transfer table is an essential stage between roughing and finishing rolling stands in a hot-strip rolling mill. high temperature and long time that strip is exposed to air at this stage cause a considerable heat loss that accounts for uneven temperature distribution, non-uniform surfaces, reduced product quality and increased production costs. using thermal shields on the transfer table is cons...

In this presentation we investigate the production scheduling of a hot rolling mill in a steel plant. The production schedule must adapt to strict production rules derived from metallurgic and physical constraints. Successful manual planning requires therefore in practice thorough process knowledge and years of operating experience. In our optimization-based approach, we first build parts of th...