Improvement of prediction model for work roll thermal contour in hot strip mill

Though high accuracy of the thermal contour was obtained while adopting finite element method,it could not meet the real-time requirement.One-dimensional finite difference method could realize real-time control in the case of neglecting both the circumferential and radical heat exchange,but the over-simplified modes resulted in poor accuracy.And two-dimensional full explicit difference was also limited in practical application since its time step was restricted to keep the model stable.Consequently,a new method of alternating direction finite difference was introduced and discussed in the model's stability,calculating speed and precision.Specific work roll after one real rolling unit was researched,The result shows that error of temperature on work roll surface between measured and calculated values is within 5 ℃.The influence of rolling rhythm and strip width on thermal crown was also studied.The conclusion is verified theoretically and practically that it can maintain absolutely stable and meet the online requirement.

Thermal Behaviors of Work Roll in Finishing Trains of Hot Rolling

In order to analyze the thermal field and thermal contour of work roll in finishing trains of hot rolling in rolling process, a quasi two-dimension implicit finite difference model is developed. To improve the calculating speed and precision, some special solutions are introduced, including the development of this model, the simplification of boundary conditions and the computation of heat transfer coefficients. The results show that these solutions of thermal behaviors of work roll are very much efficient and the model can be used as an on-line profile and fatness control model of large industrial mills.

Determination of Optimal Work Roll Profile for Cold Strip Mill

The model of predicting distribution of strip thickness at the exit and tension stress is established by using weighted residual method and variational method with consideration of rolled metal lateral flow.A New method of calculating loaded roll gap in relation to target tension stress is proposed.The minimum square summation of loaded roll gap deviation is used as an objective function for the first time to optimize initial work roll profile.

Improved model to solve influence coefficients of work roll deflection

According to the concept of virtual bending force,a rational explanation for SHOHET's model was presented. Considering the deformation characters of the work rolls in four-high mill,the deformation model of the work roll was regarded as a cantilever beam and new influence coefficients were deduced.The effect of the bending force was taken into account independently. Therefore,the contribution to work roll deflection caused by rolling load,rolling pressure between rolls and bending force can be got from the new formulas.To validate the accuracy of the formulas,the results obtained from the new formulas were compared with those from SHOHET's formulas.It is found that they highly coincide,which illustrates that the formulas are reliable.

Application of simulated annealing algorithm to improve work roll wear model in plate mills

Employing Simulated Annealing Algorithm (SAA) and many measured data, acalculation model of work roll wear was built in the 2 800 mm 4-high mill of Wuhan Iron and Steel(Group) Co. (WISCO). The model was a semi-theory practical formula. Its pattern and magnitude werestill hardly defined with classical optimization methods. But the problem could be resolved by SAA.It was pretty high precision to predict the values for the wear profiles of work roll in a rollingunit. After one-year application, the results show that the model is feasible in engineering, and itcan be applied to predict the wear profiles of work roll in other mills.

Effect of ceramic work rolls on surface roughness of rolled SUS304 ultra-thin strips

Surface morphology and roughness are important parameters of surface quality of cold-rolled ultra-thin strip steel.In order to study the effect of Si_(3)N_(4) ceramic work rolls on the surface roughness of SUS304 ultra-thin strip,ABAQUS finite element model calculation,3D laser profilometry,and other methods were adopted based on the physical characteristics of Si_(3)N_(4) ceramic roll and 9Cr2MoV steel roll,like anti-flattening performance and oil wettability.The surface morphology and roughness of SUS304 ultra-thin strip rolled by different material work rolls under oil lubrication conditions were measured.The results showed that under the rolling force of 10 kN,the maximum flattening amount of Si_(3)N_(4) ceramic roll was reduced by 35.14%compared to that of 9Cr2MoV steel roll.The reduction rate of SUS304 ultra-thin strip rolled by ceramic roll was 34.19%,while that rolled by steel roll was only 22%;Si_(3)N_(4) ceramic roll can further increase the number of alternating convex peaks and concave valleys in the rolled thin strip,reduce the profile steepness,reduce surface roughness,and enhance the planarization effect of surface micro-convex bodies,with improving surface quality and surface glossiness.Finally,the mechanism of Si_(3)N_(4) ceramic roll significantly improving the surface roughness of rolled SUS304 ultra-thin strip was proposed.

Numerical Simulation of Solidification of Work Roll in Centrifugal Casting Process

A program on the solidification process of horizontal centrifugal casting coupled with eutectic carbides segregation has been developed in this paper. Due to the geometrical features of work roll, a cylindrical coordinate system was used. The temperature field of the outer layer at the end of filling process was imported as the initial temperature condition for the solidification process. The model of eutectic carbides segregation caused by different densities between eutectic MC and the molten steel was coupled in the program. The temperature field of the outer layer of work roll during horizontal centrifugal casting process was investigated. Results show that the outer layer has a ＂sandwich shape＂ solid fraction manner. Results also indicate that the segregation of eutectic MC is quite severe during centrifugal casting process. It forms four zones of different content of carbides in radial direction. The simulated results of MC carbides segregation phenomenon agree with the experimental observations.

High Temperature Oxidation of a Work Roll Grade High-Chromium White Cast Iron

High-chromium white cast iron is a common material for the manufacture of the work rolls used in the fin- ishing stands in hot strip mills. The high temperature oxidation behaviour of as-cast and heat-treated high-chromium white cast iron was studied by gravimetric means at 650 ℃ in atmospheres that included dry air and a mixture of dry air and water vapour. For both environmental and material conditions, the oxidation rate of the alloys was represen ted by parabolic trends and the oxidation phenomenon was more obvious when the samples were oxidised in water vapour. Water vapour also influenced the chemical composition of the oxides formed in the alloy and under this condi tion, the oxide scale formed on the alloy contained the oxides FeCr2O4 , （Fe,Cr）3O4 and （Fe,Cr）2 O3. In contrast, the alloys exposed to dry air conditions only experienced the formation of FeCr2O4 and （Fe,Cr）2O3. It was found that the presence of water vapour and the chromium content of the alloys increased the oxidation rate by a mechanism that involved chromium depletion of the oxide as a result of hydroxide formation. The differences observed in the oxi- dation behaviour of the alloy are discussed in terms of the composition of the oxidant atmosphere and the metallurgi cal condition of the specimens.

Thermal Crown Model and Shifting Effect Analysis of Work Roll in Hot Strip Mills

Considering the effect of work roll shifting on roll temperature field,a finite difference method of PR format for roll temperature field was presented,which can meet the requirements of accuracy and speed of online calculation.The step-by-step accumulation method was used to simulate the roll temperature field and thermal crown,and the evolution of roll thermal crown in a rolling campaign was studied.And then,the effects of strip width,rolling rhythm and work roll shifting on roll thermal crown were analyzed.It is found that work roll shifting can disperse the thermal expansion of the roll body especially the edge to make roll thermal contour uniform.The effect of work roll shifting on roll thermal crown is mainly concentrated in regions around twice of roll shifting stroke,and the change range of roll thermal crown is±30μm or so in the same roll body location.

基于脉冲涡流监测与Wiener过程的再制造工作辊实时剩余寿命预测方法

再制造工作辊在热轧工作过程中熔覆层易发生复杂的退化行为,而其性能退化会影响轧制产品的质量。为实时监测轧辊退化情况并预测其剩余寿命,构建一套在线脉冲涡流监测方法和系统,采用变分模态分解-希尔伯特变换(VMD-Hilbert)方法提取0~5000 Hz频率边际谱能量和的增量作为轧辊退化特征。基于此,构造考虑个体差异的状态退化空间模型,结合最大期望(EM)算法和Kalman平滑滤波算法联合对模型中未知参数进行自适应参数估计,并利用层次分析法融合监测的历史数据与实时数据,以实现对再制造工作辊实时剩余寿命预测。实验结果表明,所提方法能够准确预测再制造工作辊剩余寿命,具有一定的应用前景。

基于卷积神经网络的多工况多传感滚动轴承实时监控方法

针对工业环境中广泛在多工况下多滚动轴承实时状态监测的需求和部署环境受限的挑战,提出一种基于卷积神经网络(Convolutional Neural Network,CNN)的面向多传感器滚动轴承运行状态监控方法。该方法将两个不同工况下的一维时间序列数据集以均方根(Root Mean Square,RMS)指标标注,并通过将一维时间序列多传感器数据重构为二维空间张量的形式输入卷积神经网络训练。最后利用层融合和16比特量化优化,将网络部署到FPGA上,用以解决CNN的计算开销。实验结果表明,在结合了两种不同工况的数据集下,网络测试推理准确度依然高达99.24%,比多层感知机实现高10.48%,比多层感知机结合支持向量机的实现高2.91%,该算法对于新加入的数据集也有较强的鲁棒性,经过重训练,新加入的数据集准确率可以达到99.17%。基于FPGA部署优化的网络的峰值能效为76.217GPOS/W,为CPU实现的33.09倍,GPU实现的5.39倍。其中,16比特精度部署的网络测试精度相较32比特精度实现仅降低0.001%。

四工作辊轧机轧制304不锈钢板件截面塑性变形分析

针对四工作辊轧机轧制304不锈钢板件存在变形量大、尺寸不稳定的问题,利用Solidworks软件建立四工作辊轧制系统有限元模型,采用Deform软件对304不锈钢板件在不同轧辊直径、轧辊转速和轧辊压下量下进行轧制仿真,分析其对轧件截面高度和等效应力分布的影响,根据轧制仿真分析结果设计制造了四工作辊轧机,并对不同压下量下仿真和生产的轧件截面高度进行对比分析。结果表明,轧件截面塑性变形可分为相互作用Ⅰ区、过渡Ⅱ区和变形Ⅲ区,等效应力、等效应变和截面高度在Ⅰ区最大,在Ⅲ区最小且变化平稳,Ⅱ区值位于两者之间并呈U型分布。

超声滚压对DC53钢表面性能的影响

为了改善DC53冷作模具钢的表面性能,使用扫描电子显微镜、激光光谱共聚焦显微镜、显微硬度计、球-盘摩擦磨损试验机等设备分析了超声表面滚压加工工艺(USRP)的静压力、滚压道次、振幅、进给量对DC53冷作模具钢表面粗糙度、显微硬度、摩擦因数和磨损的影响规律。结果表明:与未处理DC53模具钢相比,USRP处理后DC53冷作模具钢表面产生了塑性变形,表面粗糙度由5.570μm最低可降为1.067μm,且在DC53冷作模具钢表面产生了晶粒细化现象,引入了梯度硬化层,表面硬度由基体的720 HV最大可提升为818.6 HV,硬化层深度最大可达300μm。摩擦因数降低,磨痕宽度减小,耐磨性能提高。通过极差分析法获得了对粗糙度、显微硬度、摩擦因数影响最大的工艺参数依次为进给量、滚压道次、静压力。通过灰色关联度分析法获得了工艺参数对表面性能的影响次序为静压力>进给量>滚压道次>振幅,最佳工艺参数组合为静压力400 N,滚压道次4次,振幅12μm,进给量0.05 mm。

四辊轧机工作辊辊颈端部铸接修复部位寿命评估

轧辊作为带钢生产轧机的核心部件,其消耗对生产成本有重要影响。随着钢铁企业竞争加剧导致的降本增效需求逐步提高,轧辊再制造循环利用得到逐步推广。大型轧机大尺寸轧辊工作层消耗后改造用于小轧机为其中主要方式之一;对于局部尺寸尤其是辊肩尺寸不足的轧辊通常采用铸接方式加长以满足进一步使用的需求;铸接再制造后轧辊的使用寿命成为保障安全生产的关键。针对上述问题,在轧辊铸接部位取样开展了疲劳性能测试,同时选用扭转疲劳模型在证明计算精度的基础上,结合基于现场生产数据建立的载荷谱,对工作辊修复后的辊颈进行了寿命预测,预期服役寿命满足现场对修复后轧辊的性能需求,可为现场轧辊安全使用维护制度建立提供理论支撑。

Roll shifting strategy with varying stroke and step in hot strip mill

A new roll shifting strategy with varying stroke and varying step was investigated,Two characteristic parameters including cat ear height and gap contour smoothness were introduced to assess the effect of shifting strategy on roll wear,and the relation between characteristic parameters and shifting strategy was established.Both varying stroke and varying step can reduce cat ear height and gap contour smoothness,so the shifting strategy with varying stroke and varying step is better than the one with either varying stroke or varying step,Based on the effect of shifting control parameters on characteristic parameters of roll wear,the selection principle of these shifting control parameters was gained.A case study was conducted to validate the proposed roll shifting strategy,reducing uncontrollable quartic loading gap contour,improving strip profile and extending rolling length of a rolling campaign.

Wear and Thermal Stress Analysis of Side Dam for Twin Roll Strip Casting

The simulation of the work roll temperature field was carried out by means of ANSYS software, and the thermal crown of the roll along its axis was obtained. The thermal-structural coupled element and contact element were introduced. In the simulation of work roll temperature field, the convert boundary condition and the transient thermal contact between the roll and strip were studied. Besides, the dynamic variation of the work roll temperature and the transient temperature distribution of the work roll during hot rolling were investigated. The calculated results were in good agreement with the measured data.

一种海洋自升式修井平台船型分析

针对渤海海域油气开发中自升式修井平台的船型设计,进行系统分析。从桩腿数量维度出发,考虑波流载荷、风载荷和平台重力的共同作用,通过有限元数值模拟软件,建立自升式修井平台的仿真模型,计算不同方向角下平台的波流载荷、桩腿位移和抗倾力矩等评价指标,综合对比分析三桩腿和四桩腿两种不同船型的设计特点,以揭示各自在平台方案、预压载能力和稳定性等方面的特点。研究结果发现,四桩腿平台在舱内设备布置、预压载能力和抗倾稳性方面具有明显优势,特别是在单桩失效情况下,四桩腿平台的稳定性和安全性更高。研究结论对自升式修井平台的设计优化具有重要的指导意义,为进一步提升平台的安全性和高效性提供理论依据。

精轧机出口导卫装置上切水板行程提升改造

针对精轧机出口导卫装置上切水板上安装的烟尘抑制装置与上工作辊冷却集水管存在较大干涉问题,采取了改变烟尘抑制装置安装位置及供水管路走向的措施,实施后轧制稳定性得到了提升,实现了降低生产成本的目的。

铝热精轧机工作辊刮板受力情况模拟探讨

采用Solidworks-Simulation有限元模拟软件,计算了热精轧第4机架在穿带阶段,下工作辊刮板受到向下弯曲的卷材头部撞击,所受到冲击载荷的受力变形情况。得出刮板变形量已经超出刮板与工作辊之间的安全距离,刮板变形后与工作辊接触,造成工作辊辊面受损,最终引起卷材表面产生缺陷。

宽厚板工作辊平衡系统的稳定性研究及优化改进

莱钢4300 mm宽厚板生产线产量不断提升,由2016年116万t逐步提升到2022年的171万t,但工作辊平衡系统故障率居高不下。针对此问题,重点分析了轧机工作辊平衡系统故障产生原因,并根据分析结果,从工作辊平衡系统运行的外部环境、内部结构、备件质量以及装配精度的提高等方面逐一制定相应的优化方案。完成相关改进后,轧机工作辊平衡系统故障率和维护费用大幅降低,减少了维护成本,为产线稳定生产及产能的提升提供了巨大的支持。