EP3941655A1 - Anlage und verfahren zur herstellung von metallischem warmband - Google Patents
Anlage und verfahren zur herstellung von metallischem warmbandInfo
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- EP3941655A1 EP3941655A1 EP20712883.6A EP20712883A EP3941655A1 EP 3941655 A1 EP3941655 A1 EP 3941655A1 EP 20712883 A EP20712883 A EP 20712883A EP 3941655 A1 EP3941655 A1 EP 3941655A1
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- Prior art keywords
- hot strip
- roll stand
- cooling
- strip
- rapid cooling
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
- B21B45/02—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
- B21B45/0203—Cooling
- B21B45/0209—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants
- B21B45/0215—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes
- B21B45/0218—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes for strips, sheets, or plates
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
- C21D8/02—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
- C21D8/0205—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips of ferrous alloys
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B37/00—Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby
- B21B37/74—Temperature control, e.g. by cooling or heating the rolls or the product
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a plant and a method for the production of metallic hot strip with improved mechanical properties due to a fine grain structure of the microstructure.
- warm rolling stock is plastically deformed in a roll gap between two work rolls of a rolling stand, whereby the thickness of the rolling stock is reduced.
- the rolled stock is typically cooled in a cooling train and then conveyed out of the rolling train, e.g. as a collar or sheet metal.
- the material properties of a hot-rolled strip are not only dependent on its chemical composition, but also depend to a large extent on the chronological sequence of the processing steps in the rolling mill.
- the time interval between the last rolling pass in a rolling stand of the rolling train and the start of the cooling of the strip is particularly important. In many cases, this time should be as short as possible.
- Hot rolling mills usually have a rolling train with a fixed number of rolling stands. As a rule, it is not possible to remove one or more roll stands when producing thick strips and to add them again when producing thin strips.
- thick strips experience a smaller reduction in thickness than thin strips.
- a thick strip is often finish-rolled before the last roll stand, whereas a thin strip is in the same rolling mill is only finish-rolled in the last roll stand.
- the thick strip runs through the n'th roll stands of a rolling train, consequently not rolled.
- EP 3 434 383 A1 proposes a stand cooler which can be installed in a rolling stand instead of the work rolls not required for thick strips. It has been shown that when the known stand cooler is used in the last roll stand, the hot strip is often only cooled down after a few seconds. As a result, a sufficiently fine grain structure of the microstructure cannot regularly be achieved. In addition, the system availability is reduced in an unfavorable way by the conversion effort.
- the known plant has a hot rolling train which comprises several rolling stands to be passed through one after the other in the conveying direction of the hot-rolled steel strip, and a cooling section for intensive cooling of the hot-rolled steel strip emerging from the last rolling stand of the rolling train.
- the beginning of the cooling section is shifted from the end of the hot-rolling train in the conveying direction of the steel strip to be hot-rolled and the cooling section begins after the last roll stand passed through, in which the hot-rolling of the steel strip to be hot-rolled takes place.
- compact cooling units are used, each of which applies a jet of cooling fluid concentrated on a specific section onto the hot strip.
- the length measured in the conveying direction of the steel strip to be hot-rolled, over which the cooling unit arranged in the conveying direction behind one of the rolling stands within the rolling train acts on the steel strip with cooling fluid, is in the known system to a maximum of 25% of the distance at which the adjacent ones are arranged Roll stands of the rolling train are set up one after the other in the conveying direction, limited. Because the distance is limited to 25%, very large amounts of cooling water must be transported in the immediate vicinity of the scaffolding. The exposure time to the cooling fluid is very limited. The limited exposure time leads to a drop in temperature on the belt surfaces, but the inside of the belt does not cool down sufficiently. The immediate reheating prevents a lasting drop in temperature.
- spray-discharge devices are provided in the known system, which direct a high-pressure jet directed transversely to the conveying direction in the direction of the respective cooling unit at least onto the upper side of the steel belt in order to drive cooling fluid standing there from the relevant surface.
- the lateral spray devices required according to DE 10 2013 107 010 A1 make the construction and regulation of the known cooling device relatively complex.
- a relatively high proportion of the coolant escapes laterally, so that corresponding additional splash protection devices must be provided.
- the present invention is consequently based on the object of providing a versatile plant for the production of metallic hot strip with improved mechanical properties due to a fine grain structure of the structure and specify a corresponding procedure. According to the invention, this object is achieved by the subject matter of the main and subsidiary claims. Advantageous refinements are given in the subclaims.
- What is proposed is a plant for the production of metallic hot strip with a hot rolling train for performing one or more rolling passes having at least one n'tes roll stand in the conveying direction of the hot strip and at least one n-1'th roll stand upstream in the conveying direction of the hot strip, with a cooling device, the Cooling device has at least one first upper rapid cooling spray bar for applying a cooling medium to the top of the hot strip between the n-1'th roll stand and the n'th roll stand, the cooling device having at least one first lower rapid cooling spray bar for applying the cooling medium to the underside of the hot strip between the n-1'th roll stand and the n'th roll stand, and wherein the cooling device for covering at least 30 percent of the length L of the hot strip between the n-1'th roll stand and the n'th roll stand with the cooling medium is set up.
- Covering at least 30% of the length L of the hot strip between the n-1'th and n'th roll stands has the advantage that the cooling can take place both quickly and continuously, so that there is no renewed grain growth between different cooling sections can.
- Rapid cooling spray bars are understood to mean cooling devices which are set up to apply a large amount of a cooling medium under high pressure for rapid cooling of the hot strip. They thus differ, among other things, from the cooling devices used to cool the rolls of the roll stands.
- the cooling medium can in particular be water, which is usually already available in large quantities in a plant for the production of metallic hot strip. The high heat capacity of water can allow the hot strip to be cooled particularly quickly.
- the upper rapid cooling spray bar and / or the lower rapid cooling spray bar (SK1 u) is set up to supply the cooling medium with a pressure of 1 to 20 bar, in particular 3.0 to 10 bar , especially 3.0 to 5 bar.
- the application of the cooling medium at a pressure of 1 to 20 bar facilitates particularly rapid cooling of the strip by means of a turbulent flow of fluid on the top and bottom of the strip. Applying the cooling medium at a pressure of 3.0 to 10 bar, in particular 3.0 to 5 bar, can simplify the regulation of the cooling device.
- the first upper and / or the first lower rapid cooling spray bars are preferably arranged immediately behind the outlet of the n-1'th or n'th roll stand in order to cool the hot strip immediately after it leaves the roll gap on the outlet side.
- a further embodiment of the system for the production of metallic hot strip provides that the cooling device is set up to cool the hot strip at a specific cooling rate CR of at least 300 K / s per mm strip thickness, preferably 600 K / s per mm strip thickness, in particular with a specific cooling rate of more than 900 K / s per mm of strip thickness.
- a specific cooling rate of more than 600 K / s per mm of strip thickness leads to a particularly fine grain structure of the structure of a hot strip made of steel produced with the proposed system. Accordingly, the steel strip can have improved strength and toughness properties.
- the mechanical properties of the metallic hot strip or sheet produced can be further improved if the cooling device is set up for a specific cooling rate of more than 900 K / s per mm of strip thickness.
- the absolute cooling rate CR is calculated from the formula where d is the strip thickness of the hot strip. For example, with a strip thickness of 10 mm and a specific cooling rate of 600 K / s per mm, a cooling rate CR of 60 K / s results.
- the cooling device has more than one upper rapid cooling spray bar and / or more than one lower rapid cooling spray bar for applying the cooling medium to the top or bottom of the hot strip.
- the upper rapid cooling spray bars are provided for applying the cooling medium to the top and the lower rapid cooling spray bars are provided for applying the cooling medium to the underside of the hot strip.
- the use of multiple rapid cooling spray bars can further simplify the control of the cooling device.
- the cooling rate can be varied in the conveying direction of the hot strip in order to achieve an optimal structure.
- the cooling device has at least one upper rapid cooling spray bar arranged after the n'th roll stand for applying the cooling medium to an upper side of the hot strip, which is identical to the first upper rapid cooling spray bar.
- the cooling device has at least one lower rapid cooling spray bar arranged after the n'th roll stand for applying the cooling medium to the underside of the hot strip, which is identical to the first lower rapid cooling spray bar.
- the system has a process computer for determining the amount of cooling medium and / or distributing the amount of cooling medium to the rapid cooling spray bar (s).
- the process computer depending on the chemical composition and / or the dimensions of the metallic material to be rolled, the cooling rates and cooling processes can be set in a targeted manner in order to favorably influence the structure of the hot strip and its mechanical properties.
- the process computer can be connected to a measuring device arranged after the n'th, in particular the last roll stand, in order to measure the amount of cooling medium and / or the distribution of the amount of cooling medium on the rapid cooling spray bar (s) during operation depending on the values measured by the measuring device, e.g. the temperature of the hot strip.
- the n-th roll stand is set up to carry out the last rolling pass.
- the cooling device can thus enable the hot strip to be cooled very quickly and early directly after the last rolling pass, so that a very fine structure with corresponding advantageous material properties can be obtained.
- the n'th roll stand with which no further thickness reduction is carried out, can shield a measuring device arranged behind the n'th roll stand in front of / from the cooling medium discharged with the cooling device. The risk of an influence on the measurement and / or damage to the measuring device due to the large quantities of the cooling medium required for rapid cooling can thus be reduced.
- the rolls of the n'th, in particular of the last, roll stand are used as squeeze rolls or as drive rolls.
- the rolls of the n'th roll stand can consequently significantly reduce the amount of cooling medium on the hot strip.
- the hot strip can be continued after the n'th pass and the strip run can be stabilized. This can further increase the quality of the hot strip produced
- the rolls of the n'th roll stand are used to carry out a skin pass pass with an extension of less than 10% (preferably less than 3%) in order to eliminate possible flatness errors.
- Another embodiment of the plant for the production of metallic hot strip provides that at least one of the upper and lower rapid cooling spray bars is arranged so that it can be extended. This can simplify maintenance in the area between the roll stands.
- the system can, for example, be designed so that the rapid cooling spray bars are laterally, i. in the plane of the hot strip and perpendicular to the conveying direction, can be extended. In principle, it is also conceivable to design the system in such a way that the rapid cooling spray bars can be extended in a direction perpendicular to the hot strip.
- the rolling stock or the hot strip begins to cool immediately in terms of space and time after it has left the n-1st roll stand.
- the nozzle outlet from the rapid cooling spray bar is designed in such a way that the exiting coolant immediately after leaving the outlet side Roll gap can act on the hot strip.
- the coolant flow acts on the rolling stock from a distance of less than 500 mm, preferably less than 400 mm, particularly preferably less than 350 mm, after leaving the roll gap.
- the rapid cooling also starts immediately when it leaves the n-1'th roll stand.
- the position of the hot strip is tracked via a tracking system.
- the control device of the rapid cooling receives a signal to start.
- a time-delayed stop signal is given as soon as the rolling stock or hot strip has left the roll gap.
- a method for the production of metallic hot strip is proposed using a plant described above.
- the use of the proposed system can enable the production of metallic hot strip with a particularly fine structure and improved mechanical properties.
- Fig. 1 shows a plant A for the production of metallic hot strip B.
- Plant A for the production of metallic hot strip B includes a hot rolling mill for performing one or more rolling passes.
- the hot strip B is conveyed in the conveying direction F through the n roll stands, in particular the nth roll stand and the n'th roll stand.
- stand n-1 denotes the penultimate and n the last roll stand.
- n can be the 4th to 8th roll stands of a rolling train.
- the n-1'th roll stand is set up to carry out the last rolling pass.
- System A also has a cooling device which, in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, comprises four upper rapid cooling spray bars SK1o, SK2o, SK3o, SK4o and four lower rapid cooling spray bars SK1 u, SK2u, SK3u, SK4u.
- a cooling device which, in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, comprises four upper rapid cooling spray bars SK1o, SK2o, SK3o, SK4o and four lower rapid cooling spray bars SK1 u, SK2u, SK3u, SK4u.
- the number of rapid cooling spray bars which apply the cooling medium W to the upper side 0 of the hot strip B can differ from the number of rapid cooling spray bars which apply the cooling medium W to the lower side U of the hot strip B.
- the design of an upper rapid cooling spray bar differs from the design of a lower rapid cooling spray bar, as is indicated in FIG.
- the shown rapid cooling spray bars SK1o, SK2o, SK3o, SK4o, SK1 u, SK2u, SK3u, SK4u are set up to supply cooling medium with a pressure of 1 to 20 bar, in particular 3.0 to 10 bar, very particularly preferably 3.0 to 5 bar to be applied.
- the cooling medium W used in the installation A shown is water, which is typically available in large quantities in a rolling mill.
- the cooling device is to cover at least 30 percent of the length L of the Hot strip B is set up with the cooling medium W between the n-1'th roll stand and the n'th roll stand.
- the hot strip B can be cooled at a specific cooling rate of more than 600 K / s per mm of strip thickness, in particular at more than 900 K / s per mm of strip thickness.
- all four pairs of rapid cooling spray bars SK1o / SK1 u, SK2o / SK2u, SK3o / SK3u, SK4o / SK4u are used to cool the hot strip B.
- the pair of rapid cooling spray bars SK1o / SK1 u provided for cooling the hot strip B directly behind the roll gap of the n-1'th roll stand is identical to the pair of rapid cooling spray bars SK4o / SK4u in the exemplary embodiment shown.
- the system A has a control device S and a process computer P for determining the amount of water and distributing the amount of water to the rapid cooling spray bars SK1o, SK2o, SK3o, SK4a, SK1 u, SK2u, SK3u, SK4u.
- the process computer P accesses measurement data from a measuring device M which is arranged shortly behind the n'th, in particular behind the last, rolling stand of the rolling train.
- the measuring device for example, the temperature and temperature distribution, the thickness of the hot strip and the thickness profile of the Hot strip can be determined transversely to the transport direction.
- the measuring device M can for example be designed as a so-called measuring house.
- the n'th roll stand shields a large part of the cooling medium M for cooling the hot strip from the measuring device M.
- the rolls of the n'th roll stand can be used as squeeze rolls or drive rolls and remove the cooling medium on the hot strip B.
- the control device S in the form of a tracking system is connected to the roll stand for signaling purposes in order to start the action of the coolant on the hot strip upon receipt of the signal that the hot strip is in the roll gap and to start the action of the coolant on the hot strip upon receipt of the signal that the hot bath has left the roll gap to stop the action of the coolant on the hot strip with a time delay.
- the rapid cooling spray bars SK1 o / SK1 u, SK2o / SK2u, SK3o / SK3u, SK4o / SK4u can be extended laterally in pairs in the system shown in order to make the interframe area more accessible for maintenance and repair purposes. This can shorten the maintenance and repair times and consequently enable a higher utilization of the system A.
- a lateral extension in exchange with other units that are only temporarily in use, e.g. B. induction heating or straightening units is also possible.
- the rapid cooling spray bars SK1 o / SK1 u, SK2o / SK2u, SK3o / SK3u of the cooling device arranged between the nth roll stand and the n'th roll stand enable particularly rapid cooling of the hot strip B after the n'th forming pass and thus a hot strip B with a particularly fine grain structure of the microstructure can be obtained. This is characterized by improved strength and toughness properties.
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DE102019220033.8A DE102019220033A1 (de) | 2019-03-18 | 2019-12-18 | Anlage und Verfahren zur Herstellung von metallischem Warmband |
PCT/EP2020/056930 WO2020187774A1 (de) | 2019-03-18 | 2020-03-13 | Anlage und verfahren zur herstellung von metallischem warmband |
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