US3587276A - Process and apparatus for continuously processing steel and other materials - Google Patents
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- Af/amey rsocsss AND AIPARATUS son CONTINU USLY PROCESSINGSTEEL AND OTHER MATERIALS BACKGROUND OFTHE INVENTION metal on a coil has been fed from a payoff reel and has passed through the mill, it is necessary to stop the rolling mill and allow the operator to fasten the coil end in the winding reel by the usual banding process, and then remove the full coil from the winding reel'so that the next coil may be wound.'0perators at the other end must also stop the mill to place another coil on the payoff reel or coil box, when the coil on thepayoff reel is emptied.
- the accumulator in accordance with the present invention has arms which can carry a variable number of loops of moving strip to the mill stand depending upon the amount of strip to be accumulated.
- the method and apparatus of the invention is particularly useful in producing strip of uniform thickness at lower cost.
- an object of this invention to provide an apparatus capableof accumulating a plurality of loops of'strip while simultaneously conveying the loops from one point to another.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the accumulator of the present invention in combination with a rolling mill; the accumulator being located before the first mill stand. j
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing two of the aforementioned accumulators in combination with a rolling mill; the accumulators being locatedbefore the first mill stand and after the last mill stand.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing three accumulators in combination with a rolling mill and a processing line; the accumulators being located before the mill, before the processing line, and after the processing line.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 show top and side views of the accumulator described in FIGS. 1-3. I i
- FIGS. 4A and 4B show front and rear elevations of the upper and lower tracks for the trolleys and carriages.
- FIG. 6 shows a side elevationof the looper tower.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 are an enlarged partial view of the accumulator showing the front and side views of one of the trolleys and carriages which convey'the strip.
- FIG. 9 shows a view of the cam action that raises the strip supporting arm into the horizontal position.
- FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show the accumulator in combination with difi'erent processing lines.
- FlGjl shows aholddown arm 2,"for holding a c'oil'of strip 4 in a first payoff reel 6.
- a first bending unit 8 facilitates flattening and feeding the-strip to a first pinch roll assembly 10.
- a first shear 12 cuts the leading edge and trailing end of the strip from the coil 4 so it may be easily welded to strip on a succeeding'coil.
- a first scrap bin 14 collects the pieces'of scrap that are cut from the strip.
- a second holddown arm 16 holds down the coil of strip 4 on a second payoff reel 1'8.
- a second bending unit 20 facilitates flattening and'feeding the strip from the second payoff reel 18 to a second pinch roll assembly 22.
- a second shear 24 and second'scrap bin 26 perform the same function as the first shear l2 and first bin 14.
- a third pinch roll assembly 28 is fed alternatively by payoff reels 6 and its associated bending unit 8, pinch roll assembly 10, and first shear 14 or payoff reel 18 and its bending unit 20, pinch roll assembly 22, and shear 24.
- Pinch roll assembly 28 then guides the strip 4 past a first strip sensing device 30 and to a welding unit 32 that welds together the ends of the strip from one coil to another.
- a fourth pinch roll assembly 3! guides the strip into an accumulator 40 where it is then conveyed to a rolling mill 60.
- a fifth pinch roll assembly 62 feeds the strip past a third shear 64 and into an automatic guide unit 66 where it is guided onto a first winding reel 68 or through a sixth pinch roll assembly 69 and into a second winding reel 70.
- Second sensing devices 72 located at the winding reels activate the third shear 64 when a winding reel is full, e.g., a full coil of strip is on the reel.
- the automatic guide unit 66 then feeds the strip onto an empty winding reel.
- FIG. 2 shows two accumulators used in combination with a rolling mill 60 and FIG. 3 shows three accumulators in combination with a rolling mill 60 and a processing line 84. The purpose of these accumulators will be discussed later.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 show the top and side view of the accumulator 40 which is comprised of a series of support towers 31 (shown in FIG. 7) on which are mounted a continuous upper track 32 and a continuous lower track 33.
- Carriages 34 are moveably mounted on the lower track 33 and trolleys 35 (shown in FIG. 7) are moveably mounted on the upper track 32.
- Chain and sprocket drives 36, 37 powered by motors 38, 39, for propelling the trolleys 35, are located at the entry end 41 and delivery end 42 of the accumulator.
- Located at the rear of the accumulator 40 is chain and sprocket drive 43 powered by motor 44 which propels the carriages 34 along the track 33.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B show the path of the upper track 32 and lower tracks 33, 32 along the front and rear of the accumulator.
- FIG. 6 shows the looping tower 45 which is located at the entry end of the accumulator.
- a loop forming arm 46, driven by chain and sprocket drive 47, and power driven bymotor 48 is mounted in the looping tower 45.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 show front and side views of one of the trolleys 35 and carriages 34 which convey the strip.
- protruding dogs 49 Depending downward from each trolley 35 are protruding dogs 49.
- rollers 50 Mounted on each carriage 34 are rollers 50, a catch mechanism 51, and a support bracket 52.
- Pivotally mounted on the support bracket 52 is a strip support arm 53, and a cam follower 54.
- the strip support arm 52 is also mounted for rotation along its axis.
- a cam 55 is mounted on, the support towers 31.
- FIG. 9 shows the cam action that raises the strip supporting arms 53 into a horizontal position.
- Strip 4 is unwound from a coil on a payoff reel 6, through the rolling mill 60 and onto a winding reel 70.
- the first detecting device 30, which may be of the contact or noncontact type, located before or atthe welding unit 32 detects and changes the velocityof the trailing end of the strip 4 from the empty payoff reel.
- the detecting device 30 simultaneously activates controls that begin feeding strip from a full payoff reel 6 or 18 as the case may be.
- the trailing end of the strip is then welded to the leading end of the strip on a full payoff reel.
- the changeover of an empty to'a full payoff reel and the associated shearing'and welding of the strip may require as much as 3minutes to accomplish. Therefore, the accumulator 40 must accumulate sufficient strip to allow the rolling mill 60 to continue to operatewithout stopping or slowing down.
- An example of how the accumulator operates is as follows: In a rolling mill wherein strip is reduced from 0.325 inch to 0.080 inch thick, strip is entering the mill at about 500 feet per minute and leaving the mill at about 2000 feet per minute. As indicated above, when changing from an empty to a full payoff reel, it takes approximately3 minutes to weld the. trailing end 'of the strip' fro'm a'coil leaving anempty'payoff reelto the leading end of the strip from a coil on a full payofi reel/To eliminate changing the rolling mill speed or stoppingv the rolling mill for' the welding operation, the accumulator must accumulate at least 1500 feet of strip to supply strip to the mill for 3 minutes.
- time required to accumulate 1500 feet is 1500 feet/500 feet per minute 3 minutes.
- the strip leaving the payoff reel must travel at 100 percent overspeed forsligh'tly more than 3 minutes to compensate for the time it takes the strip to travel from one end of the accumulator to the other, e.g., where the accumulator is 40 feet long, and it takes about 5 seconds for a loop of strip to travel the length of the accumulator, the strip must berun off the coil on the payoff reel at 100 percent overspeed for at least 3 minutes and Sseconds.
- a windingreel is full, i.e., a predetermined length is wound on the reel,- a detecting device located after the last mill stand detects whenthe reel is full and actuates a flying shear which cuts the moving strip and feeds the strip onto an empty reel.
- a flyv600 feet of strip i.e., a predetermined length is wound on the reel.
- ing shear makes it unnecessary to change or stop the movement of the strip when changing winding reels, and hence an accumulator between the last mill stand and the winding reel is not always required.
- flying shears, which cut moving strip cannot cut strip properly when the velocity of the strip approaches about 600 feet per minute and cannot operate without damage to the shear, strip, and rolling mill at speeds of about 1000 feet per minute. Therefore, a second accumulator is desirable.
- FIG. 2 shows a second accumulator between the rolling mill 60 and the winding reels 68,and 70 to eliminate changing the mill speed when the mill-is operating at a speed which would otherwise require a changein the mill speed to allow cutting the strip when changing winding reels.
- FIG. 3 shows how three accumulators 40, 80, 82 may be used in combination with a rolling mill 60 and a processing line 84.
- the processing line 84 could also be located. after the accumulator 40 and the rolling mill after the accumulator 80 depending upon the line process function.
- the processing line may be any of a variety of operations, such as, heat treating, pickling, coating, shearing, or rolling.
- a first accumulator 40betwee'n the payoff reels 6 and 18 and the mill 60 stores sufficient strip to eliminate stopping the rolling mill or varying its speed when changing payoff reels.
- a second accumulator 80 between the'rolling mill 60 and the processing line 84 stores sufficient strip to eliminate changing the speed of the rolling mill when stripi enters the processing line 84 where it may travel at a different speed.
- a third accumulator 82, between-the processing line 84 and the winding reels 68, 70 stores sufficient strip to eliminate changing the speed of the rolling mill 60 and/or processing line 84 when changing winding reels. The operation of this combination is similar to that previously discussed for FIG.
- a processing line 84 through which the strip 4 travels at a different speed than through the rolling mill 60. Therefore, to obtain a continuous flow of strip from the rolling mill to the processing line without having to change the mill speed, an additional accumulator is required.
- the amount of strip which must be stored on the second accumulator can be easily calculated. If, for example, the rolling mill is operating at 2010 feet per minute in combination with a processing line operating at 2000feet per minute, there is an excess of 10 feet of strip per minute which inustbe stored on the accumulator. If'therolling mill is to operate without changing speed for 60 minutesfthe second accumulator must accumulate at least Although the accumulatorsshown are located below the rolling mill in pits, accumulators may be located at or above the rolling mill level.
- Carriages 34 are mounted for travel around lower track 33, and are propelled along the rear portion of the lower track by the chain and sprocket drive 43, powered by motor 44.
- Trolleys 35 are mounted for travel around the upper track 32. At the entry end 41, the trolleys 35 are propelled by chain and sprocket drive 36 powered by motor 38. At the delivery end 42, the trolleys 35 are propelled by chain and sprocket drive 37 powered by motor 39.
- each trolley 35 has a protruding dog 49 which connects to the catch mechanism 51 on a carriage 34 to move the carriages at proper intervals at the entry end 41 and delivery end 42 of the accumulator 40.
- the lower track 33 descends at a decreasing angle so that the force of gravity acts to force a carriage 34 down the track to the delivery end of the accumulator.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B show the inclined paths of the tracks 32, 33 at the front and rear of the accumulator 40.
- the cam follower 54 attached to the carriage 34 and support arm 53, engages the cam 55, mounted on the support towers 31, and rotates the vertically hanging strip support arm 53 into a horizontal position to support strip 4 entering the accumulator 40.
- the support arms 53 remain in the horizontal position as they travel down the track to the delivery end of the accumulator where the cam follower 54 disengages the cam 55 and the strip support arm 53 returns to a vertical hanging position.
- This cam action is shown in FIG. 9.
- the loop forming arm 46 is synchronized to engage the top surface of the strip 4 and make one complete revolution as roll support 53 and carriage 34 move simultaneously from one station to the next.
- This action of the loop forming arm 46 forms a loop of strip 90.
- Strip 4 leaving the pinch rolls 31 is picked up at position A (see FIG. 5) by a strip support arm 53 which has been extended into a horizontal position by the action of the cam follower 54 engaging the cam 55.
- the looper arm 46 engages the strip and depresses it downward to form a loop of strip 90.
- the looper arm repeats this motion each time a support arm travels from position A to B to form a series of loops.
- the motor 48 driving the chain and sprocket drive 47 which moves the looper arm 46 is in speed relation to the motor 38 driving chain and sprocket drive 36 which propels the trolleys at the entry end of the accumulator.
- the trolley motor 38 is in turn in speed relation to the speed of the strip 4 leaving the pinch rolls 31 so that the trolleys 35 move the carriages 34 and their strip support arms 53 at a rate sufficient to pick up the strip 4 leaving the pinch rolls 31.
- the loops of strip 90 are then conveyed by the carriages 34 from the entry end to the delivery end of the accumulator.
- the trolleys 35 move the carriages 34 and their strip support arms 53 at a rate sufficient to allow the rolling mill to pull each loop of strip out of the free hanging state as each support arm 53 moves from position C to D.
- the cam follower 54 disengages the cam 55 and the strip support arms 53 return to the vertical hanging position.
- the carriages 34 are then returned to the entry end of the accumulator by chain and sprocket drive 43 powered by motor 44.
- Apparatus to accumulate strip material in a strip processing line wherein said strip is continuously fed through said processing line from payoff reels and then automatically wound on winding reels comprising: a plurality of movable carriages each having a collapsible strip supporting arm; continuous track means for carrying said carriages; means for extending said supporting arm to a substantially horizontal position at the strip entry end; means for maintaining said supporting arm in said horizontal support position between the said entry end and said delivery end of said accumulator; first means for moving said carriages at said entry end at a rate related to the speed of said strip entering said accumulator; means for looping said strip over said support arms, thereby suspending it between adjacent support arms; second means for moving said carriages at said delivery end of said accumulator at a rate related to the speed of said strip leaving said accumulator, said second meansof moving said carriages being independent of said first carriage moving means; third means for moving said carriages disposed intermediate said delivery end and said entry end independent of said first and second moving means for returning said carriages to said entry end from said
- said collapsible supporting arm has a cam following arm and is pivotally attached to said carriage intermediate its strip supporting arm and cam following arm; and said means for maintaining said support arm in substantially horizontal position includes cam means disposed along said continuous track in the vicinity of said strip accumulating area intermediate said entry end and said delivery end disposed to coact with said cam following arm to raise and maintain said support arm in a substantially horizontal position.
- said strip looping means includes a looping arm disposed in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of said strip; continuous track mean disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of said looping arm and said strip; means for moving said looping arm around said endless track means in synchronism with said advancing strip whereby said looping arm will guide said strip to form a loop over said supporting arm, said looping arm guiding said looping strip over substantially the extent of the loop formed.
- said continuous track means includes a chain and sprocket means and said looping arm is rotatably mounted on said chain whereby it may rotate about its longitudinal axis as it transverses the circuit of the endless track to thereby eliminate relative movement between said strip surface and said looping arm perimeter to minimize marring of the surface of said strip.
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