Patent Publication Number: US-4220025-A

Title: Feed forward automatic thickness controlling method

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates a feed forward automatic thickness controlling method which is suitable for controlling a thickness of a rolled slab in a lock-on system. 
     The thickness control in the lock-on system is performed by calculating a thickness ho in the output side in the pass by the following equation to use it as a predetermined thickness ho in the pass. 
     
         ho=so+(F/M),                                               (1) 
    
     wherein 
     F: a rolling force in the rolling at the lock-on of the front edge of the slab between work rolls; 
     so: a roll gap at the non-loading; and 
     M: a mill constant. 
     In the conventional lock-on system, the following disadvantage is found. 
     Referring to the characteristic diagram of FIG. 1, the disadvantageous problem will be illustrated. 
     The rolling operation is performed from the front edge to the tail edge as a predetermined thickness by a thickness ho 1  in the output side at the intersection point Pc of a plastic characteristic curve (101) of the rolled slab and an elastic characteristic curve (102) of the rolling mill at the lock-on in the first pass. Thus, when the thickness fluctuation Δh 1  in the output side is caused depending upon the thickness fluctuation ΔH 1  in the input side to give the thickness of the tail edge in the output side as ho 1  +Δh 1 , a predetermined thickness at the lock-on in the next pass (a reversible rolling mill) is not ho 2  at the intersection point of the plastic characteristic curve (103) of the rolled slab and the elastic characteristic curve (104) of the rolling mill, but it is ho 2  +Δh 21  at the intersection point of the plastic characteristic curve (105) and the elastic characteristic curve (104) or ho 2  +Δh 21  Δh 22  at the intersection point of the plastic characteristic curve (106) and the elastic characteristic curve (104) by adding the thickness fluctuation ΔH 2  in the input side whereby accuracy of thickness is inferior. 
     The thickness fluctuation ΔH from the predetermined thickness in the last pass in the output side can be obtained by the following equation (2), however, there has not been any consideration of a time and a type of an output of adjusting degree of a screw gap depending upon the thickness fluctuation. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is an object of the present invention to overcome the disadvantages in the lock-on system and to provide a feed forward automatic thickness controlling method which controls the thickness in higher thickness under controlling a screw gap at suitable time. 
     The present invention is to provide a feed forward automatic thickness controlling method which comprising (a) calibrating a thickness in the output side which is calcualted from a rolling force at a lock-on position in the present pass depending upon a fluctuation (ΔH) from a predetermined thickness at a lock-on in the last pass, a deformation resistance (Q) of a rolled slab and a mill constant (M); and (b) controlling a constant lock-on level to give a predetermined thickness in the present pass as the same with the thickness in the output side given by a plastic characteristic curve of the rolled slab on the predetermined thickness at the lock-on in the last pass and an elastic characteristic curve of a rolling mill on a screw position in the present pass; (c) obtaining an adjusting degree of a screw gap of a press-down screw depending upon the thickness fluctuation from the predetermined thickness in the last pass, the mill constant and a differential coefficient in a rolling load function for the predetermined thickness in the present pass. 
     In a feed forward automatic thickness controlling method, the press-down screw position is controlled at the position corresponding to the position of the rolled slab in the last pass depending upon the adjusting degree by gaining for a time delay of the screw gap adjusting system comprising the press-down screw from the position corresponding to the position of the rolled slab in the last pass after obtaining the adjusting degree of the screw gap of the press-down screw. 
     In a feed forward automatic thickness controlling method, the press-down screw position is controlled depending upon the adjusting degree at the position corresponding to the position of the rolled slab in the last pass by providing a phase gain compensation to the time constant in the screw gap adjusting system after obtaining the adjusting degree of the screw gap of the press-down screw. 
     Thus, in a rolling mill for repeatedly rolling a slab, even though a thickness fluctuation in the output side from the lock-on position is caused, the lock-on position in the next pass can be precisely set while compensating for the fluctuation. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1 is a characteristic diagram showing a relation between a thickness and a rolling force; 
     FIG. 2 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a feed forward automatic thickness controlling method of the present invention; 
     FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing positions of a rolled slab in each pass; 
     FIG. 4 is a characteristic diagram showing a relation between a thickness and a rolling force. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     FIG. 2 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a feed forward automatic thickness controlling method of the present invention. 
     In FIG. 2, the reference numeral (1) designates a slab; (2) designates work rolls; (3) designates a press-down screw for adjusting a gap between work rolls; (4) designates a press-down screw level detector which detects a level of the press-down screw (3); (5) designates a screw driving device for driving the press-down screw; (6) designates a load cell for detecting a rolling load F; (7) designates an arithmetic unit for measuring an elongation F/M of a rolling mill; (8) designates a revolution angle detector for detecting revolution angle (θ) of the work rolls; (9) designates a lock-on memory which memorizes a predetermined thickness for a lock-on calibrated by a lock-on level calibrator (13) as an elongation of the corresponding rolling mill on the revolution angle of the work rolls (2); (10) designates a comparator which measures a difference ΔF/M between an elongation Fo/M of the rolling mill in the lock-on and an elongation F/M of the rolling mill in the rolling work; (11) designates an arithmetic unit which (measures and memorizes) a thickness fluctuation ΔH(θ) at the tail edge in the present pass, on the output of the revolution angle detector (8) by the equation: ##EQU1## wherein ΔF(θ): a deviation between the rolling pressure at the lock-on of the work rolls (2) and the rolling pressure at the revolution angle θ during the rolling work; 
     M: mill constant; 
     ΔS(θ): a shifting distance in the position of the pressdown screw in the lock-on at the position of the press-down screw at the revolution angle θ of the work rolls (2); 
     ΔH(θ): a fluctuation of thickness from a predetermined thickness at the revolution angle θ of the work rolls (2) 
     (Usually, the angle θ is not considered as a lock-on edge.) 
     Thus, the arithmetic unit (11) also measures and memorizes a thickness fluctuation at the revolution angle (θ) of the work rolls (2) by the equation (2) in the rolling work in this pass as well as that of the lock-on edge. 
     The reference numeral (12) designates a timing controlling device for controlling the timing for feed forward outputing, in the present pass, and the data of the thickness variation ΔH(θ) memorized in the last pass. 
     Referring to FIG. 3, the operation of the timing controlling device will be illustrated. 
     When the point (301) of the rolled ingot in the last pass corresponds to the point (302) in the present pass, the relation is given by the equations (3), (4): 
     
         θ.sub.2 =K(θ.sub.m -θ.sub.1)             (3) ##EQU2## wherein θ.sub.1 : a revolution angle of the work rolls from the lock-on edge of a slab to the point (301) in the last pass; 
    
     θ m  : all revolution angles of the work rolls from the lock-on edge of the slab to the lock-out edge in the last pass; 
     θ 2  : a revolution angle of the work rolls from the lock-on edge of the ingot to the point (302) in the present pass; 
     K: an output timing conversion coefficient; 
     h: a predetermined thickness in the present pass; 
     H: a predetermined thickness in the last pass; 
     fn-1: a forward slip in the last pass; and 
     fn: a forward slip in the present pass. 
     When the calculated revolution angle of the mill work rolls is θ 2 , the value of ΔH(θ 2 ) corresponding to the thickness fluctuation ΔH(θ 1 ) memorized in the last pass is fed to the lock-on level calibrator (13) and the press-down screw commanding device (15). 
     This shows a reversible rolling mill. 
     In the case of a tandem type rolling mill, when the revolution angle of the work rolls from the lock-on edge to the point (301) in the last pass is θ 1  and the revolution angle of the work rolls from the same lock-on edge to the point (302) in the present pass is θ 2 , the following equation is given. ##EQU3## 
     The point (301) can be a discretional point. 
     A lock-on level calibrator (13) operates the following equation by ΔH(θ 2 ) given by the equation (2) and is fed to a comparator (14). ##EQU4## (the revolution angle (θ 2 ) shows the lock-on position) wherein Q=the deformation resistance 
     That is, the lock-on memory (9) operates by the equation: ##EQU5## wherein F(θ 2 )/M: an elongation of the slab at the lock-on edge (θ 2 ) in the present pass. 
     The screw press-down commanding device (15) commands screw press-down shifting distance ΔS* depending upon ΔF/M and ΔS. 
     The lock-on calibration is performed just after the lock-on whereby it is possible to operate as θ=0 at the lock-on edge regardless of the revolution angle θ. 
     A time constant compensating device (16) in the press-down screw position controlling system operates as follows. 
     The output ΔS* from the screw press-down device (15) is fed to the press-down screw driven device (5) under gaining for time delay T D  in the screw gap adjusting system comprising the pressdown screw (3) and the press-down screw drive device (5). 
     The time constant compensating device has the phase gain compensating function having transfer function ##EQU6## (Tρ, R: time constants of the screw gap adjusting system) to compensate the time delay in the screw gap adjusting system. 
     Referring to FIGS. 2 and 4, the operation of the embodiment having said structure will be illustrated. 
     When the thickness fluctuation ΔH&#39; in the input side is found at the tail edge in the last pass (the front edge in the present pass), the thickness fluctuation ΔH in the output side is caused as shown in FIG. 4. 
     The thickness fluctuation ΔH(θ) in the output side is given by the equation: ##EQU7## wherein S1(θ)=the shifting distance in the first pass 
     When the thickness fluctuation ΔH in the input side is found at the front edge of the slab the thickness fluctuation Δh in the output side is given by the equation: ##EQU8## 
     Accordingly, in the present pass, the elongation F 2  /M of the rolling mill caused by the rolling force F 2  is calibrated as the equation. ##EQU9## by the lock-on level calibrator (13) depending upon the equation (6) and Fo/M is memorized in the lock-on memory (9). 
     As described above, at the lock-on, it is unnecessary to consider revolution angles θ 1 , θ 2  as the lock-on edge. 
     The difference ΔF/M between the calibrated lock-on value Fo/M and the value F/M detected in the present pass, is fed into the arithmetic unit (11) wherein the thickness fluctuation ΔH(θ 2 ) is memorized under the relation of the revolution angle (θ 2 ) of the work rolls (2) depending upon the equation (2) and also the thickness fluctuation ΔH(θ 1 ) memorized in the last pass, is taken out and operated by the screw press-down commanding device (15) depending upon the equation (10) to give the command ΔS* of the press-down screw shifting distance through the time constant compensating device (16) to the screw press-down device (5) by the timing controlling device (12) at the position of the revolution angle θ 2  corresponding to the revolution angle θ 1 . ##EQU10## wherein F: a rolling load function calculated by the schedule calculation under variable of a thickness h or a temperature T of steel slab; 
     ∂F/∂ho 2  : a differential coefficient corresponding to deformation resistance Q for a thickness ho 2  in the output side in the present pass for the rolling load function. 
     The time constant compensating device (16) compensates the time delay in the screw gap adjusting system and then outputs to the screw press-down device. 
     The screw press-down device (5) drives the press-down screw (3) depending upon the adjusting degree given by the equation (7) at the position for the revolution angle (θ 2 ) of the work rolls (2) in the present pass. The control in the next pass is also performed in the same manner.