In this article, a robust steering control for the last phase of the rolling process in a hot strip mill is proposed. This phase, called tail end phase, may be modelled as a linear switched system. The switchings make the system unstable and the task of the tail end steering control consists in guaranteeing the safety of the industrial plant. The controller has to take into account the physical...

this paper is concerned with investigations into the effect of tension between the stands of the finishing mill on width control in a hot rolling process. an analysis is given to predict satisfactorily the variation in width due to spreading and also due to strip tension between the stands. wusatowskis model which is developed to give an account of spreading is specified and a similar model to ...

In the paper we rewiev the experience with the steel from Cold Rolling Mill Kraluv Dvur near Prague, where the steel for barrel module 0 prototype of the TILECAL calorimeter was fabricated. The measurements of the tolerances, mechanical properties and the chemical composition are presented.

D. Malindžák, BERG Faculty, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia Metallurgical production processes (MPP) consist of continuous and discrete types of technology operation, transport, manipulation and storing processes regards the fl ow of material and also the equipment and machines. Other specifi cs are: long production cycles, great inertia, tree structure of production processes ...

Flatness measurement using shape-rolls has been used in cold rolling mills for a long time. The benefit is obvious since the measured flatness profile can be used directly to control roll bending, tilt and cooling profile. It was therefore integrated in the mill control system at an early stage to control the strip shape against a target I-unit profile. However, since the flatness is also affec...

In the face of global competition, the requirement for dimensional accuracy, mechanical properties and surface properties has become a major challenge on aluminum manufacturing industries. Conventional rolling force formulas, however, provide not more than reasonably exact approximations. The mathematical modeling of the hot rolling process has long been recognized to be a desirable approach to...

JFE Steel Corporation’s East Japan Works (Chiba District) started operation of No.3 Hot Strip Mill in 1995. This line was the first in the world to achieve “endless hot strip rolling.” A new Coiler Control technology was developed. Copyright 2005 IFAC

Abstract The optimal design of the Morgan Construction Companies’ laying pipe is investigated. This crucial component of their rolling mill equipment suffers from rapid, uneven wear. During the 2003 Mathematical Problems in Industry Workshop, a team of ten investigators from five universities and one national laboratory developed a pipe design approach intended to minimize and evenly distribute...

A steel hot rolling mill subjects steel slabs to high temperatures and pressures in order to form steel coils. We describe the scheduling problem for a steel hot rolling mill. We detail the operation of a commercial decision support system which provides semi-automatic schedules, comparing its operation with existing, manual planning procedures. This commercial system is currently in use in sev...

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...