Research and Development Trend of Shape Control for Cold Rolling Strip

Shape is an important quality index of cold rolling strip. Up to now, many problems in the shape control domain have not been solved satisfactorily, and a review on the research progress in the shape control domain can help to seek new breakthrough directions. In the past 10 years, researches and applications of shape control models, shape control means, shape detection technology, and shape con- trol system have achieved significant progress. In the aspect of shape control models, the researches in the past improve the accuracy, speed and robustness of the models. The intelligentization of shape control models should be strengthened in the future. In the aspect of the shape control means, the researches in the past focus on the roll opti- mization, mill type selection, process optimization, local strip shape control, edge drop control, and so on. In the future, more attention should be paid to the coordination control of both strip shape and other quality indexes, and the refinement of control objective should be strengthened. In the aspects of shape detection technology and shape control system, some new types of shape detection meters and shape control systems are developed and have successfully indus- trial applications. In the future, the standardization of shape detection technology and shape control system should be promoted to solve the problem of compatibility. In general,the four expected development trends of shape control for cold roiling strip in the future are intelligentization, coordi- nation, refinement, and standardization. The proposed research provides new breakthrough directions for improv- ing shape quality.

Improvement on strip flatness of cold temper mills by modifying roll contour shape

A study on roll gap profile (strip profile) control was accomplished in a1700 mm single-stand temper mill. Some critical problems such as the deviation of work roll contourcaused by grinding and wear, the effectiveness of work roll bending were discussed. Using a finiteelement model, the effects of roll contours (ground and wear) on strip profile were investigated.The roll bending effect on strip thickness was also analyzed. It is pointed out that there are somespecial features of flatness control in the temper mill: during temper rolling, roll deformation isslight due to small rolling load, and the loaded roll gap profile mainly depends on work rollcontour, while the backup roll has a little effect on gap crown; the effect of bending force ongauge can not be ignored due to the coupling between flatness control and gauge control. A new rollcontour arrangement adaptable to the mill was presented and has been put into practical production.The application of the new set of rolls showed some good results: larger crown control range of workroll bender, higher rolling stability, better strip profile and flatness quality.

Comprehensive contour prediction model of work rolls in hot wide strip mill

The predictive calculation of comprehensive contour of work rolls in the on-line strip shape control model during hot rolling consists of two important parts of wear contour calculation and thermal contour calculation, which have a direct influence on the ac- curacy of shape control. A statistical wear model and a finite difference thermal contour model of work rolls were described. The comprehensive contour is the equivalence treatment of the sum of grinding, wear, and thermal contours. This comprehensive contour calculation model has been applied successfully in the real on-line strip shape control model. Its high precision has been proved through the large amounts of actual roll profile measurements and theoretical analyses. The hit rates （percent of shape index satisfying re- quirement） of crown and head flatness of the strips rolled, by using the shape control model, which includes the comprehensive contour calculation model, have about 16% and 10% increase respectively, compared to those of strips rolled by using manual operation.

Great reduction pratice of SUS304 in cold-rolling

SUS304 stainless steel is typical of austenitic stainless steel,which organization is metastable austenite,easily appears work hardening in cold rolling.According to the common process,the max reduction of cold rolling in one stage is below 80%,we try to rasie the max reduction to 90%in one stage (wecalled that "great reduction" ) from the view of cuting cost.Due to the work hardening,great reduction brings lots of problem(the difficulty of flatness control,strip break..etc)。This article analyzed the great reduction from properity of SUS304 steel,mill types,flatness control,rolling technics etc,supplied the corresponding solutions,and formed a sophisticated great reduction theory. This article focuses on the unusual thermal crown of raw materials(ie,abnormal distribution of horizontal thickness) and the rolling force fluctuations in "great reduction" rolling.First,the "distortion" phenomenon which caused by unusual thermal crown of raw materials is explained,wedge-shaped strip In coiling, because of a big difference in thickness on both sides,leads to different compressive stress on both sides of flatness roll,so that the flatness measurement is distorted;Second,the "strip shifting" phenomenon caused by wedge shape of strip is explained,we analysis the stress on both sides of the strip,concluded that the wedge-shaped strip on the coiler will shift to the thick side of the deviation,the amount of strip shifting is related to the wedge level;Because of the characteristics of SUS304,the strip is difficult to be rolled in the last few passes.so the strip breaking is easily occurred,we found the reasonable parameters(rolling speed, cooling oil,tension,etc) to solute that problem;The deviation of rolling force will cause the shape of the roll gap,thus affecting the shape control,especially in the head and tail part of the strip,It is important to minimize the deviation of rolling force;The "great reduction" process provide the favorable flatness(< 8I-unit) and thickness deviation which less than±3 um,with no significant difference between common process.In mechanical properties,the elongation of the great reduction strip is less than common products by 2%-3%,but that can be adjusted through the annealing process improvement.At present,we have been using this technology for mass production,achieving good economic benefits.

Development of Strip Flatness and Crown Control Model for Hot Strip Mills

The strip flatness and crown control model is the foundation of automatic strip shape control. Considering the metal transverse flows and the inter stand second deformation, the trip flatness and crown control model has been developed, which can be applied to CVC mills and PC mills as well as normal four-high mills. The strip flatness and crown control model has high precision, and has been successfully applied to the automatic strip shape control system reconstruction of Tangshan Ganglu 1 250 mm hot strip plant.