The continuous tandem cold rolling of metal strip is a highly nonlinear multi-variable complex process the control of which presents additional challenges over those encountered in the control of stand-alone tandem cold rolling. These challenges arise during the passage of the weld, which joins the head of the next strip to the tail of the present strip to maintain the continuity of rolling. Th...

In multi-stand cold rolling mills an accurate synchronization of the mill drives is necessary for a good product quality and for a safe process operation. During the standard commissioning procedure the control performance of each drive is optimized individually. However, in normal operation mode the performance is then not always optimal due to the coupling of the drives by the strip being rol...

strip tearing during cold rolling process has always been considered among the main concerns for steel companies. several works have been done so far regarding the examination of the issue. in this paper, experimental data from cold rolling tandem mill is used for detecting strip tearing. sensors are placed across the cold rolling tandem mill. they receive information on parameters (such as ang...

Abstract Intermediate roll shifting (IRS) is widely used for improving the strip shape in six-high tandem cold mill, but most related studies are limited to a single stand. To fill knowledge gap, three-dimensional (3D) multi-stand elastic–plastic finite element (FE) model was developed continuously variable crown (CVC)-6 mill using data transfer, which then validated by industrial experimental ...

Strip tearing during cold rolling process has always been considered among the main concerns for steel companies, while several works have been done so far regarding the examination of this issue. In this paper, experimental data from cold rolling tandem mill is used for detecting strip tearing. Sensors are placed across the cold rolling tandem mill, to collect information on parameters (such a...

Iterative learning control is a feedforward control technique applied to systems or processes that operate in a repetitive fashion over a fixed interval of time to improve tracking/regulation performance in response to reference inputs/disturbance inputs that are repeatable in each cycle. In this paper, learning control is applied to coil-to-coil gauge and tension control during the thread-up p...