US4089196A
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Method of controlling inter-stand tension in rolling mills
Assignee: Nippon Steel Corp
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Filing: 1977-03-25
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Granted: 1978-05-16
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Expires: 1997-03-25
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed a method of controlling inter-stand tension in rolling mills in which a tension measuring device is provided on each stand. The tension measuring device comprises a pair of load sensing devices provided respectively at the entry and delivery sides of the roll stand. Difference between outputs from the pair of load sensing devices is used as an output value of the tension measuring device. First, while a workpiece is captured by the second stand but is not yet captured by the third stand and when the tension in the workpiece between the first and second stands is consistent with a desired value, the output value from the tension measuring device of the second stand is stored. After the workpiece has been captured by the third stand, the difference between the stored output value and the output value from the tension measuring device of the second stand is used as the measured value of tension. The tension control for the workpiece between the second and third stands is carried out on the basis of the difference between the measured value and a desired value of tension between the second and third stands.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsuya Kondo
- 👤 Tomio Yamakawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 02:06
CPC Classifications
B; B21; B21B; B21B37/00; B21B37/48; B21B37/52; B21B1/00; B21B1/16; B21B1/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
A method of controlling inter-stand tension in a multi-stand rolling mill which is provided with a means for measuring tension acting on a workpiece portion between a given (i)th stand and the next succeeding (i+1)th stand, said tension means comprising at least one pair of load sensing devices provided at the entry and delivery sides of said (i)th stand to sense a force acting on a roll chock, comprising the steps of: storing an output value from the tension measuring means in the condition where the workpiece is captured by the (i)th stand and has not yet been captured by the next succeeding (i+1)th stand and when the tension of the workpiece upstream of said (i)th stand has substantially reached a reference or desired value; multiplying, after the workpiece has been captured by said succeeding (i+1)th stand, a difference value between the output value from the tension measuring means and said stored value by a predetermined correction coefficient K to obtain the value of actual tension acting on the workpiece between said (i)th stand and (i+1)th stands; and performing control of the rolling speed on the basis of an error or deviation between said tension value and a desired (i)th - (i+1)th inter-stand tension value.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
205 words
A method of controlling inter-stand tension in a multi-stand rolling mill which is provided with a means for measuring tension acting on a workpiece portion between a given (i)th stand and the next succeeding (i+1)th stand, said tension means comprising at least one pair of load sensing devices provided at the entry and delivery sides of said (i)th stand to sense a force acting on a roll chock, comprising the steps of: storing an output value from the tension measuring means in the condition where the workpiece is captured by the (i)th stand and has not yet been captured by the next succeeding (i+1)th stand and when the tension of the workpiece upstream of said (i)th stand has substantially reached a reference or desired value; multiplying, after the workpiece has been captured by said succeeding (i+1)th stand, a difference value between the output value from the tension measuring means and said stored value by a predetermined correction coefficient K to obtain the value of actual tension acting on the workpiece between said (i)th stand and (i+1)th stands; and performing control of the rolling speed on the basis of an error or deviation between said tension value and a desired (i)th - (i+1)th inter-stand tension value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which capture of workpiece by said (i)th stand is detected by detecting the change in the sum of the output values of said load sensing devices.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which capture of workpiece by said (i)th stand is detected by detecting the change in the output value of the rolling force sensor provided on said (i)th stand.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which capture of workpiece by said (i)th stand is detected by detecting the change in the roll driving current in said (i)th stand.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which when a predetermined time has elapsed after the workpiece has been captured by said (i)th stand the output value of said tension measuring means is stored.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method set forth in claim 5 in which when a predetermined time has elapsed after the workpiece has been captured by said (i)th stand the output value of said tension measuring means is averaged and the averaged value is stored.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which when the tension in the workpiece between said (i)th stand and the adjacent upstream (i-1)th stand is consistent with the desired value, the output value of said tension measuring means is stored.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method set forth in claim 7 in which while the tension in the workpiece between said (i)th stand and the adjacent upstream (i-1)th stand is consistent with the desired value, the output value of said tension measuring means is averaged and the averaged value is stored.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which while the tension in workpiece between said (i)th stand and the adjacent upstream (i-1)th stand differs from the desired value by less than a predetermined amount the output value of said measuring means is averaged and the averaged value is stored.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which when the time during which the tension in the workpiece between said (i)th stand and the adjacent upstream (i-1)th stand is consistent with the desired value exceeds a predetermined time, the output value of said tension measuring means is averaged and the averaged value is stored.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which said correctiong coefficient K is the following correction coefficient K D relative to the diameter of the (i)th stand roll: K.sub.D = (aD + b)/cD + d) where D:--roll diameter a, b, c, d:--constant
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which said correction coefficient K is the following correction coefficient K C relative to the rolling position on the (i)th stand roll: K.sub.C = Lr/(Lr - 1) where Lr:--roll length 1:--distance between the tension measuring means and the rolling position.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
82 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which said correction coefficient K is the product of the following correction coefficient K D relative to the diameter of the (i)th stand roll and the following correction coefficient K C relative to the rolling position of the (i)th stand roll: K.sub.D = (aD + b)/cD + d) where D:--roll diameter a, b, c, d:--constant and K.sub.C = Lr/(Lr - 1) where Lr:--roll length 1:--distance between the tension measuring means and the rolling position.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which when the tension in the workpiece between said (i)th and (i+1)th stands is controlled at the desired value, the rolling speeds of said (i)th stand and all preceeding stands or said (i+1)th stand and all succeeding stands are simultaneously altered by the same rate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method set forth in claim 1 in which the control output for the roll driving motor of each stand is held when the trailing end of the workpiece has been passed through that stand.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
180 words
A method of controlling inter-stand tension in a multi-stand rolling mill which is provided with an (i)th tension measuring means for measuring tension acting on a workpiece between an (i)th stand and the adjacent downstream (i+1)th stand and an (i+1)th tension measuring means for measuring tension of the workpiece between the (i+1)th stand and the adjacent downstream (i+2)th stand, characterized in that during the time period from the moment the leading end of the workpiece has been raptured in the (i+2)th stand to the moment that trailing end of that workpiece has passed through the (i)th stand, the (i)th - (i+1)th inter-stand tension control is performed on the basis of a value which is obtained by multiplying (i)th - (i+1)th inter-stand tension error or deviation derived from the output value of the (i)th tension measuring means and (i+1)th - (i+2) interstand tension error or deviation derived from the output value of the (i+1)th tension measuring means respectively by tension influence coefficients βl, i and βi, (i+1) which are respectively determined by rolling conditions and by summing these multiplied tension deviations.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
180 words
A method of controlling inter-stand tension in a multi-stand rolling mill which is provided with an (i)th tension measuring means for measuring tension acting on a workpiece between an (i)th stand and the adjacent downstream (i+1)th stand and an (i+1)th tension measuring means for measuring tension of the workpiece between the (i+1)th stand and the adjacent downstream (i+2)th stand, characterized in that during the time period from the moment the leading end of the workpiece has been raptured in the (i+2)th stand to the moment that trailing end of that workpiece has passed through the (i)th stand, the (i)th - (i+1)th inter-stand tension control is performed on the basis of a value which is obtained by multiplying (i)th - (i+1)th inter-stand tension error or deviation derived from the output value of the (i)th tension measuring means and (i+1)th - (i+2) interstand tension error or deviation derived from the output value of the (i+1)th tension measuring means respectively by tension influence coefficients βl, i and βi, (i+1) which are respectively determined by rolling conditions and by summing these multiplied tension deviations.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
175 words
A method set forth in claim 16 in which (i-1)th tension measuring means is further provided to measure tension acting on the workpiece between the (i)th stand and the adjacent upstream (i-1)th stand, and in which during the time period from the moment the leading end of the workpiece has been captured in the (i+2)th stand to the moment the trailing end of that workpiece has passed through the (i-1)th stand, the (i)th - (i+1)th inter-stand tension control is performed on the basis of a value which is obtained by multiplying (i-1)th - (i)th inter-stand tension error or deviation derived from the output value of the (i-1)th tension measuring means, (i)th - (i+1)th inter-stand tension error or deviation derived from the output value of the (i)th tension measuring means and (i+1)th - (i+2)th inter-stand tension error or deviation derived from the output value of the (i+1)th tension measuring means respectively by tension influence coefficients, βi, (i-1), βi, i and βi, (i+1) which are respectively determined by rolling conditions and by summing these multiplied tension deviations.
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