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...

A systematic study is conducted on a 17% Cr dual stabilized ferritic stainless steel (FSS) to the evolution of texture during hot rolling and its effect ridging resistance after cold annealing. Hot 4-high laboratory mill with finishing temperatures in range 1000–810 °C cover microtexture under both conventional conditions when using low temperatures. Subsequently, hot-rolled coils are rolled an...

It is well known that tandem cold rolling is one of the most widely used processes in the manufacture of various sheet products with high accuracy and production rate. This paper deals with an optimization problem for tandem cold rolling. A genetic algorithm is developed to optimize the reduction schedules from the power consumption and damage evolution points of view. Damage-coupled finite ele...

The quality of steel strip produced in a wide strip rolling mill depends heavily on the careful selection of initial ground work roll profiles for each of the mill stands in the finishing train. In the past, these profiles were determined by human experts, based on their knowledge and experience. In this research, a Self-Organising Migration Algorithm (SOMA), a heuristic optimisation algorithm,...

This work presents improved technology for attaining high-quality rolled metal strip. The new technology is based on an innovative method to model both the static and dynamic characteristics of rolling mill deflection, and it applies equally to both cluster-type and non cluster-type rolling mill configurations. By effectively combining numerical Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with analytical sol...

The quality of steel strip produced in a wide strip rolling mill depends heavily on the careful selection of initial ground work roll profiles for each of the mill stands in the finishing train. In the past, these profiles were determined by human experts, based on their knowledge and experience. In this research, a Self-Organising Migration Algorithm (SOMA), a heuristic optimisation algorithm,...

Cold rolling process of a major transformation in the form of sheet metal and a wide range of steel products are produced in this way. Elastic deformation during cold rolling working rollers and the inevitable increase in the rolling force. In this study, the effect of elastic deformation during cold rolling mill rollers working on the reciprocating back and forth in tandem with the presence of...

The edge waviness in hot rolled steel is a common defect. Variables that affect such defect include raw material and machine. These variables are necessary to consider to understand such defect. This research studied the defect of edge waviness for SS 400 of metal sheet manufacture. Defect of metal sheets were divided into two groups. The specimens were investigated on chemical composition and ...

Concentrations of heavy metals, pH, and particle size distribution parameters were measured in Dragica stream and Djetinja River water receiving wastewaters from copper rolling mill industry, Sevojno. The concentrations of copper, zinc, lead, and mercury were determined for water samples collected in summer 2009. It was found that Copper Rolling Mill Sevojno was the significant source of water ...