Method for the production of flat metal products, in particular coils of strip, in endless and/or semi-endless mode, in which a metal product is continuously fed to a rolling mill consisting overall of at least 4 stands. The rolling stands are, in sequence, roughing stands, and finishing stands. It is provided to perform a flying gauge change of the metal product exiting from the rolling mill.

A method and a regulating device for regulating a rolling process, wherein a rolling material is rolled in a rolling gap between two working rollers of a rolling stand. A target forward slip value (f.sub.s) for a forward slip (f) of the rolling material is specified, and an actual forward slip value (f.sub.M) of the forward slip (f) of the rolling material is ascertained. The forward slip (f) of the rolling material is regulated to the target forward slip value (f.sub.s) in that a lubricant rate (u.sub.R) of a lubricant is applied to the rolling material and/or at least one working roller depending on the actual forward slip value (f.sub.M) and the target forward slip value (f.sub.s).

The invention relates to a device for rolling, in particular for stepped rolling, of rolling stock with at least one pair of rolls and at least one linear drive arranged downstream of the pair of rolls in the rolling direction, which together with the pair of rolls can apply tensile stress to the rolling stock, and with means for detecting the tensile stress. In order to enable an improved method of flexibly rolling stock, the rolling device is characterized by means for detecting the tensile stress and by a control device for controlling the drive power of the linear drive as a function of the tensile stress detected, in order optionally to vary the tensile stress applied to the stock or to keep the tensile stress constant as the drive speeds behind the roll gap change. The invention also relates to a method of rolling the rolling stock using such a device.

The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a stretch-reducing mill. Tube ends of stretched tubes are optimized by controlling one or more motors of the stretch-reducing mill. The method includes at least one outlet-side wall thickness measurement and an automatic adjustment of the value of a speed change of the motors to the tube wall thickness profile. The progression of the speed changes over time of individual or all motors is also automatically adjusted on the basis of the tube wall thickness measured values.

A controller (2) and method for controlling a stretch-reducing mill (1) for rolling tubes are presented. The stretch-reducing mill (1) has several roll stands (10) arranged behind one another in a conveying direction (F) of the tubes (R) and at least one outlet-side wall thickness measuring device (20). The controller (2) is set up to receive measurement data from the wall thickness measuring device (20) which identifies one or more outlet-side wall thicknesses (s.sub.r) of a tube (R) exiting from the last roll stand (10) and one or more of the received measurement data wall thickness on the inlet-side (s.sub.l_t), preferably to determine an inlet-side wall thickness profile of the tube (R) before entering the first roll stand (10), and preferably to calculate and control one or more of the roll stands (10), taking into account the determined inlet-side wall thicknesses (s.sub.l_t).

A method to adjust the drawing action on a bar in a rolling and/or finishing train is provided, as well as an adjustment device associated with the train to implement the method. A metal product is made using the method.

A controller (2) and method for controlling a stretch-reducing mill (1) for rolling tubes are presented. The stretch-reducing mill (1) has several roll stands (10) arranged behind one another in a conveying direction (F) of the tubes (R) and at least one outlet-side wall thickness measuring device (20). The controller (2) is set up to receive measurement data from the wall thickness measuring device (20) which identifies one or more outlet-side wall thicknesses (s.sub.r) of a tube (R) exiting from the last roll stand (10) and one or more of the received measurement data wall thickness on the inlet-side (s.sub.l_t), preferably to determine an inlet-side wall thickness profile of the tube (R) before entering the first roll stand (10), and preferably to calculate and control one or more of the roll stands (10), taking into account the determined inlet-side wall thicknesses (s.sub.l_t).

A process of cold rolling an aluminum product, e.g. a strip, which crosses at least one rolling stand, wherein a lubricant is applied to the strip close to said at least one rolling stand by means of a plurality of applying means, said lubricant comprising an emulsion of oil and water. A related rolling plant is also described.

A method for setting a roll gap of sinusoidal corrugated rolling for a metal composite plate includes steps of: determining entrance thicknesses, exit thicknesses, a width, and a rolling temperature of a difficult-to-deform metal slab and an easy-to-deform metal slab; detecting a roll speed and an entrance speed of a metal composite slab, obtaining a roll radius and friction factors; determining parameters of a sinusoidal corrugating roll and a quantity of complete sinusoidal corrugations on the sinusoidal corrugating roll; then calculating a time required for a complete corrugated rolling; calculating a rolling force at any time during the sinusoidal corrugated rolling of the metal composite plate; and calculating the roll gap S of the corrugated rolling at any time according to the rolling force F, and configuring a rolling mill to have the roll gap S according to an actual rolling schedule before normal production.

A roll stand of a rolling mill is supplied with a metal strip by an upstream supply device at an in-feed speed (v), with said metal strip being rolled in the roll stand. A measuring device between the supply device and the roll stand detects a respective thickness value (d) of the metal strip for consecutive sections of the metal strip and supplies said value to a control device of the rolling mill. The control device determines final thickness deviations based on the preliminary thickness deviations. The control device determines a respective control value (A2, A3) for the roll stand and/or the supply device for the sections of the metal strip based on the final thickness deviation of the respective section of the metal strip and the final thickness deviations of multiple preceding and/or subsequent sections of the metal strip.