COLD ROLLING OF ROLLED STOCK

Abstract

A rolling device (1), a method and a rolling train (35) for the cold rolling of rolled stock (3). The rolling device (1)-a rolling stand (5), multiple assembly sets for optionally assembling the rolling stand (5) with one of the assembly sets, and a working-roll drive. Each assembly set comprises two working rolls (7, 8), and for each working roll (7, 8) two working-roll chocks (9). A spindle head (11), can be connected to a working roll journal (16) of the working roll (7, 8). The working rolls (7, 8) of different assembly sets have different working-roll diameter ranges, which are determined by a respective minimum working-roll diameter and maximum working-roll diameter. The rolling stand (5) has mountings (19) for a respective working-roll chock (9) of an assembly set. The working-roll drive has two drive spindles (27), each for driving a working roll (7, 8) via the spindle head (11) assigned to the working roll (7, 8) by rotations about a longitudinal axis of the drive spindle (27).

Claims

1. A rolling device for cold rolling of rolled stock, the device comprising: a rolling stand; a plurality of equipment sets configured for the purpose of selectively equipping the rolling stand with one of the equipment sets; and a working roller drive, wherein each equipment set has two working rollers and, for each working roller, each equipment set has two working roller chocks assigned to the working roller; each of the roller chocks has at least one working-roller bearing for the working roller, and has a spindle head, which is assigned to the working roller and is configured to be connected to a working roller journal of the working roller in a form-fitting manner; the working rollers each have a working roller diameter range, and each of the working roller diameter range is determined by a minimum working roller diameter and a maximum working roller diameter of the working roller; the working rollers of one equipment set have the same working roller diameter range, and the working rollers of different equipment sets have respective working roller diameter ranges that differ from one another; the rolling stand has mounts for a respective working roller chock of one equipment set; and the working roller drive has two drive spindles which are respectively configured to drive a working roller via the spindle head assigned to the working roller and by rotations about a longitudinal axis of the drive spindle.

2. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the minimum working roller diameter of the working rollers of one equipment set differs from the maximum working roller diameter by 40 mm to 90 mm.

3. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the working rollers of one equipment set have a minimum working roller diameter of 340 mm and a maximum working roller diameter of 385 mm, and the working rollers of another equipment set have a minimum working roller diameter of 375 mm and a maximum working roller diameter of 460 mm.

4. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the internal diameters (d1) of the working-roller bearings of all equipment sets deviate from one another by at most two percent.

5. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the working roller journals of the working rollers of all equipment sets have identical journal diameters (d) and journal shapes.

6. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a diameter ratio of an external diameter (D1) to an internal diameter (d1) of a working-roller bearing decreases as the working roller diameter range of the equipment sets decreases.

7. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a diameter ratio of an external diameter (D1) to an internal diameter (d1) of the working-roller bearings of at least one equipment set is at most 1.41, and wherein a diameter ratio of an external diameter (D1) to an internal diameter (d1) of the working-roller bearings of at least one other equipment set is at most 1.32.

8. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a ratio of a height (A) of a working roller chock to an external diameter (D1) of a working roller bearing of at least one equipment set is less than 1.09.

9. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a minimum wall thickness (W1) of a working roller chock of at least one equipment set on that side of the working roller chock that faces toward the rolled stock is less than six percent of an external diameter (D1) of a working roller bearing of the working roller chock.

10. The rolling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a minimum wall thickness (W1) of a working roller chock of at least one equipment set on a side facing toward the rolled stock is at most as great as a minimum wall thickness (W2) on a side of the working roller chock that faces away from the rolled stock.

11. A method for the cold rolling of rolled stock by a rolling device as claimed in claim 1, the method comprising the steps of selecting an equipment set of the rolling device depending on the material properties of the rolled stock, equipping the rolling stand of the rolling device with the equipment set, and guiding the rolled stock between the two working rollers of the equipment set whereby the working rollers are rotated about their respective longitudinal axes by the working roller drive.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising selecting the equipment set depending on a position of the rolling device in a rolling train.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising the steps of setting a bending limit for at least one equipment set for positive bending of the working rollers as a function of a minimum wall thickness of the working roller chocks on the sides of the working roller chocks that face toward the rolled stock, and bending the working rollers positively not above the bending limit during guiding of the rolled stock between the two working rollers.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising the step of negatively bending the working rollers of at least one equipment set depending on a crown of the working rollers during guiding the rolled stock between the two working rollers.

15. The method as claimed in 11, further comprising the step of setting an axial displacement of the working rollers relative to one another for at least one equipment set as a function of a width and thickness of the rolled stock during guiding of the rolled stock between the two working rollers.

16. A rolling train having at least one rolling device as claimed in claim 1.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] FIG. 1 shows a sectional illustration of an exemplary embodiment of a rolling device in the region of a working roller,

[0029] FIG. 2 shows working rollers and a rolled stock guided through between the working rollers,

[0030] FIG. 3 shows a sectional illustration of a working roller journal, a spindle head and a drive spindle,

[0031] FIG. 4 shows a working roller chock of a further exemplary embodiment of a rolling device,

[0032] FIG. 5 schematically shows a rolling train with four rolling devices.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

[0033] Parts which correspond to one another are provided with the same reference signs in all of the figures.

[0034] FIG. 1 shows a sectional illustration of an exemplary embodiment of a rolling device 1 according to the invention for the cold rolling of rolled stock 3. The rolling device 1 comprises a rolling stand 5, a plurality of equipment sets for the purpose of selectively equipping the rolling stand 5 with one of the equipment sets, and a working roller drive. Each assembly set comprises two working rollers 7, 8 and, for each working roller 7, 8, comprises two working roller chocks 9 assigned to the working roller 7, 8 and a spindle head 11 assigned to the working roller 7, 8. The two working rollers 7, 8 of one equipment set have the same working roller diameter range. The working rollers 7, 8 of different equipment sets have respective working roller diameter ranges that differ from one another.

[0035] FIG. 2 shows the working rollers 7, 8 of one equipment set and a rolled stock 3 that is guided through and between the working rollers 7, 8 and has a width b. The working roller diameter D of a working roller 7, 8 is a maximum diameter of the working roller 7, 8 and the diameter D is adopted by the working roller 7, 8 in a center region 13, which is approximately circular-cylindrical and is generally ground to a crown or in the shape of a bottle. One end of the center region 13 of each working roller 7, 8 has a chamfer 15. The chamfers 15 of the two working rollers 7, 8 are arranged spaced apart and opposite one another at each respective end region. Each end region of a working roller 7, 8 is in the form of a working roller journal 16. Each journal has a diameter d which is smaller than the working roller diameter D. The journal diameters d of the working rollers 7, 8 of each of all of the equipment sets match.

[0036] In FIG. 2, the working rollers 7, 8 are axially displaced relative to one another in such a way that the chamfers 15 of the two working rollers 7, 8 are each arranged in the region of one of the two lateral strip edges of the rolled stock 3. This relieves the strip edges of the rolled stock 3 of load during the rolling, for example to avoid cracks in the strip edges. The cracks can arise when the strip edges are not relieved of load in the event of rolling rolled stock 3 that is at risk of edge cracks, for example electrical steel strip with a silicon content of at least two percent. In addition, such a mutual axial displacement of the working rollers 7, 8 makes it possible to prevent the center regions 13 of the working rollers 7, 8 from touching each other outside the rolled stock 3 when very thin rolled stock 3 is being rolled.

[0037] In FIG. 4, each working roller chock 9 has a working-roller bearing 17 for a working roller journal 16 of a working roller 7, 8. The working-roller bearing 17 is a roller bearing, for example a tapered roller bearing, having an internal diameter d1, which corresponds to the journal diameter d of the working roller journal 16, and has an external diameter D1. The internal diameters d1 of the working-roller bearings 17 of all equipment sets are at least approximately identical. For example, they deviate from one another by at most two percent. By contrast, the external diameters D1 of the working-roller bearings 17 of the different equipment sets may differ significantly from one another. For example, a diameter ratio D1/d1 of the external diameter D1 to the internal diameter d1 of a working-roller bearing 17 decreases as the roller diameter D of the working rollers 7, 8 of the equipment sets decreases. For example, this diameter ratio is at most 1.32 for at least one equipment set, in particular for equipment sets having small working-roller diameters D. Furthermore, a ratio A/D1 of a height A of a working roller chock 9 to the external diameter D1 of the working-roller bearing 17 of the working roller chock 9 is preferably less than 1.09 for at least one equipment set, in particular for all equipment sets.

[0038] In order to roll a rolled stock 3 using the rolling device 1, the rolling stand 5 is equipped with the working roller chocks 9 and working rollers 7, 8 of one equipment set. For this purpose, the rolling stand 5 has four mounts 19, which respectively receive a working roller chock 9 and in which the working roller chocks 9 can be vertically displaced, for example by hydraulic cylinders (not illustrated). In particular, bending forces can be exerted on the working rollers 7, 8 via the mounts 19. A working roller 7, 8 can be positively bent by a bending force in a first bending force direction 21, which is directed away from the rolled stock 3. In the process, in particular, a first load zone 23, facing toward the rolled stock 3, of the working roller chock 9 is subjected to load, with forces that act in the process being illustrated in FIG. 1 by arrows in the first load zone 23. A working roller 7, 8 can be negatively bent by a bending force in a second bending force direction 22, which is directed toward the rolled stock 3. In the process, in particular, a second load zone 24, facing away from the rolled stock 3, of the working roller chock 9 is subjected to load, with forces that act in the process being illustrated in FIG. 1 by arrows in the second load zone 24.

[0039] The rolling device 1 of the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1 furthermore has back-up rollers 25, which are arranged above and below the mounts 19 and can be vertically displaced, with the result that their positions can be adapted to the working roller diameters D and positions of the working rollers 7, 8.

[0040] FIG. 3 shows a sectional illustration of the working roller journal 16 of a working roller 7, 8, the spindle head 11 assigned to the working roller 7, 8, and a drive spindle 27 of the working roller drive of the rolling device 1. The spindle head 11 has a tubular form. An end, facing toward the working roller journal 16, of the spindle head 11 forms an opening, the cross section of which corresponds to a cross section of the end of the working roller journal 16 and into which the end of the working roller journal 16 projects. The cross section of the end of the working roller journal 16 is not circular, but has, for example, the shape of a circle out of which have been cut two segments of a circle that arise by a point reflection or inversion at the midpoint of the circle. As a result, the spindle head 11 and the end of the working roller journal 16 are connected to one another in a form-fitting manner.

[0041] One end of the drive spindle 27 projects into the other end of the spindle head 11. This end of the drive spindle 27 has an external toothing 29, which corresponds to an internal toothing 31 on an inner surface of the spindle head 11, and therefore rotations of the drive spindle 27 about its longitudinal axis are transferred to the spindle head 11 and via the spindle head 11 to the working roller journal 16, and drive the working roller 7, 8. The rotations of the drive spindle 27 are generated by a drive unit (not illustrated) of the working roller drive, for example by a motor.

[0042] A wall thickness, an external diameter and the internal toothing 31 of the spindle head 11 are designed for the maximum torque of the working roller drive for driving the working roller 7, 8 to which the spindle head 11 is assigned.

[0043] The spindle head 11 is furthermore configured in such a way that an angle between the longitudinal axes of the drive spindle 27 and of the spindle head 11 can be adjusted in order to compensate for a change in position of the working roller 7, 8, for example after the working roller 7, 8 has been ground down.

[0044] FIG. 4 shows a working roller chock 9 of a further exemplary embodiment of a rolling device 1. On a side 33 facing toward the rolled stock 3, the working roller chock 9 has a minimum wall thickness W1 which is smaller than a minimum wall thickness W2 on the side 34 facing away from the rolled stock 3. For example, the minimum wall thickness W1 on the side 33 facing toward the rolled stock 3 is less than six percent of the external diameter D1 of the working-roller bearing 17 of the working roller chock 9. When using a working roller chock 9 of this type, a bending limit for positive bending of the working rollers 7, 8 is preferably set as a function of the minimum wall thickness W1 of the working roller chocks 9 on the sides facing toward the rolled stock 3, and the working rollers 7, 8 are not positively bent above the bending limit.

[0045] FIG. 5 schematically shows a rolling train 35 with four rolling devices 1 according to the invention. The rolling devices 1 are arranged one behind the other along a rolling direction 37, in which the rolled stock 3 passes through the rolling train 35. All of the rolling devices 1 of the rolling train 35 are preferably of similar design in terms of the drive spindles 27, spindle heads 11, working roller journals 16 of the working rollers 7, 8, and working roller chocks 9, and therefore these components can be exchanged between the rolling devices 1. This advantageously simplifies the provision of spare parts and increases the profitability of the rolling train 35.

[0046] According to the invention, the rolling stand 5 of a rolling device 1 is equipped with an equipment set that is selected depending on the rolled stock 3, in particular on its strength, width b, run-in thickness and/or run-out thickness, and on a position of the rolling device 1 in the rolling train 35. For example, in the case of a four-stand rolling train 35, shown in FIG. 5, for producing thin, high-strength and ultra-high-strength rolled stock 3, for example electrical steel strip with a silicon content, the rolling stands 5 of the two rear rolling devices 1 are equipped with working rollers 7, 8 which have working roller diameters D that are smaller than the working roller diameters D of the working rollers 7, 8 with which the rolling stands 5 of the two front rolling devices 1 are equipped. For example, the two rear rolling devices 1 are equipped with working rollers 7, 8 having working roller diameters D of at most 350 mm to 430 mm (depending on the width b of the rolled stock 3) and the two front rolling devices 1 are equipped with working rollers 7, 8 having working roller diameters D of at most 400 mm to 490 mm (depending on the width b of the rolled stock 3).

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0047] 1 Rolling device [0048] 3 Rolled stock [0049] 5 Rolling stand [0050] 7, 8 Working roller [0051] 9 Working roller chock [0052] 11 Spindle head [0053] 13 Center region [0054] 15 Chamfer [0055] 16 Working roller journal [0056] 17 Bearing [0057] 19 Mount [0058] 21, 22 Bending force direction [0059] 23, 24 Load zone [0060] 25 Back-up roller [0061] 27 Drive spindle [0062] 29 External toothing [0063] 31 Internal toothing [0064] 33, 34 Side [0065] 35 Rolling train [0066] 37 Rolling direction [0067] A Height [0068] b Width [0069] D Working roller diameter [0070] d Journal diameter [0071] D1 External diameter [0072] d1 Internal diameter [0073] W1, W2 Minimum wall thickness