key account business analyst, Quaker Chemical Corp., Conshohocken, Pa., USA [email protected] Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc. is the first U.S. mill to employ Steckel mill technology for producing high-quality wide coiled plates and discrete plates. Since 1985, the Steckel mill has consistently demonstrated product versatility, quality and cost advantage over traditional plate mills. The single...

The paper shares experience gained in application of dynamic Bayesian approach to control problems in the field of metal rolling. The contribution introduces basic notions of theory applied and provides the algorithmic as well as application-oriented solutions developed. Specifically, the consistent use of the approach resulted in an advanced decision support system for operators of a reversing...

Set-up generation is an important aspect in the operation of tandem cold mills. It defines speeds and powers for the drives, stand reductions, roll forces and interstand tensions for the tandem cold mill control system. Set-up optimization should lead to improved thickness regularity, surface finish and shape performance of the strip. The importance of such optimization first appeared in (1) an...

Reaction of the airways to inhaled Berodual was evaluated in two groups of metallurgists surveilled by systematic, complex medical examinations for appx. 25 years: 31 coke oven and 31 cold-rolling mill workers. All subjects under examination were active smokers, smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day. The frequency of ventilatory disorders (central bronchi obturation, small bronchi obturation, a...