Rolling Control Apparatus Rolling Control Method And Rolling Control Program
Abstract:
To provide an apparatus method and program for acquiring data samples under various conditions without compromising product quality during a rolling operation. [Solution] The present invention comprises: a roll gap control unit (111) which controls a roll gap of a plurality of rolling stands (1) through a feedback control so that a plate thickness of a rolled material rolled by the plurality of rolling stands (1) approaches a preset plate thickness; a setup calculation unit (105) which sets a change in a line speed; a rolling reduction change specification calculation unit (108) which sets a sequential change in the preset plate thickness for controlling the roll gap of the plurality of rolling stands (1) other than the rearmost one based on the sequential change in the line speed; and a friction coefficient calculation unit (102) and a deformation resistance calculation unit (103) which calculate a friction coefficient and a deformation resistance based on an actual measured value of a rolling state of rolling conducted based on the preset plate thickness and the line speed set to be changed sequentially.
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C/O HITACHI, LTD., 6-6, MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-8280 JAPAN
2. HATTORI Satoshi
C/O HITACHI, LTD., 6-6, MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-8280 JAPAN
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DESCRIPT.t.ON
TITLE OF INVENTION: ROLLING CONTROL APPARATUS, ROLLING CONTROL
METHOD, AND ROLLING CONTROL PROGRAM
TECHNICAL FIELD
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The present inventlon relates to a rolling control apparatus,
a roll-ing control method and a rolling controf program/ and
relates more specifically to learning a parameter of a rolling
control- while executing rolling for producing an actual product.
BACKGROUND ART
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In a rolling mil-l-, rolling operation is executed by
controlling tensj-on and rolling load applied to a rol-l-ed material
using a ro11 gap that is a space between upper and fower work
rolls and the rol-1 speed of facil-i-tles before and after the
rolling mill. In the rolling ooeraEion, a feedback control is
executed which is for operating the roll- gap and the roll- speed
which are control manipulateci var:-able of the rolling mill
accordi-ng to a preset pattern, a::c naintaining the sheet
thj-ckness, tenslon, and rolllng ,336 of the rolled material which
are the control state amounts of the rolling mill at preset
values.
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When a pattern for operating
speed as described above is to be
using the deformation resistance
such the rol-1 gap and the rol-l
formed, calculation is executed
of the rol-Ied material- and the
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friction coefficient of the rol-Ied material and the wcrk rolfs of
the rol-l-ing mi1I. Therefore, in order to form a pattern with high
accuracy of the rolling result in flying sheet thickness change
for changing the target sheet thickness without stopping the
rolling operation/ accel-eration and decel-eration of the rolling
speed and the like, i-t is required to obtain the deformation
resistance and the friction coefficient with high accuracy.
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However, these deformation resistance and friction
coefficient are dynamic parameters changing according to an
operation state such as the friction of the work rolIs and the
roll coofant and the l-ike and a state of a material of a nonrolled
material, and are required to be obtained again when the
condition changes. Therefore, it is desired to increase the
sample number by obtaining the deformation resistance and the
friction coefficj-ent based on values measured while roJ-ling
operation is executed.
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From the past, methods for obtaining an appropriate
parameter during rolling operation have been proocsei variously
(refer to Patent Literatures 1 to 3 for example) . Ho-*ever, the
methods disclosed in the literatures are methods for cbtaining an
appropriate parameter for correctlng a parameter, and are
different in the purpose from the invention of the present
application which acqulres data samples under various conditions
while executing the ro1I1ng operation.
CITATION L]ST
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PATENT LITERATURES
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PATENT LITEMTURE 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application
Publicati-on No. H6-15318
PATENT LITERATURE 2: Japanese Unexamlned Patent Application
Publicati-on No. 2001-245204
PATENT LITERATURE 3: Japanese Unexamj-ned Patent Application
Publication No . 2009-208115
SUMMARY OE INVENTION
TECHNICAI PROBLEMS
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The frlction coefficient p can be calculated by a
mathematlcal model using the rol-l-ing speed. In general, the
behavior of the friction coefficient becomes conspicuous in a low
speed section. In order to secure the sample numbers with respect
to the speed, j-t is desired to take data j-n a speed band of a
wide range. Also, the deformation resistance k can be calculated
by a mathematical model that uses the draft and the rolling speed.
By intentionally operating the draft in calculating the
deformation resistance, it is possibl-e to increase the data
sample number of the deformation resistance and to improve the
calculation accuracy of the deformation resistance.
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However, when many drafts are changed i-n one cycle and the
change amount of the final draft is excessively increased, offgage
occurs which is a problem that the sheet thickness after
rolling does not satisfy the product quality, and therefore it is
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difficult to obtain the data sample whil-e executing the rolling
operation. Accordingly, in order that the product is not affected,
the draft that is the sheet thickness preset val_ue should be
changed within a range the sheet thickness control can assist.
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The present invention has been developed in view of the
circumstances as described above, and its object is to acquire
data samples under various conditions while executing the rolling
operatlon without deteriorating the product quality.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS
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An aspect of the present invention is a rolling controlapparatus
that controls a tandem rolling mill that rolls a rolled
material wlth a plurality of pairs of rolls including: a roll gap
control unit that controls a roll gap of the plurality of pairs
of rolls by a feedback control so as to bring a sheet thickness
of the roll-ed material rol-red by the prurality of pairs of rol-ls
closer to a preset sheet thickness designated; a transporting
speed presetting unlt that presets a time-sequentlal change of a
transporting speed of the rolled material; a preset sheet
thickness change setting unit that presets a time-sequential
change of a preset sheet thickness for controlling a roll gap of
rolls other than rolls of the rearmost stage out of the plurality
of pai-rs of rolls based on the time-sequential change of the
transporting speed preset; and a parameter calculating unit that
calculates a parameter in control of the rolling mill based on a
measured value in a rolling state in rolling executed based on
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the transporting speed and the preset sheet thickness preset so
as to change time-sequentially.
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AIso, another aspect of the present inventi-on is a rolli-ng
control method that control-s a tandem rolling mill that rol-ls a
rolled material with a pIuraIlty of pairs of rol-Is including the
steps of: controlling a roll gap of the plurality of pairs of
rolls by a feedback control so as to bring a sheet thickness of a
rol-led material roll-ed by the plurality of pairs of rolls closer
to a preset sheet thickness designated; presetting a timesequential
change of a transportation speed of the rolled
material; presetting a time-sequentj-al change of a preset sheet
thickness for controlling a roll- gap of rol-Is other than roll-s of
the rearmost stage out of the plurality of pairs of rolls based
on the time-sequential change of the transportation speed preset;
and calculating a parameter in control- of the rolling mill based
on a measured value in a rolling state in rolli-ng executed based
on the transporting speed and the preset sheet thickness preset
so as to change time-sequentially.
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Further, a still- other aspect of the present invention is a
rolling control- program that controls a tandem rolling mil1 that
roll-s a rolled material with a plurality of pairs of rol-Is making
an information processing apparatus execute: a step of
controlling a roll gap of the plurality of pairs of rol-ls by a
feedback control so as to bring a sheet thickness of a roll-ed
material- rolled by the plurality of pairs of rolls closer to a
preset sheet thickness designated; a step of presetting a time-
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seqrlentj-al change of a transportation speed of the roll-ed
material; a step of presetting a time-sequential change of a
preset sheet thickness for control-ling a ro11 gap of roll-s other
than roli-s of the rearmost stage out of the plurality of pairs of
roll-s based on the time-sequential- change of the transportation
speed preset; and a step of calculating a parameter in control of
the rol-ling mil1 based on a measured value in a rolling state j-n
rolling executed based on the transporting speed and the preset
sheet thickness preset so as to change time-sequentially.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF TNVENTTON
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According to the present invention, data samples can be
acquired under various conditions while executing the rolling
operation without deteriorating the product qualj-ty.
BR,IEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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[Fiq. 1] Fig. 1 is a drawing showing an entire structure of
a roIling mill and a rolling control apparatus according to an
e=.codiment of the present invention.
[Fig. 2) Fig. 2 ts a drawing showing a hardware
configuration of the rolling contro1 apparatus according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[Fiq. 3] Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing a determination
motion of a rolling mode according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[Fig. 4) Frg. 4 is a timing chart of a rolling contro]-
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according to an er,bodiment of the present invention.
[Fig. 5] Fig. 5 1s a drawing showing a calcul-ation form of a
preset sheet thickness change amount accordi-ng to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[Fig. 6] Fig. 6 is a drawing for describing a determination
form of a draft change rate according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[Fig. '7) Fig. 7 is a drawing showing an application example
of the maximum draft change amount according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[Fig. 8] Fig. B is a flow chart showing a motion of an
abnormality detection unit according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[Fig. 9] Fig. 9 is a timing chart of a rolling controlaccording
to an embodiment of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODiMENTS
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Embodiment 1
In the preseo*u embodiment, an example of control wifl- be
described in which, ':l a tandem rolling mill incl-uding four roll
stands, rollj-ng is executed while changing the roll-ing condition
such as the roll gap of the roII stands other than that of the
rearmost stage, thereby the data sampJ-es under various conditions
are collected, the deformatj-on resistance and the friction
coeffj-cient are calculated, and the rolling model is l-earnt.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuratj-on
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of a rolling miIl 10 and a rolling ccn'Lro1 apparatus 100
according to the present emlcodiment. As shown in Fig. 1, the
rolling mil-I 10 according to the present embodiment incfudes four
roll stands L, and sheet thickness meters 2 measuring the sheet
thlckness he to ha of a ro1led material M are arranged between the
respective roll- stands 7, in the front stage of the roll- stand 1
of the foremost stage, and in the rear stage of the ro11 stand 1
of the rearmost stage. Also, in the respective roll- stands L,
rolling load measuring apparatuses 3 measuring the rolling loads
P1 to Pa with respect to the rolled material are arranged.
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Further, i-n each of the respective ro11 stand 1, a PLG
(Pul-se Logic Generater) 4 measuring the roll speeds RV1 to RVa of
work rolls actually rolling the rolled material is arranged, and
it is used as the roll speed measuring apparatus. Also, as shown
in Fig. 1, the work roll-s of the roll- stands l are driven by
motors M.
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In the rolling mil-l 10 according to the present embodiment,
the sheet-like rolled material M wound into a coil shape is
rewound, is fed to the rolling mill iC, a::ci i-s rolled in order by
the plural rol-l stands 1 shown in Fig. i. in the rolling controlapparatus
100 according to the present embodiment, rolling
control is executed for each one coil- by which the rolled
material- is wound. AIso, when the rolling materials of different
coils are to be rolled continuously, the rear end of the rolled
material included in a coil during rolling and the front end of
the rolled material of a coil to be rolled next are connected to
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each other by welding and the like, and thereby rolling is
executed continuously. At that time, the rolled materi-al of the
coil that has completed rolling is cut and detached from the
rolled material- of the coil of the rear stage after the roll
speed is slowed down. The control- of the rofl speed i-n cutting
and detaching the rol-Ied material- is one of the points according
to the present embodiment.
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On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 1, the rolll-ng control
apparatus 100 incl-udes a rolling state monitoring unit 101, a
friction coefficient cal-culation unit 702, a deformation
resistance cal-cul-ation unit 103, a rolling load calcul-ation unj-t
704, a setup calcul-ation unit 105, a speed change amount
calculation unit 106, a cut speed change unit 10'1, a draft change
specification calculation unit 108, a preset sheet thickness
change unit 109, an integrator reset unit 110, a rol-l- gap control
unit 771, an abnormality monitoring unit 7L2, a draft change
amount correction uni-t 11-3 and an al-arm output unit 7!4.
t0 02 01
The rolling state monitoring unit 101 monitors the ror.:-ing
state in the rolling mill 10 by acquiring information of h3 --c ha,
P1 to Pa, RV1 to RVa described above from the rolling miIl 1C. The
friction coefficient calculatlon unit 702 and the deformatlon
resistance cal-culation unit 103 acquire the information of ho to
lns, P1 to Pa, RV1 to RV4 described above from the roll-ing state
monitoring unit 101, and calculate the friction coefficient p and
the deformation resistance k respectively based on an expression
(1) below.
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P-b.k.fr (H, h) .fz (l.r) .Zp (1)
b: sheet width
k: deformation resistance
fr: tension correction term
fzz friction coefficient correction term
Zpi learning factor
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In the expression (1), P is the rol-ling load of the roll
stand 1, b is the sheet width of the rol-led material, k is the
deformation resistance of the rolled material, f1 is the tension
correction term of the rolled material-, and f2 is the friction
coeffi-cient correction term of the rol-l-ed material and the work
rol-Is. Also, Zo is the known learnj-ng factor for l-earning a
calculated value of the rolling load from the rolling load of the
actual resul-t. Further, H that is a parameter of f1 is the sheet
thickness of the rolled materlal on the entry side of the ro11
stand, and h is the sheet thickness of the rol-Ied material- on the
exit side of the ro11 stand. For example, when the rol-Iing state
in the ro11 stand 1 positloned at the l-eftmost side in Fig. 1 is
to be calculated, Pr is used for the rolling' load P, he is used
for H that is the parameter of the tension correction term f1, and
hi is used for h respectively.
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The rolling load calculation unit 104 determines the loading
load in rolling of the next coil- based on the friction
coefficient p calculated by the friction coefficient calculation
unit 702, the deformation resistance k calculated by the
deformation resistance calculation unit 103, and the rolling
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result acquired by the rolling state monitoring unit 101. That is,
the frj-ction coefficient calculation unit 702, the deformation
resistance calculation unit 103 and the rolling load calculation
unit 104 function as parameter calculation units that calculate
parameters in control of the roll-J-ng mil1 10.
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The setup cafculation unit 105 determines the rolling
condition including the line speed in the rolling mil1 10 and the
draft in each roll stand for each coil rolled in the rolling mill
10. In the present embodiment, to acquire vari-ous data samples by
executj-ng rolling under various conditions in the rolling mlll 10
is the object. The setup calculation unit 105 control-s varj-ous
conditions for it.
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The speed change amount calculation unit 106 determines the
speed of the time the motor M drives the work rolls of the rol-1
stand 1, which is the rolling speed, based on the rolling
condition determined by the setup calculation unit 105. A1so, the
speed change unj-t 701 controls the rotational speed of the time
the motor M drives the work rolls based on the rolling speed
determined by the speed change amount calculation unit 106.
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The draft change specification calculation unit 108 controls
presetting of the draft of the rolled material rolled by the work
rolls of the roII stand 1 based on the rolling condition
determined by the setup calculation unit 105. More specifically,
the draft change specification calculation unit 108 determines
the change amount of the draft in addition to the timing of
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starting and the timing of finishing of changing the draft.
[0026]
The preset sheet thickness change unit 109 determines the
preset sheet thlckness based on the change start timing, the
change finish timing and the change amount of the draft
determined by the draft change specification calculation unit 108.
This preset sheet thickness is a target value used in a feedback
control- of the rolling result. The integrator reset unit 110
outputs a reset signal for resetting the J-ntegrati-ng period in
the feedback control according to the change of the preset sheet
thickness inputted from the preset sheet thickness chanqe unit
109.
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The roll gap control unit 111 adjusts the roll gap of the
roll- stand 1 based on an expression (2) below based on the
information of ho to ha inputted from the rolling state monj-toring
unit 101 and the preset sheet thickness inputted from the preset
sheet thickness change unit 109.
aS=FCrah (2)
AS: roll gap change amount
Ah: exit slde sheet thickness deviation
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AS is the roll- gap change amount outputted by the roll gap
control- unit 111 outputs as a control- val-ue for the feedback
control-, and Ah is the deviation of the sheet thickness on the
exit side of the roll- stand 1 inputted from the roll-ing state
monitoring unit 101 from the preset sheet thickness. Also, C is a
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constan-L ietermined by the characterj-stics of the ro11 stand 1
and the rol-l-ed material- M.
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In the present embodiment, the rolling state monitoring unit
101 acquires the information of he to ha, P1 to Pa, RV1 to RVa at a
predetermined sampling period. Also, the roll gap control- unit
111 executes the feedback control by calculating the roll gap
change amount according to the expression (2) above and
outputting the same according to the sampling period. A1so, the
rol-1 grap control- unlt 111 makes the total period when the
information of the rol-ling state has been inputted from the
rolling state monitoring unit 101 the integrating period until a
reset signal is inputted from the integrator reset unit 110, and
resets the integrating period when the reset signal is inputted.
[0030]
AIso, as shown in Fig. 1, the rol-ling miI} 10 includes four
roll stands 1. Therefore, the preset sheet thickness change unit
109 and the roll gap control unit 111 according to the present
embodimen-L control the preset sheet thickness for each ro11 stand
1. A1so, tri"ie preset sheet thickness of the f ourth roll- stand
which is :::e rearmost stage out of the four rol-I stands l- shown
in Eig. .:- is made the product sheet thickness that is the final
target sheet thickness, and the first-third preset sheet
thicknesses are preset so as to gradually approach the product
sheet thickness from the original sheet thickness of the rolled
material.
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The abnormality monitoring unit 112 monitors whether the
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all-owable range as the preietermined product sheet thickness has
been satisfied or not based on the information of ha that becomes
the final product sheet thj-ckness out of the information of the
rolling state acquired by the rolling state monitoring unlt 101.
When the val-ue of ha deviates from the allowabl-e range as the
product sheet thickness, the abnormality monitoring unit L72
outputs an abnormallty detection signal showing that abnormality
has been detected. Also, the abnormali-ty monitorj-ng unit LL2
detects a slip between the roll stand 1 and the roll-ed materialbased
on the information of h6 to ha, P1 to Pa, RV1 to RVa acQuj-red
by the rolling state monitoring unit 101. In other words, the
abnormality monitoring unit Ll2 is an abnormality detection unit
that detects abnormality of rolling.
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The draft change amount correction unit 113 outputs a
contro1 signal for making the draft change specification
calculation unit 108 correct 'uhe preset val-ue of the draft based
on the abnormality detection signal outputted by the abnormality
monitoring unit 7L2. The aiar:r,. output unj-t ll-4 notif ies an
operator of occurrence of -.he off-gage based on the abnormality
detection signal outputteo by the abnormality monitoring unit lL2.
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The rolling control apparatus 100 as shown in Fig. 1 is
achieved by combination of software and hardware. Here, the
hardware that configures the respective function blocks of the
rolling control apparatus 100 will- be described referring to Fig.
2. Fig. 2 ts a block diagram showing a hardware confj-guration for
achieving the respective function blocks of the rolling control
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apparatus 100 accordlng to the present ernbodiment. As shown in
Fig. 2, the rolling control apparatus 100 accordlng to the
present embodi-ment has a confi-guration simil-ar to those of
generalized servers and information processing terminal-s such as
a PC (Personal Computer) and the like.
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That is, in the rolling control apparatus 100 according to
the present embodiment, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 207, a
RAM (Random Access Memory) 202, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 203, a
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 204 and an I/E 205 are connected to each
other through a bus 208. AIso, to the I/F 205, an LCD (Liquid
Crystal DispJ-ay) 206 and an operation unit 207 are connected.
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The CPU 201 is a calculating means and controls the motion
of the entire rolling control- apparatus 100. The RAI{ 202 is a
volatile storage medium capable of reading and writing
information at a high speed, and is used as a working region when
the CPU 201 processes information. The ROM 203 is a read only
non-volatile storage medium, and programs such as firmware are
stored there.
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The HDD 204 is a non-volatil-e storage medi:r:. capable of
reading and writing lnformation, and an OS (Operating System),
various control- programs, applications/programs and the like are
stored there. The I/E 205 connects and controls the bus 208 and
the various hardware, networks and the like. Further, the I/E 205
functions also as an input/output unit allowing the rolling
control apparatus 100 to exchange information wi-th the rolling
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mill 10.
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The LCD 206 ts a visual user interface for allowing an
operator to confirm the state of the rolling control- apparatus
100. The operatlon unit 207 is a user interface such as a
keyboard, a mouse and the like for al-lowing an operator to lnput
information to the roll-ing control apparatus 100. In such
hardware confi-guration, the programs stored in the recording
media such as the ROM 203, the HDD 204, or an optical disk not
illustrated and the l-ike are read by the RAM 202, the CPU 201
executes calculation according to the program, and thereby a
software control unit is configured. By combination of the
software control unit and the hardware configured thus, the
function of the rolling control apparatus 100 according to the
present embodiment is achieved.
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In such the roll-ing control apparatus 100, the points
according to the present embodiment are presetting of the rolling
condj-tion by the setup calculatj-on unit 105, determination of the
preset sheet thickness by the draft change specification
calculation unit 108 and the preset sheet thickness change unit
109, and learning of the rolling model by calculation of the
friction coefficient p and the deformation resistance k in the
rolling operation under the rolling condition determi-ned thus.
Below, motions according to the points of the present embodiment
will be described.
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As described above, in the rolling mill according to the
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present embodiment, rolling control is executed for each coi-I.
A1so, the setup calculation unit 105 according to the present
embodiment determines whether a normal rolling operation is to be
executed, or a learni-ng rolling in which a rolling model is
l-earnt is to be executed. Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing a
determination motion of an operation mode by the setup
calculation unit 105.
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As shown rn F:-g. 2, when the determinatj-on motion
operation mode is started, the setup calcul-ation unit
determines whether the material kind of the coil to be
next is equal or not to the material kind of the coil
rolled material- being rolled at present (S301). A1so,
material kind of the coil- to be roll-ed is inputted to
control- apparatus 100 by manual work of the operator.
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of
105
the
roll-ed
of the
the
the rolling
As a result of 5301, when the material kind of the coil to
be rolled next is equal to the material kind of the coil of the
rol-Ied material being ro1led at present (S301/NO), the setup
calculation unit 105 confirms whether execution of the rolling
operation next under an every coil learning mode has been preset
or not (5302). When determination of 5302 results not to be the
every coil learning mode (5302lNO;, the setup calculation unit
105 determines to be under a mode of normal rolling (5304), and
the process is completed.
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On the other hand, as a result of determi-nation of 5301,
when the material kind of of the coil to be rolled next is
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different from the material kind of the coil- of the roll-ed
material- being roll-ed at present (S301/YES), or as a result of
determination of 5302, when execution of the rol-ling operatj-on
under the every coil learning mode has been preset (S302/YES;,
the setup calculation unit 105 determines to be under the mode of
learning rolling (5303), and the process is completed.
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Here, in Fig. 4, a timing chart showing "Iine speed", "mode
determj-nation timlng", "preset sheet thickness change timing",
"preset sheet thickness change amount", "integrator reset timing",
"parameter calculation timing", and "rolling l-oad model
cal-cul-atj-on tJ-ming" in the learning rolling mode is shown.
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The "line speed" shown in Fig. 4 is calculated by the speed
change amount calculation unit 106 based on the roll-ing condition
determined by the setup calculatj-on unj-t 105, and is controlled
by the speed change unlt 101. As shown in Fig. 4, the "line
speed" that is the transporting speed of the rolled material is
decelerated regularly. This is the cut speed for cutting the
roll-ed material- whose rolling has finished in a case where
rolling is executed continuously by welding and connecting
different coils to each other as described above, and is the
minimum speed that is the l-owest speed in the l-ine speed control
of the rolling mill 10 according to the present embodiment.
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A1so, as shown in Fig. 4, the line speed according to the
present embodiment changes in respective periods of an
accel-eration period accelerating from the cut speed, a stationary
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period thereafter, and a deceleratj-on period decelerating from
the speed of the stati-onary period to the cut speed. Out of them,
the stationary speed in the stationary period 1s the rolling
speed that is the transporting speed of the rol-l-ed material in
ordinary rolling operation, and the stationary period is the
ordinary perlod.
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Further, the "l-j-ne speedrr shown in Fig. 4 corresponds to the
roll- speed of any one of the roll- stands 1 included by four units
as shown in Fig. 1. Here, to cope with the length of the rolled
material- of the portion extended by rolling, with respect to the
p1ura1 roll stands 1 incl-uded in the tandem rol-Iing mill, the
ro11 speed is set to be faster for those arranged in the rear
stage. Therefore, control of accelerating, stationary and
decelerating l-ine speed as shown in Fig. 4 is executed
corresponding to such difference of the roII speed for respective
ro11 stands as described above.
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The "mode determination timing" is timing when the motion
described in Fig. 3 is executed, and is the timing before
deceleration for the cut speed descrj-bed above is started. AIso,
the mode determination timing in the present embodiment is
determined by the setup calcul-ation unit 105 according to the
change control of the line speed by the speed change unit 107.
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The "preset sheet thickness change timing" is a signal
showing timing when the roll, gap control unj-t 111 changes the
direction for changing the preset sheet thickness for calculating
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Ah used in the feedback control, and is controlled by the draft
change specification calculation unit 108. As shown in Fig. 4,
the draft change specification cal-culation unit 108 shows the
preset sheet thickness change timing by signals showing the
timing for changing. to the positive direction from the reference
val-ue and the timing for changing to the negative direction.
[004e]
This preset sheet thickness change timing is obtained by
dividing the respective periods of the deceleration period, the
acceleratlon period and the stationary period of the l-ine speed
by four as shown in Fig. 4. More specifically, four periods of a
first period for changing to the positive direction so as to be
the maximum preset sheet thickness from the original preset sheet
thickness, a second period for changing to the negative direction
so as to be the original preset sheet thickness from the maxj-mum
preset sheet thickness, a third period for changing to the
negative directlon so as to be the minimum preset sheet thickness
from the original preset sheet thickness, and a fourth period for
changing to the positive direction so as to be the original
creset sheet thickness from the minimum preset sheet thickness
are obtained by dividing each of the deceleration period, the
acceleration period and the stationary period by four.
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In other words, the draft change specification cal-culation
unit 108 according to the present embodiment presets four periods
of the first period of thickening the preset sheet thickness from
the standard preset sheet thickness, the second period of
returning from the preset sheet thickness thi-cker than the
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standard one to the s-uandard preset sheet thickness, the third
period for thlnning the preset sheet thickness from the standard
preset sheet thickness, and the fourth period of returning from
the preset sheet thickness thinner than the standard one to the
standard preset sheet thickness j-n each of the accel-eration
period, the deceleration period and the ordinary period.
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The "preset sheet thickness change amount" j-s a signal
showing a change amount of the preset sheet thickness according
to the "preset sheet thickness change timing" described above and
is controlled by the preset sheet thickness change unlt 109. The
preset sheet thickness change unit 109 shows the preset sheet
thickness change amount by a slgnal showing the change amount in
the positive direction and the change amount in the negative
directlon from the original- preset sheet thickness as shown in
Fig. 4. The preset sheet thickness change unit 109 acquires the
"preset sheet thickness change timing" and the change rate of the
draft from the draft change specification calculation unit 108,
and calculates the "preset sheet thickness change amount".
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Further, althougi iour roll stands 1 are included in the
rolling mill 10 as ciescribed above, the "preset sheet thickness
change amount" shown i-n Fig. 4 is applied to the roll- gap control
for each rol-1 stand 1 at same timing according to the "preset
sheet thickness change timing" preset based on the change of the
line speed as shown i-n Fig. 4 .
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The "integrator reset timing" is a reset signal showing
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timing at which the integrator reset unii 110 resets the
i-ntegration perj-od by the rol-l gap control uni-t \7-7, and is
controll-ed by the integrator reset unit 110. The integrator reset
unit 110 refers to the "preset sheet thickness change amountrr
inputted by the preset sheet thickness change unj-t 7O9, and
outputs a reset si-gnal at timing at which the change rate of the
"preset sheet thickness change amount" changes, that is timing at
which the "preset sheet thickness change amount" changes to a
crank shape.
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The "parameter calculation timing" is a signal showing the
period when the friction coefficient cal-culation unit 702 and the
deformation resistance calcul-ati-on unit 103 calculate the
friction coefflcient lr and the deformation resistance k, and is
controlled by each of the friction coefficient calculation unit
702 and the deformation resistance calcul ation unit 103. As shown
in Fig. 4, the "parameter calculation timing" according to the
present embodiment is preset with the acceleration period, the
stationary period and the deceleration period being made one
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The "ro1ling load model- calculation --iming" is a signal
showing the timing at which the rol-ling' Ioad cal-culation unit 104
cal-culates the rolling model- based on the parameters cal-culated
by the friction coefficient calcul-ation unit L02 and the
deformation resistance calculatj-on unit 103, and is controll-ed by
the rolling load calculation unit L04.
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To acquire the information of he to ha, P1 to Pq, RVi tc F,Va
under vari-ous rolling conditions by executing rolling operation
whil-e changlng the preset sheet thj-ckness according to each of
the acceleratlon peri-od, the stationary period and the
decel-eration period of the line speed and to cal-culate the
parameters as shown in Fig. 4 are the points according to the
present embodiment. AIso, in the present embodiment, Iearnj-ng
when the product is produced, that is, during actual rolling
operation, is made the premise. Therefore, rolling is executed so
that the exit side sheet thickness of the fourth roll stand 1
that is the rearmost stage becomes the target sheet thickness.
Accordj-ngly, the "preset sheet thickness change amount" shown in
Fig. 4 is not applied to the fourth roII stand 1, and the
ordinary preset sheet thickness is applied to the fourth ro11
stand 1.
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However, the entry side sheet thlckness of the fourth ro11
stand 1 is in a state roll,ed according to the "preset sheet,
thickness change amount" of Fig. 4 by the third roll stand i. In
order to cope with such sheet thickness change, the j-ntegirator
reset unit 110 outputs a reset signal at predetermined ti-rc'i-ng:or
the feedback control- for the fourth roll- stand 1 also. The
predetermined timing is timing when a portion where the sheet
thickness of the rolled material- changes to a crank shape by
being rolled accordj-ng to the "preset sheet thickness change
amount" of Fig. 4 by the third roII stand 1 arrives at the fourth
rol} stand 1.
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Here, the period after a certain portion is rolled by the
third ro11 stand until- arriving at the fourth roll- stand can be
obtained by calcul-ation. Therefore, the integrator reset unit 110
outputs an integration reset signal for the feedback control for
the third rol-l- stand 1, and thereafter outputs a reset signal for
the feedback control for the fourth rol-I stand 1 delaying by the
period obtained by the cal-culation described above.
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Calculation of the "preset sheet thickness change timing"
and the "preset sheet thickness change amount" shown in Fig. 4 is
one of the points according to the present embodiment. Referring
to Fig. 5 (a) to (c), the calculation form of the "preset sheet
thj-ckness change timing" and the "preset sheet thickness change
amount" will be described. Fig. 5 (a) to (c) are functi-on bl-ock
diagrams showj-ng calcul-ation forms of the "preset sheet thickness
change timing" and the "preset sheet thickness change amount" by
the setup calculation unit 105 and the draft change specification
calculation unit 108.
[0060]
Fiq. 5 (a) is a drawing showing a calculation form of the
"preset sheet thickness change timing" and the "preset sheet
thickness change amount" in the acceleration period of the line
speed. As shown in Fig. 5 (a), the accel-eration rate, the maximum
rolling speed and the maximum draft change amount are inputted
from the setup calcul-ation unlt 105 to the draft change
specification calculation unit 108. AIso, to the draft change
specification calculation unit 108, the measured val-ues RV1 to RV4
of the l-ine speed are inputted as the present line speed from the
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rolling state monitoring unit 101 as shown in pig. 1.
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A]so, as described J-n Fig. 4, the calculation timing for the
rolling l-oad moder in the present embodiment is the period when
the line speed drops to the cut speed. Therefore, the measured
values RV1 to RVq of the line speed inputted to the draft change
specification calculation unit 108 as the present tine speed from
the rolling state monitoring unit 101 are the cut speed.
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fn the draft change specification calculation unit 108, the
time required for accel-eration of the line speed, which is the
accereration period described in Fig. 4, is cal-culated based on
the present rine speed, the acceleratlon rate and the maximum
rorling speed out of the inputted information described above,
the time is divided by four as described in Fig. 4, and thereby
the "preset sheet thickness change timing" is calculated. That is,
the acceleration rate and the maximum rolling speed shown in Fig.
5 (a) are the information for presetting the time-sequential
change of the transportation speed of the roll-ed material, and
the setup calculation unit 105 functions as a transportation
speed presetting unit.
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Also, the draft change specification cal_culation unj_t 108
cal-cul-ates the "preset sheet thickness change amount" based on
the maximum draft change amount inputted by the setup calcul-ation
unit 105, the predetermined draft change rate and the "preset
sheet thickness change timing" carcurated. That is, the draft
change speciflcation calculation unit 108 functions as a preset
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sheet thickness change presetting unit that presets the timesequenti-
a1 change of the preset sheet thickness.
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Here, the predetermined draft change rate will be described
referrj-ng to Eig. 6. As described above, in the first-third roll
stands 7, by executing such learning rolling as shown in Fig. 4,
that is rolling while the preset sheet thickness is changed, the
rolled materi-al whose sheet thickness changes j_n a crank shape
according to the position 1n the transporting direction comes to
be fed to the fourth roll- stand 1. However, since the premise of
the l-earning rolling according'to the present embodiment is to
enable the learning rolling even in producing, it is necessary to
achieve the product sheet thickness in the fourth roll stand 1.
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Fig. 6 is a drawing showing an example of the change of the
entry side sheet thickness and the exit side sheet thickness when
such the feedback control as the expression (2) above is executed.
As shown in Flg. 6, when the entry side sheet thickness changes
in a crank shape, in the exit side sheet thickness, the deviation
g according to the change rate of the entry side sheet thickness
occurs at the change point of the crank shape. This occurs
inevitably as far as control by such integral calculation as the
expression (2) is executed.
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When the devlation g shown in Fig'. 6 is in a level exceeding
the allowable range of the product sheet thickness, off-gage
occurs, and the specification as the product does not come to be
satisfied. Therefore, with respect to the change rate of the
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entry sj-cie sheet thickness, the deviation g is required not to
exceed the allowab.l-e range as the product sheet thickness.
Accordingly, the draft change rate preset in the draft change
specification cal-cul-ation unit 108 i-s such the change rate of the
exit side sheet thickness of the third rolt stand 1 that the offgage
does not occur in the exit side sheet thickness of the
fourth roll stand 1.
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AIso, the maximum draft change amount inputted from the
setup cafculation unit 105 is a threshold preset by the setup
cal-culation unlt 105 in order to avoid occurrence of a s1ip. rn
rolJ-ing in respective rol-l stands L, the stlp occurs between the
work rolls and the rolled material_, and the product quality is
seriously affected even when the draft is excessively high or
excessj-vely }ow. fn order to avoid such situation, the setup
calculation unit 105 presets a threshold in the change amount of
the draft as the maxi-mum draft change amount, and prevents
occurrence of the slip.
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Fig. 7 is a drawi-ng showing a form of obtaining the "preset
sheet th- c