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US3763677A
US3763677A US00235588A US3763677DA US3763677A US 3763677 A US3763677 A US 3763677A US 00235588 A US00235588 A US 00235588A US 3763677D A US3763677D A US 3763677DA US 3763677 A US3763677 A US 3763677A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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    • B21B1/00—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations
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  • ABSTRACT Incoming and outgoing plate-thickness deviations for the same point of a sheet passing through a reduction rolling mill are determined for a plurality of rolling speeds so as to calculate the outgoing plate deviation component attributable to the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill upon deceleration and acceleration, such as changes in the oil film and in the coefficient of friction.
  • the thus determined outgoing plate-thickness deviation component is stored as information corelated to the speed at which it was determined, so that it may be selectively retrieved to be applied as a correction factor in the screw-down of the rolls upon automatic operation at the corresponding speeds of subsequent roll passes.
  • Automatic rolling has been accomplished by mathmatically evaluating or experimentally approximating the effects of bearing oil films, the coefficients of friction, and similar inherent rolling mill characteristics as a function of rolling mill speed, to obtain a functional approximation of the real values.
  • open-loop rolling reduction or correction control is obtained by a program and a function generator.
  • a plate-thickness deviation at acceleration or deceleration is directly related to the decrease in the rate of ongauge, and is a very serious problem.
  • the present invention relates to an automatic platethickness control method for a rolling mill, and the apparatus for carrying out the method, which system controls the plate-thickness by regulating the rolling mill to on-gauge.
  • the present invention has as an object to overcome the above mentioned problems, particularly with the provision of an automatic plate-thickness control system taking into consideration the influences upon the plate-thickness at the acceleration and deceleration of a rolling mill.
  • incoming plate-thickness deviation from a normal plate-thickness are measured along with outgoing plate-thickness deviations from a normal reduced plate-thickness fora particular point on sheet material as it passes through a rolling mill, which process is repeated for a plurality of speeds.
  • There will be a first outgoing plate-thickness deviation corelated to the incoming plate-thickness deviation which may be determined according to a relationship including the known normal incoming and outgoing plate-thicknesses, and in addition the outgoing plate-thickness deviation will have a component attributable to the inherent charac teristics of the rolling mill corelated to the particular speed at which it was measured, which characteristics include changes in oil film thickness within bearings and coefficients of friction.
  • the outgoing platethickness deviation component attributable to the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill is determined and stored as information corelated to the particular speed at which it was measured.
  • the stored information is retrieved that corresponds to the rolling mill speed at that time so as to be used in correcting the rolling mill gap in compensating for the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill at the speed.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram useful in explaining the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a system for accomplishing the present invention.
  • the diagram in FIG. 1 is useful for evaluating the deviations in the plate-thickness, particularly those deviations attributable to the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill for acceleration or deceleration, particularly those attributable to oil films and coefficients of friction.
  • plate material particularly sheet metal
  • the incoming and outgoing plate-thickness will be measured, respectively, by the thickness meters 2 and 3, which are preferably X-ray gauge meters.
  • an actual plate thickness H on the incoming side of the rolling mill is detected by the thickness meter 2 on the incoming side.
  • This actual plate thickness H is a combination of a plate-thickness deviat ion A H and the desired incoming plate-thickness H.
  • the thickness meter 3 on the outgoing side of the rolling mill will determine the actual outgoing plate-thickness h, which will be a combination of the outgoing plate-thickness deviation Ahand the desired outgoing plate-thickness h.
  • the roll opening S is set for the rolls 1 of the mill and the plate material to be rolled is such as to produce a normal steady state rolling speed; the roll opening S would thus be the gap between the rolls 1 that would produc e the outgoing-side plate-thickness at the desired value h, when the incoming-side plate-thickness is at the value I-I.
  • the roll opening S will b e that to produce the desired outgoing platethickness h at a normal rolling speed.
  • Ah would be the outgoing plate-thickness deviation for acceleration and deceleration of an actual rolling mill
  • Ah would be the previously described outgoing plate-thickness deviation attributable to the incoming plate-thickness deviation AH
  • AhD would be the outgoing plate-thickness deviation component attributable to the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill, such as oil film thicknesses and coefficients of friction, which will change with a change in rolling speed.
  • AhD Ah (h/H) AH 5 AhD Ah (h/H) AH 5
  • Ah is the outgoing plate-thickness deviation as detected by the outgoing-side thickness meter 3
  • AH is the plate-thickness deviation as detected by the incoming-side thickness meter 2
  • h is the known desired outgoing plate-thickness
  • H is the known desired incoming plate-thickness.
  • AhD may be determined from equation 5 by the above known and measured values.
  • the automatic plate-thickness control system will not be operated for a first or optional pass of the plate through the rolling mill so that the thicknesses of a number of points along the plate may be monitored by the platethickness meters 2,3 during the normal acceleration and deceleration, so that the plate-thickness deviation AhD may be accurately determined for each rolling speed by the equation 5.
  • the amount of correction ASD of the roll opening to make the necessary corrections in platethickness reduction as determined by the deviation AhD may be obtained for each rolling speed encountered during the first pass.
  • the present invention employs statistical procedures or the like, for smoothing out these outputs. Particularly, a satisfactory smoothing of the meter outputs is obtained, for example, by taking in values at several different points during the first or optional pass or period to be compared as corelated with the point speeds, and excess values and deficient values are corrected so as to obtain linearity.
  • smoothed take in signals are received in the storage device of the computer in correspondence with the take in speeds.
  • FIG. 2 discloses a reversing rolling mill by way of example, although it is understood that the system of the present invention may be similarly applied for plate-thickness control with multiple sheets or multiple sheet portion in a tandem rolling mill.
  • the rolling mill rolls 1 are between the incoming and outgoing plate-thickness meters 2, 3, respectively for acting upon the indefinite length plate material passed around tension rolls 4, 5 to be wound and unwound from winding and unwinding reels 6, 7.
  • the gap between the rolls 1 is determined by the reduction of screw down device 8 as powered by a screw down motor 9, and may be accurately measured or determined by the roll-opening detector 10, in a conventional manner.
  • the rolling load is determined by the meter 11, which feeds its information to a platethickness calculator 12, which calculator will determine the outgoing-side plate-thickness from inputs received from the roll-opening detector 10 and the rolling-load meter 11.
  • a pilot generator or the like 13 may be used to determine the actual rolling speed of the rolls 1 as powered by the mill driving motor 14.
  • the control circuitry of the present invention includes gate circuits 15, 16, 17, which are conventional in structure, an automatic plate-thickness or gauge control device 18, a manual or programmed automatic instructor or settor 19, a rolling condition computer 20, and a storage or memory device 21.
  • the outgoing and incoming side plate-thicknesses are measured by the meters 3 and 2, and the rolling speed is measured by the speed detector 13 for a plurality of sample points spaced in the lengthwise direction of the material to be rolled, or continuously for a predetermined period for a particular plate pass or pass portion during which the automatic plate-thickness control system is not operated.
  • an equation number 5 the plate-thickness deviation AhD due to the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill, for example oil films and coefficients of friction, may be calculated during acceleration and deceleration of the rolling. These deviations are then pattern stored in the storage or memory device 21 in corelation with the rolling speeds at which the measurements were taken.
  • the information within the memory or storage device 21 will be retrieved according to rolling speed during the acceleration and deceleration of the rolling, so that the information may be processed and employed by the automatic plate-thickness control de ice 18 to compensate for the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill.
  • the automatic plate-thickness control device 18 will compute the amount of roll-opening correction that must be added to compensate for the AID obtained fromthe system as above! mentioned, so that the rolling reduction or screw down as determined by device 8 will be regulated in response to the computed amount of correction needed.
  • the operation of the present inventive system will render the automatic plate-thickness control inoperative during the first pass of the plate material through the rolling mill.
  • This condition will be dictated or commanded by the computer 20 to turn off the automatic plate-thickness control device 18 before and during the rolling of the first pass.
  • the predetermined roll opening may be automatically or manually set by the settor or instructor 19 at one value for the entire rolling of the first pass.
  • the computer 20 will periodically generate pulse signals for opening the gate circuits 15, 16, 17. These pulse signals T1, T2, and T3
  • the point at which the thickness is detected by the meter 2 will reach the nip of the rolls 1 for speed detection by the device 13 and travel to the meter 3 for its detection so that the three characteristics may b measured for the same point, which operation is rep ated for many different points.
  • the pulse signal Tl will operate the gate 15 to allow entry of the output of the meter 2 into the rolling condition computer for the incoming-side thickness; after the above mentioned predetermined time sufficient for the point on the material to reach the nip of the rollers l, the pulse signal T2 will operate the gate 16 to allow the speed signal output of the device 13 to pass to the rolling condition computer 20; and after a period sufficient for the same point to reach the meter 3, the rolling condition computer 20 will produce pulse signal T3 to operate the gate 17 and permit the outgoing plate-thickness signal from meter 3 to pass into the rolling condition computer 20.
  • the computer 20 will calculate the previously discussed inherent characteristic deviations AhD according to the equation 5 for each of the points with respect to which the measurements were taken, on the basis of the detected values. These calculated values of AhD will be stored in the storage or memory device 21 in correspondence with the respective rolling speeds. Thus a plurality of actual outgoing plate-thickness deviations AhD with the speeds at which they were determined will be obtained and stored during the first pass of the material being rolled.
  • the automatic plate-thickness control 18 When rolling of the second pass begins, the automatic plate-thickness control 18 will be placed in operation by the rolling condition computer 20. Further, the computer 20 will read out the stored value of N10, which was obtained according to th preceding paragraph operation, for the rolling spee closest to the actual rolling speed being measured by the device 13 during the acceleration or deceleration of the rolling, which read out value AhD is obtained from the deviation stored along with their speeds in the memory device 21. Thereafter, the rolling condition computer 20 will feed the thus retrieved value of plate-thickness component AhD to the automatic plate-thickness device 18, which automatic plate-thickness control device 18 will appropriately adjust the roll opening.
  • the retrieved values of AhD may be changed into corre sponding values of ASD by the computer 20 or the automatic gauge control device 18; also, the values of ASD may be computed from the corresponding values of AhD during the first pass and stored in the memory device 21 so that upon retrieval they may be directly fed as values ASD to the screw down motor 9 and device 8 through the rolling condition computer 20 and automatic gauge control 18.
  • the automatic platethickness control device 18 will adjust the roll opening so that the additional deviation between l) a deviation A112 between an output of the outgoing-side thickness calculator 12 and the desired value at the second pass, and (2) the deviation AhD fed from the computer 20 may become zero.
  • the acceleration and deceleration disturbance values or plate-thickness deviations are separately calculated and received in a storage device, as determined by actual measured values, during the first pass.
  • the corresponding acceleration or deceleration disturbance or deviation values are retrieved from the storage device according to the rolling speed. The correction of the plate-thickness deviation which would be generated by theacceleration or deceleration, is thus carried out.
  • the acceleration and deceleration disturbance values or platethickne'ss deviations may be preestimated,for example from actual results of manufactured articles as previously programmed into the storage or memory device.
  • the corrections for the plate-thickness due to acceleration and deceleration affecting the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill will be made by using these preestimated values as retrieved from the storage device.
  • the plate-thicknesses at identical points of the material being rolled on the outgoing and incoming-sides of the roll housing will be taken in along with the rolling speed, and the platethickness deviations AhD will be determined for each speed.
  • the excess or deficiency in the amount of control for the rolling mill will be calculated from comparing the preestimated values and the values determined from the measured information; in this manner, the acceleration and deceleration disturbance values programmed in the memory device 21 will be corrected during the first pass.
  • the acceleration and deceleration disturbance or deviation values as corrected during the first pass will be re trieved from the memory device 21 so that off gauge due to acceleration or deceleration may be reduced as compared with the first pass.
  • the correction of the roll opening may be carried out as follows.
  • the automatic plate-thickness control system may be turned off with respect to the passage of the first plate, a portion of the first plate, the first several plates, or any other predetermined time.
  • the rolling speeds and plate thicknesses on the outgoing and incoming sides of the rolling mill during the acceleration and deceleration will be measured for a plurality of points.
  • the values of AhD plate-thickness deviations due to acceleration and deceleration
  • the values of AhD will be retrieved from the memory device 21 according to the! rolling speeds for processing in the automatic plate-thickness control system to eliminate the deviations inherent in the rolling mill due to acceleration and deceleration.
  • the plate-thickness deviations AhD due to the acceleration and deceleration during rolling that are received and stored have a satisfactory reproducibility, so that fine corrections of gains, etc., may be made with the advance of passes by a variety of variables such as set plate-thickness values, rolling loads, rolling tensions, and rolling speeds.
  • platethickness deviations AhD due to the changes in the oil films, the coefficients of friction, and the like inherent characteristics in the rolling mill due to acceleration and deceleration are precisely evaluated on the basis of detected values, and the control of the rolling mill is correspondingly accomplished so as to eliminate the plate-thickness deviations AhD.
  • the products produced by the present invention will have an extremely high accuracy in plate-thickness.
  • the present invention is remarkably effective particularly with respect to the rolling of very thin plates, which heretofore has presented considerable problems with respect to accuracy.
  • a method of operating an automatic platethickness control rolling mill system to compensate for inherent rolling mill effects that are variable with speed comprising the steps of: operating the rolling mill for the reduction of plate material for a first predetermined period of operation; measuring the platethickness going into the rolling mill, measuring the plate-thickness leaving the rolling mill and measuring the rolling speed, during the first rolling period; comparing the measured incoming and outgoing platethicknesses for the measured speed during the first rolling period to determine the plate-thickness deviation due solely to the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill for the measured speed; and thereafter rolling for a second period and using the previously determined plate-thickness deviation during the second rolling period to correct the rolling reduction.
  • step of comparing includes comparing the total outgoing plate thickness deviation Ah with the incoming plate thickness deviation AH, the normal outgoing plate -thickness h, and the normal incoming plate-thickness H to determine the outgoing plate-thickness deviation component AhD that corresponds to the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill separately from the outgoing plate thickness deviation component Ah that is caused by incoming plate-thickness deviation AH according to the relationship:
  • the method according to claim 6, including storing a plurality of the thus determined plate-thickness deviation components AhD due to the inherent characteristics of the rolling mill according to the corresponding speeds at which the measurements were taken during the first rolling period; during the second rolling period automatically measuring the incoming platethickness deviation AH from normal incoming platethickness H and correcting the rolling mill reduction to eliminate the outgoing plate-thickness deviation component Ah from the normal outgoing plate-thickness h that would otherwise be caused by the incoming platethickness deviation AH; and simultaneously additionally automatically correcting the rolling mill reduction in response to the plate-thickness deviation value AhD retrieved from storage that corresponds closest to the actual rolling speed to reduce the plate-thickness deviations caused by the inherent rolling mill characteristics.
  • a plate rolling mill including: at least two opposed rolls forming therebetween a reduction gap; means for measuring the rolling speed; means for measuring the incoming plate-thickness; means for measuring the outgoing plate-thickness; means for adjusting the roll gap; an automatic plate-thickness control means for controlling the roll gap adjusting means to eliminate outgoing plate-thickness deviations caused by incoming plate-thickness deviations; means to compare the incoming plate-thickness, the outgoing plate-thickness, the normal predetermined incoming plate-thickness, and the normal predetermined outgoing platethickness to obtain an outgoing plate-thickness deviation component corresponding only to the inherent effects of the rolling mill corelated to 'the rolling speed, including variations in oil film thickness and coefficients of friction according to speed, each for a plurality of points along the plate being rolled; means for storing a plurality of the thus determined platethickness deviation components due to the inherent rolling mill characteristics according to their rolling speeds; and means for retrieving the stored platethickness deviation component that is corresponding
  • said means to compare includes separate gate means in series with each of said incoming plate thickness measuring means, said rolling speed measuring means and said outgoing plate-thickness measuring means; and means for successively applying gate control signals to said gate means spaced in time corresponding to the time intervals that it would take a point on the plate being rolled to pass from said incoming plate thickness measuring means to said rolling speed measuring means and said outgoing plate-thickness measuring means respectively.

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