B21B37/76

Control of the water economy of a cooling path

In a cooling path, hot rolled material composed of metal is cooled. The cooling path has a pump which extracts coolant from a coolant reservoir and feeds said coolant via a line system to a number of coolant outlets which are controlled by means of valves positioned upstream of the coolant outlets. A control device of the cooling path determines activation states (Ci) for the valves for a respective point in time taking into consideration coolant flows (Wi) which are intended to be discharged via the coolant outlets at the respective point in time, in conjunction with a working pressure (pA) of the coolant prevailing at the inlet side of the valve. By adding the coolant flows (Wi), said control device determines a total coolant flow (WG).

APPLICATION DEVICES FOR COOLING SECTIONS, HAVING A SECOND CONNECTION
20210354182 · 2021-11-18 ·

A cooling section (2) is situated in a rolling line or upstream or downstream of the rolling line. A hot metal rolled material (1) is cooled in the cooling section. A control device (13) of the cooling section (2) dynamically determines setpoint actuation states (S1*) for control valves (10) situated in supply lines (8) and actuates the control valves (10) accordingly. Main flows (F1) of a liquid, water-based coolant (7) are supplied to application devices (6) of the cooling section (2) via the supply lines (8) in accordance with the actuation. The supply lines (8) conduct the main flows (F1) to buffer regions (12) of the application devices (6). Proceeding from there, cooling flows (F) of the coolant (7) are applied to the hot rolled material (1). The control device (13) also dynamically determines setpoint actuation states (S2*) for active devices (16) and actuates the active devices (16) accordingly. The active devices (16) conduct additional flows (F2) of a further medium (18) to the buffer regions (12) via further supply lines (17) in accordance with the actuation. The cooling flows (F) depend on both the main flows (F1) and the additional flows (F2). The additional flows (F2) are positive or negative depending on the actuation state (S2*) of the active devices (16). The control device (13) adjusts the additional flows (F2) by correspondingly actuating the active devices (16) such that the cooling flows (F) are as identical as possible to setpoint flows (F*) of the coolant (7) at all times.

APPLICATION DEVICES FOR COOLING SECTIONS, HAVING A SECOND CONNECTION
20210354182 · 2021-11-18 ·

A cooling section (2) is situated in a rolling line or upstream or downstream of the rolling line. A hot metal rolled material (1) is cooled in the cooling section. A control device (13) of the cooling section (2) dynamically determines setpoint actuation states (S1*) for control valves (10) situated in supply lines (8) and actuates the control valves (10) accordingly. Main flows (F1) of a liquid, water-based coolant (7) are supplied to application devices (6) of the cooling section (2) via the supply lines (8) in accordance with the actuation. The supply lines (8) conduct the main flows (F1) to buffer regions (12) of the application devices (6). Proceeding from there, cooling flows (F) of the coolant (7) are applied to the hot rolled material (1). The control device (13) also dynamically determines setpoint actuation states (S2*) for active devices (16) and actuates the active devices (16) accordingly. The active devices (16) conduct additional flows (F2) of a further medium (18) to the buffer regions (12) via further supply lines (17) in accordance with the actuation. The cooling flows (F) depend on both the main flows (F1) and the additional flows (F2). The additional flows (F2) are positive or negative depending on the actuation state (S2*) of the active devices (16). The control device (13) adjusts the additional flows (F2) by correspondingly actuating the active devices (16) such that the cooling flows (F) are as identical as possible to setpoint flows (F*) of the coolant (7) at all times.

COOLING SECTION WITH COOLANT FLOWS WHICH CAN BE ADJUSTED USING PUMPS
20210245215 · 2021-08-12 · ·

A cooling section arranged within, upstream of, or downstream of a rolling train is provided. A hot-rolled product made of metal is cooled by the cooling section. Application devices of the cooling section are supplied with an actual current of a water-based liquid coolant via a supply line and a pump. The actual current of the coolant is applied to the hot-rolled product by means of the application device. The hot-rolled product is transported within the cooling section in a horizontal transport direction during the application of the coolant. A controller of the cooling section dynamically ascertains a target actuation state for each pump on the basis of a target current of the coolant to be applied onto the hot-rolled product by the application device and controls the pump in a corresponding manner such that the actual current delivered by each pump approximates the target current as much as possible.

COOLING SECTION WITH COOLANT FLOWS WHICH CAN BE ADJUSTED USING PUMPS
20210245215 · 2021-08-12 · ·

A cooling section arranged within, upstream of, or downstream of a rolling train is provided. A hot-rolled product made of metal is cooled by the cooling section. Application devices of the cooling section are supplied with an actual current of a water-based liquid coolant via a supply line and a pump. The actual current of the coolant is applied to the hot-rolled product by means of the application device. The hot-rolled product is transported within the cooling section in a horizontal transport direction during the application of the coolant. A controller of the cooling section dynamically ascertains a target actuation state for each pump on the basis of a target current of the coolant to be applied onto the hot-rolled product by the application device and controls the pump in a corresponding manner such that the actual current delivered by each pump approximates the target current as much as possible.

Cooling section comprising power cooling and laminar cooling

A cooling section for flat rolling stock has a working region, through which the flat rolling stock is guided. The working region can be supplied with a liquid coolant by means of a number of spray beams. The liquid coolant is fed from a reservoir for the liquid coolant to the spray beams by means of a pump and a supply system. Valves are arranged upstream of the spray beams in the supply system. Opening positions of the valves are set by a control unit of the cooling section according to a respective sub-flow that is to be applied to the flat rolling stock by means of each spray beam. Also, the delivery rate of the pump and/or a line pressure generated by the pump in the supply system are set by the control unit according to the total flow that is to be applied to the flat rolling stock by means of all the spray beams.

Straightening system and straightening method

A straightening system is provided to perform straightening in conformity with a shape pattern of a the material. The straightening system includes a cooling device configured to spray a cooling fluid in a predetermined pattern with respect to a plurality of regions of the material, divided in a width direction, to cool the material that is heated in a heating furnace and then passes through a rolling mill. The straightening system also includes a straightening device configured to straighten the material passed through the cooling device. The straightening system further includes a flatness measuring system configured to measure flatness of the material passed through the cooling device and a controller configured to receive data of the flatness of the material from the flatness measuring system and to control the cooling device in response to the data to enhance the flatness of the material.

A SIDE SPRAY METHOD FOR COOLING THE STEEL STRIP AFTER HOT ROLLING

Aside spray method for cooling the steel strip after hot rolling, comprising the following steps: a) providing side spray devices (30, 30, 30) behind each of cooling sections after hot rolling (20, 20, 20), the side spray devices being staggered along the two sides of an run out roller table (10), each side spray device comprising at least two spray units, each spray unit comprising spray tubes (2, 2, 2) and nozzles on the tubes, the spray tubes being in parallel and vertically arranged along running direction of the steel strip, the covering ranges of adjacent nozzles are partially overlapped, and a total spray coverage of nozzles covers the width of the entire run out roller table; side spray water collecting devices (40, 40, 40) are provided on the other side of the run out roller table that is opposite to side spray devices, so that side spray water being collected by the water collecting devices; b) controlling the side spray devices in a mode of open-in-pairs, i.e., side spray devices on either side of the run out roller table must be started simultaneously. The side spray method can effectively purge the residual water on the surface of steel strip having different width specifications, improves the cooling uniformity, and reduces splashes as far as possible to avoid adverse effects on the environment and electrical equipment.

STEEL STRIP COILING TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE FOR THE SAME AND STEEL STRIP PROCESSING SYSTEM

The present disclosure discloses a steel strip coiling temperature control method, a steel strip coiling temperature control device and a steel strip processing system, which relate to the technical field of steel strip production. The method comprises: seeking a corresponding speed compensation coefficient according to a target thickness of the steel strip and a target temperature parameter; seeking a corresponding speed gain coefficient from a second correspondence table according to a steel strip speed; correcting the steel strip speed based on the speed compensation coefficient and the speed gain coefficient to obtain a corrected steel strip speed; and adjusting a cooling efficiency of a laminar flow cooling apparatus according to the corrected steel strip speed. With the method, the cooling efficiency of the laminar flow cooling apparatus can be dynamically adjusted according to the steel strip speed, thereby solving the problem that that there is a great difference in coiling temperature between a tail section of the steel strip and a front section of the steel strip caused by the steel strip throwing process, and reducing the amount of cutting loss of the steel strip.

TREATMENT OF HOT ROLLING STOCK MADE OF METAL
20210213499 · 2021-07-15 ·

Hot rolling stock (1) made of metal which is rolled in at least one roll stand (2) and then cooled in a cooling section (5) arranged downstream of the at least one roll stand (2). Sound generated by means of a sound generator arrangement (8) is coupled into the rolling stock (1) by a coupling device (1) so that a standing sound wave is formed at least in the region of the rolling stock (1) which is located in the vicinity of the coupling device (10).