reduction direction by the friction force of the roll during the bending shaping.
  • the present inventors have devised a technique capable of suppressing the occurrence of the rub-down flaw and also avoiding the deterioration in dimensional accuracy and the decrease in flange thickness by making the caliber shape of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 which performs the rolling and shaping at the stage immediately before the bending and shaping in the third caliber K 3 into a suitable shape.
  • a suitable caliber shape of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 according to this embodiment will be explained.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic explanatory view about a projection shape after improvement.
  • FIG. 9 is an explanatory view illustrating a configuration of a second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a in the case where the shapes of the projections 45 , 46 are improved and made into projections 45 ′, 46 ′ in the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 explained above in this embodiment.
  • FIG. 9 additionally illustrates an enlarged view of the upper projection 45 ′ and its surroundings.
  • components having substantially the same functional configurations as those of the above-explained second-second caliber K 2 - 2 (before improvement) explained referring to FIG. 4 are illustrated using the same codes and their explanation is omitted in some cases.
  • the projection 45 ′, 46 ′ after improvement is composed of a tip part 45 a ( 46 a ) having a tip part angle (wedge angle) of ⁇ 1 b and a base part 45 b ( 46 b ) having a tapered shape and a wedge angle of ⁇ 4 which is an angle larger than ⁇ 1 b .
  • the height of the whole projections 45 ′, 46 ′ after improvement is h 2 b same as the height of the projections 45 , 46 .
  • these heights h, h′ can be designed so that a contact width ratio L/B explained below takes a predetermined value within a numerical range of h 2 b .
  • the angle ⁇ 1 b is preferably 25° or more and 40° or less as with the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 explained referring to FIG. 4 .
  • the value of ⁇ 4 can be arbitrarily designed as a value larger than that of ⁇ 1 b.
  • the value of ⁇ 4 needs to be an angle of equal to or smaller than the wedge angle ⁇ 2 of the bending caliber at the subsequent stage, and is preferably set to the same angle as ⁇ 2 .
  • ⁇ 4 and ⁇ 2 are the same angle will be explained later in a second example.
  • the present inventors defined, regarding the caliber shape of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a , the ratio L/B of a base part width L (width length of the base part 45 b ) to a flange contact width B (flange half-width before bending shaping) during filling (see FIG. 9 ) for the material to be rolled A completed to be filled in the caliber in the split shaping in the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a .
  • Setting the contact width ratio L/B to a value within a predetermined range makes it possible to suppress the occurrence of the rub-down flaw and suitably avoid the deterioration in dimensional accuracy and the decrease in flange thickness.
  • the contact width ratio L/B is preferably 0.20 or more and more preferably 0.20 or more and 0.24 or less.
  • the basis of the numerical range of the contact width ratio L/B will be explained referring to Tables 1 to 4 and so on in later-explained examples.
  • the projection 45 ′, 46 ′ is composed of the tip part 45 a ( 46 a ) and the base part 45 b ( 46 b ) different in wedge angle. Therefore, the relative slipping velocity in the roll reduction direction between the roll and the outside surface of the flange part decreases in the process when the projections 55 , 56 come into contact with the material to be rolled A (namely, bending shaping) in the third caliber K 3 being the next step. Accordingly, the phenomenon that the metal on the outside surface of the flange part is lowered in the reduction direction by the friction force of the roll is suppressed, so that the occurrence of the rub-down flaw is suppressed.
  • an H-shaped steel product which is large as compared with the conventional one. More specifically, an H-shaped steel product having a large flange width and a large flange thickness is demanded. It is required to produce an H-shaped steel product having a large size and large flange thickness such as a height of 1200 mm ⁇ a width of 500 mm, for example, from a raw material slab of 300 mm thick. In such a case, the reduction in flange thickness is not preferable.
  • FIG. 10 is a graph representing the relationships between the wedge angle ⁇ 1 b when changed and the numerical values of the flange width and the flange thickness.
  • FIG. 10 is a graph representing the result of analyzing by FEM the relationships between the wedge angle ⁇ 1 b of the split caliber and the numerical values of the flange thickness and the flange width when the wedge angle ⁇ 1 b is changed, at the step (bending shaping) at the subsequent stage. It has been found that as illustrated in FIG.
  • the technique of shaping the material to be rolled A by using a caliber group illustrated and explained as the first caliber K 1 to the fourth caliber K 4 , and then performing the flat shaping and rolling by using the fifth caliber K 5 has been explained.
  • the number of calibers for performing the rough rolling step is not limited to this.
  • the caliber configuration described in the above embodiment is one example, and the number of calibers engraved on the sizing mill 3 and the rough rolling mill 4 can be arbitrarily changed, and appropriately changed to an extent at which the rough rolling step can be suitably performed.
  • the split caliber may be composed of one caliber, or it may also be composed of three or more kinds of calibers different in split length. Note that when the split caliber is composed of a plurality of kinds of calibers, the technique of improving the projection shape according to the present invention is applied to the final split caliber.
  • the split shaping is performed by pressing the projections (the above projections 45 ′, 46 ′) having the base parts configured to have gentle inclination as compared with the tip parts against the material to be rolled A at the outside surfaces of the flange parts 80 before the bending shaping.
  • the split caliber (second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a ) having the configuration relating to the projections 45 ′, 46 ′ after improvement illustrated in FIG.
  • the present inventors further conducted a study regarding the caliber shape of the split caliber having the configuration relating to the projections 45 ′, 46 ′, and have come to devise a caliber shape capable of eliminating the problem about the above-explained shape defect.
  • a second-second caliber K 2 - 2 b having the newly devised configuration will be explained as a modification example of the present invention referring to the drawings.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic explanatory view of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 b according to the modification example of the present invention.
  • the same codes are assigned to components having substantially the same functional configurations as those of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a (see FIG. 9 ) explained in the above embodiment for illustration to omit their explanation.
  • the basic caliber configuration of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 b according to this modification example is almost the same as that of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a .
  • the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 b is configured to be in contact with the material to be rolled A so as for caliber side surfaces 40 c , 41 c formed on the right and left of the caliber to constrain the material to be rolled A.
  • the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a explained in the above embodiment has a configuration provided with no side walls
  • the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 b according to this modification example has a configuration (caliber design) provided with side walls.
  • the contact positions of the material to be rolled A with the caliber side surfaces 40 c , 41 c are desirably positions where the thickness of the material to be rolled A immediately after introduced into the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 b is the largest.
  • the contact positions are generally near middle parts of the outside surfaces of the flange corresponding parts (flange parts 80 ) of the material to be rolled A. This results from that the outside surface shape of the material to be rolled A becomes an almost vertical shape when the wedge angle ⁇ 1 a of the first caliber K 1 and the wedge angle ⁇ 1 b of the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 b are the same angle.
  • the material to be rolled A is not in contact with the caliber in middle passes except for the projections 45 ′, 46 ′ at the upper and lower end parts (slab end surfaces) of the material to be rolled A, so that the active reduction of the material to be rolled A is not performed in these passes. This is because the reduction causes elongation of the material to be rolled A in the longitudinal direction to decrease the generation efficiency of the flange corresponding parts (flange parts 80 ).
  • the shapes of the caliber side surfaces 40 c , 41 c are preferably a vertical shape vertical to the caliber roll axis from the viewpoint of efficiently constraining the material to be rolled A from right and left, but are desirably a shape with a taper angle of about 5 to 10% with respect to the vertical direction for facilitating the repair of the roll accompanying the roll abrasion.
  • the verification was carried out about the presence or absence of the occurrence of the rub-down flaw in the material to be rolled after the bending shaping in the case of using the split caliber (second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a , see FIG. 9 ) having the configuration relating to the projections 45 ′, 46 ′ after improvement explained in the above embodiment.
  • the verification was carried out also about the presence or absence of the occurrence of the rub-down flaw in the material to be rolled after the bending shaping in the case of using the caliber configuration before improvement (second-second caliber K 2 - 2 , see FIG. 4 ).
  • Table 1 is a table listing the caliber basic design when increasing the flange thickness in each caliber in the case of producing an H-shaped steel product of 1000 ⁇ 500 mm using a slab having a 2000 ⁇ 250 mm cross section or a 2000 ⁇ 300 mm cross section as a raw material. More specifically, the caliber design when performing edging rolling on the slab upper and lower end parts in each of the second-first caliber K 2 - 1 , the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 , the third caliber K 3 , and the fourth caliber K 4 is listed. Note that the projection height (wedge height) in Table 1 is the projection height at one of caliber top and bottom in each caliber. In this example, the verification was carried out with the improvement of the projection explained in the above embodiment performed on the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 of the caliber basic design listed in Tale 1.
  • the comparative example was the case using the caliber configuration before improvement (second-second caliber K 2 - 2 , see FIG. 4 ) in the caliber design listed in Table 1.
  • Example 1 Following Table 2 to Table 4 list the relationship between the flange thickness of the material to be rolled and the occurrence of a flaw in the comparative example, Example 1, and Example 2.
  • the contact width ratio L/B in the comparative example is 0.00
  • the contact width ratio L/B in Example 1 is 0.20
  • the contact width ratio L/B in Example 2 is 0.24.
  • the occurrence of the flaw was suppressed even by the shaping of setting the flange thickness to 180 mm in Example 1 (Condition 1).
  • the occurrence of the flaw was suppressed even by the shaping of setting the flange thickness to 200 mm, 210 mm in Example 2 (Condition 2).
  • applying the improvement of the projection shape according to the technique of the present invention enables production of the H-shaped steel product having a larger flange thickness while suppressing the occurrence of the flaw.
  • the flange thickness basically becomes a half of the slab thickness (about 150 mm)
  • the active edging rolling is performed on the slab tip part from the state of the flange thickness becoming a half of the slab thickness to increase the flange thickness, thereby achieving a process design of producing, for example, a product of a flange thickness of about 180 mm or more.
  • the bending resistance during the bending shaping increases with an increase in the thickness of the flange, so that the pressure of the material to be rolled at a portion in contact with the roll increases. Therefore, the deformation locally occurs, so that the rub-down flaw is more likely to occur along with the decrease in relative slipping velocity in the roll reduction direction as explained above.
  • the present inventors have devised the projection shape having the base part explained in the above embodiment to increase the contact area between the roll and the material to be rolled, thereby decreasing the pressure to suppress the occurrence of the rub-down flaw.
  • the rolling and shaping can be performed without the occurrence of the rub-down flaw within a range of the flange thickness of more than 200 mm when the contact width ratio L/B is 0.24, so that the preferable range of the contact width ratio L/B may be set to 0.20 to 0.24.
  • Example 1 it is considered that the rub-down flaw occurs by lowering the surface of the material to be rolled from the up-down direction (reduction direction) by the friction force of the roll.
  • the present inventors have organized into a graph the slipping velocity (maximum velocity in a roll bite) in the up-down direction between the roll and the material to be rolled in the roll bite about conditions of the comparative example, Example 1, Example 2.
  • FIG. 12 is a graph illustrating the slipping velocity in the up-down direction between the roll and the material to be rolled under each condition. Note that the above “roll bite” means the region where the material to be rolled and the roll are in contact with each other.
  • the slipping velocity in the up-down direction between the roll and the material to be rolled in the roll bite represents the velocity difference at a site where the difference in velocity between the roll and the material to be rolled in the region where the material to be rolled and the roll are in contact with each other becomes maximum at a certain point in time in the steady state of rolling.
  • Example 2 As illustrated in FIG. 12 , under both conditions of Example 1 (Condition 1) and Example 2 (Condition 2), the slipping velocity decreases as compared with the comparative example (conventional method). Further, the slipping velocity in Example 2 decreases as compared with Example 2. This result shows that application of the technique of the present invention slows the deformation accompanying the bending shaping of the portion where the deformation amount locally increases in the material to be rolled to realize the suppression of the rub-down flaw.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic view illustrating the deformation simulation result by FEM analysis under the conditions in the comparative example, Example 1, and Example 2.
  • (a) illustrates the comparative example
  • (b) illustrated Example 1 illustrates Example 2.
  • solid lines illustrate the shape before the bending shaping and the shape after the bending shaping, and a mesh illustrates the finished shape in the first pass of the bending shaping.
  • (b), (c) additionally illustrate the shapes by the conventional method by way of comparison.
  • the pass schedule design is common to the conditions of (a) to (c), and the roll shape of the subsequent caliber (third caliber K 3 ) is the same.
  • the projection shape is the shape having the base part (see the second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a according to the above embodiment) in the split caliber at the stage before the bending shaping.
  • the verification was carried our about the presence or absence of the occurrence of the rub-down flaw in the material to be rolled after the bending shaping in the case of shaping using the split caliber (second-second caliber K 2 - 2 a , see FIG. 9 ) having the configuration relating to the projections 45 ′, 46 ′ after improvement explained in the above embodiment and when the wedge angle ⁇ 2 of the bending caliber at the foremost stage (third caliber K 3 , see FIG. 5 ) and the wedge angle ⁇ 4 of the base part were made equal and their angle ranges were changed in 60° to 110°.
  • Table 5 lists the relationship between the flange thickness of the material to be rolled and the occurrence of the flaw in the case where wedge angle ⁇ 1 b of the split caliber and the above angles ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 4 were set to respective conditions.
  • the present invention is applicable to a method for producing H-shaped steel using, for example, a slab having a rectangular cross section as a raw material.

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