Rolling taking frequency behavior into account

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12459019-B2
Application number	US-202118012280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2021
Priority date	Jul 7, 2020
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

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 (A 2 , A 3 ) 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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An operating method for a rolling mill,
wherein a metal strip is fed to a rolling stand of the rolling mill at an entry speed (v) by a feeding device arranged upstream of the rolling stand, wherein the metal strip is rolled in the rolling stand, wherein a thickness value (d) for the thickness of the metal strip is detected in each case for successive portions of the metal strip by means of a measuring device arranged between the feeding device and the rolling stand, wherein the detected thickness values (d) are fed to a control device of the rolling mill, wherein the control device determines a respective provisional thickness deviation (δd) on the basis of the deviation of the respective thickness value (d) from a setpoint thickness (d*) for the respective portion of the metal strip, wherein the control device determines final thickness deviations (δd′) on the basis of the provisional thickness deviations (δd), wherein the control device determines a control value (A 2 , A 3 ) for the rolling stand and/or the feeding device in each case for the portions of the metal strip and outputs the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ) to the rolling stand and/or the feeding device at the correct time, wherein the control device is provided with an inverse model that describes an inverse frequency response of the rolling stand and/or the feeding device and/or the measuring device. and wherein the control device determines the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ) on the basis of the final thickness deviation (δd′) of the respective portion of the metal strip and also the final thickness deviations (δd′) of a plurality of portions of the metal strip preceding and/or succeeding the respective portion of the metal strip, with the inverse model of the rolling stand and/or the feeding device and/or the measuring device.

2 . The operating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the description of the inverse frequency response of the rolling stand and/or the feeding device and/or the measuring device is specified for the control device by an inverse model, in that the final thickness deviation (δd′) of a portion of the metal strip is in each case fed to the inverse model, and in that the control device using the respective final thickness deviation (δd′) by means of the inverse model correctively adjusts an internal state (Z 2 , Z 3 ) of the inverse model and determines the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ).

3 . The operating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control device adopts the provisional thickness deviations (δd) 1:1 as final thickness deviations (δd′), or in that the control device determines the final thickness deviations (δd′) from the provisional thickness deviations (δd) by means of a zero-phase filtering.

4 . The operating method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a low-pass filtering of the provisional thickness deviations (δd) is carried out by means of the zero-phase filtering.

5 . An operating method for a rolling mill,
wherein a metal strip is fed to a rolling stand of the rolling mill at an entry speed (v) by a feeding device arranged upstream of the rolling stand, wherein the metal strip is rolled in the rolling stand, wherein a thickness value (d) for the thickness of the metal strip is detected in each case for successive portions of the metal strip by means of a measuring device arranged between the feeding device and the rolling stand, wherein the detected thickness values (d) are fed to a control device of the rolling mill, wherein the control device determines a respective provisional thickness deviation (δd) on the basis of the deviation of the respective thickness value (d) from a setpoint thickness (d*) for the respective portion of the metal strip, wherein the control device determines final thickness deviations ( 8 d′) on the basis of the provisional thickness deviations (δd); wherein the control device determines a control value (A 2 , A 3 ) for the rolling stand and/or the feeding device in each case for the portions of the metal strip and outputs the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ) to the rolling stand and/or the feeding device at the correct time, wherein the control device determines the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ) on the basis of the final thickness deviation (δd′) of the respective portion of the metal strip and also the final thickness deviations (δd′) of a plurality of portions of the metal strip preceding and/or succeeding the respective portion of the metal strip, with allowance for a description of the inverse frequency response of the rolling stand and/or the feeding device and/or the measuring device, and wherein the description of the inverse frequency response of the rolling stand and/or the feeding device and/or the measuring device is specified for the control device as a frequency-response characteristic (FG), and in that the control device determines the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ) by a transformation of the profile of the final thickness deviations (δd′) into the frequency domain, a subsequent multiplication of the transformed profile of the final thickness deviation (δd′) by the frequency-response characteristic (FG) and a subsequent inverse transformation into the time domain.

6 . The operating method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein for determining the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ) the control device uses both final thickness deviations (δd′) of portions of the metal strip preceding the respective portion of the metal strip and final thickness deviations (δd′) of portions of the metal strip succeeding the respective portion of the metal strip.

7 . The operating method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the number of portions of the metal strip which precede the respective portion of the metal strip and whose final thickness deviations (δd′) are used by the control device for determining the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ) is substantially equal to the number of portions of the metal strip which succeed the respective portion of the metal strip and whose final thickness deviations (δd′) are used by the control device for determining the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ).

8 . An operating method for a rolling mill,
wherein a metal strip is fed to a rolling stand of the rolling mill at an entry speed (v) by a feeding device arranged upstream of the rolling stand, wherein the metal strip is rolled in the rolling stand, wherein a thickness value (d) for the thickness of the metal strip is detected in each case for successive portions of the metal strip by means of a measuring device arranged between the feeding device and the rolling stand, wherein the detected thickness values (d) are fed to a control device of the rolling mill, wherein the control device determines a respective provisional thickness deviation (δd) on the basis of the deviation of the respective thickness value (d) from a setpoint thickness (d* for the respective portion of the metal strip, wherein the control device determines final thickness deviations (δd′) on the basis of the provisional thickness deviations (δd), wherein the control device determines a control value (A 2 , A 3 ) for the rolling stand and/or the feeding device in each case for the portions of the metal strip and outputs the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ) to the rolling stand and/or the feeding device at the correct time, wherein the control device determines the respective control value (A 2 , A 3 ) on the basis of the final thickness deviation (δd′) of the respective portion of the metal strip and also the final thickness deviations (δd′) of a plurality of portions of the metal strip preceding and/or succeeding the respective portion of the metal strip, with

Assignees

• Primetals Technologies Germany Gmbh

Inventors

• Dressler Matthias
• Kotzian Daniel
• Schönherr Martin
• Sekulic Srdan

Classifications

• B21B2275/12

  Roll torque · CPC title

• B21B2275/04

  Roll speed · CPC title

• B21B2273/20

  Track of product · CPC title

• B21B2271/02

  Roll gap, screw-down position, draft position · CPC title

• B21B2261/04

  Thickness, gauge · CPC title