Stability analysis of the rolling process and regenerative chatter on 2030 tandem mills

Author(s):  
Y Chen ◽  
S Liu ◽  
T Shi ◽  
S Yang ◽  
G Liao

Chatter in the rolling stack of high-velocity tandem mills and temper mills is a widespread problem and affects the quality of the finished product and the productivity of the rolling mill. One factor that clearly plays an important role in causing mill vibration is the inherent gap between the roll chocks and mill housings. In order to control chatter in cold rolling operations, a much deeper understanding of the basic mechanics of the problem is required. Therefore, this paper proposes a rolled piece vibration model for comprehending instability of the strip due to the variation of the friction coefficient in the roll bite. Subsequently, owing to the time delay effect of the chatter marks between the immediate stands, a regenerative chatter model is developed and stability analysis of the regenerative chatter model due to negative damping is presented. Finally, for a more detailed understanding of the regenerative chatter phenomena, a simulator is developed and industrial investigations are carried out in practice. It follows from the numerical simulations and industrial investigations that regenerative chatter is a more serious vibration phenomenon than simple chatter.

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochan Liu ◽  
Yong Zang ◽  
Zhiying Gao ◽  
Lingqiang Zeng

The interstand tension coupling effect and strip gauge variation passed on to next stand with time delay are the main causes for regenerative chatter in tandem rolling mills. To study the effect of different factors on the stability of tandem rolling mills, different models considering different interstand factors were built. Through stability analysis of these models by employing the Lyapunov indirect method and integral criterion, more detailed and quantitative explanation is put forward to regenerative chatter mechanism in rolling. To study the time delay effect as a single factor on the stability of tandem rolling mills, stability charts of the chatter model including the time delay effect and model neglecting the delay time were compared. The results show that the time delay effect reduces the critical velocity of multistand mills slightly in the big picture. But it alters the relationship between two adjacent stands by worsening the downstream stand stability. To get preferable rolling process parameter configuration for the tandem rolling mills, the time delay effect in rolling must be involved.


Author(s):  
Huyue Zhao ◽  
Kornel F. Ehmann

Third-octave-mode chatter, the most detrimental form of rolling chatter, is generated by means of negative damping, mode coupling, and regeneration. While mechanisms that include negative damping, and mode coupling have been thoroughly investigated, those associated with the regenerative effect remain elusive. In this paper, the mechanisms that may lead to regenerative chatter are studied through a state-space representation of a multi-stand mill that is constructed by coupling a homogenous dynamic rolling process model with a structural model for the mill stands in a high-speed tandem mill configuration. Stability analysis, by using the integral criterion for the stability of systems described by delay differential equations, is carried out for the regenerative mechanism in order to better understand the effects of rolling parameters on a single stand as well as the overall system. Preliminary simulation results, based on the proposed chatter model, are presented to demonstrate the feasibility and the accuracy of the chatter model, as well as to investigate chatter phenomena too complex to be studied analytically.


Author(s):  
Yueqing Zheng ◽  
Guangwei Yang ◽  
Hailong Cui ◽  
Yu Hou

The pneumatic hammer phenomenon and pneumatic stability of a single-pad aerostatic thrust bearing with pocked orifice were investigated numerically. A time-dependent dynamic model for pneumatic stability analysis of the bearing was established with taking the pocket volume and the mass flow difference between the pocket inlet and outlet into account. The numerical prediction indicates that the delay effect is an important reason for the pneumatic hammer phenomenon. With considering the delay effect, an in-depth explanation for the pneumatic hammer phenomenon is proposed in this paper. The air compressibility combined with the volume effect in the aerostatic bearing could lead to the delay of pocket pressure change, then resulting in the delay of bearing force change at larger film thickness region. The delay of the bearing force change at larger film thickness region causes the bearing damping to become negative at larger film thickness. The negative damping provides some energy into the aerostatic bearing system at larger film thickness and maintains vibration, which leads to the pneumatic hammer phenomenon.


2010 ◽  
Vol 154-155 ◽  
pp. 278-281
Author(s):  
Dong Zhao ◽  
Zeng Hai Xu ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Dong Mei Cai

The guiding forces will affect the stability of the ring rolling process and the quality of the product directly. In this paper, the guiding forces and the sector gear forces are analyzed by building theoretical equations and numerical value simulations. The variation tendencies of the guiding forces and the sector gear forces changing with the ring’s outer diameter in both steady and unsteady ring rolling phases are found out base on the theoretical and simulation analyses.


2014 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
pp. 570-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Ning Aoh ◽  
Han Kai Hsu ◽  
Wei Ting Dai ◽  
Chun Yen Lin ◽  
Yen Liang Yeh

In the hot rolling process, the steel slab may experience a temperature gradient along its transverse direction which may cause camber and wedge after rolling. Camber and wedge phenomenon will affect the quality of the steel plate. To eliminate camber and wedge phenomenon, a pair of side guides is placed before and behind the hot rolling mill. The position mode and the force mode are the control modes for side guides to correct the slab shape and to guide the slab to follow rolling direction. Finite element analysis using ABAQUS was applied to simulate hot rolling process to find the correction mechanism of rolling equipment. The centerline of slab was traced and the shape of slab was predicted. The difference of rolling load between work side and drive side of roller was determined. Furthermore, the load, stress and velocity distribution on the slab at roll bite were analyzed. By using numerical model, hot rolling parameters including side guide control strategy can be predicted, which can provide the hot rolling line as a guideline to improve the quality of the steel slab.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Lu ◽  
Jie Sun ◽  
Guangtao Li ◽  
Zhenhua Wang ◽  
Dianhua Zhang

Mill chatter in tandem cold rolling mill is a major rejection to the quality and production of the strips. In most mill vibration models, either the roll mass is usually limited to vibrate in vertical direction and vertical-horizontal directions, or the multiple rolls system is simplified to a single mass system. However, the torsional chatter is also a typical type of mill chatter, and the presence of intermediate roll and backup roll will affect the overall vibration of the mill structure system. In this paper, a newly cold rolling mill vibration model coupled with the dynamic rolling processing model and nonlinear vibration model is proposed with the consideration of dynamic coupling and nonlinear characteristics of the rolling process, multiroll equilibrium, and roll movement in both vertical-horizontal-torsional directions. By using Hopf bifurcation theorem and Routh–Hurwitz determinant, the existence of the Hopf bifurcation point of the mill vibration system and bifurcation characteristics are analyzed. At last, the influence of different rolling conditions on the stability of the coupled mill system is investigated, and these results can also be used to design an optimum rolling schedule and determine the appearance of mill chatter under certain rolling conditions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-129
Author(s):  
Roman Ďurčík ◽  
Ladislav Morovič ◽  
Michal Kán ◽  
Milan Mojžiš

The paper deals with the issue of eccentricity in the technological node of the piercing press, under selected conditions, which result from the possibilities of production in the conditions of ŽP a.s. These conditions were verified and adapted to the rolling process. This process consisting of individual technological nodes on the rolling mill, in which eccentricity is created on the piercing press and the following steps eliminate it in other technological nodes. For quality analysis of manufacturing tubes using numerical simulation, it is necessary to know the actual state of eccentricity creation on the rolling mill. A numerical simulation of piercing under different input conditions was used (software DEFORM-3D) and was performed for several different charge states before entering onto the piercing press. The eccentricity itself has a significant effect on the resulting geometric quality of the tubes.


2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
K. N. Cançado ◽  
L. Machado ◽  
L. N. Soares

During the seamless steel tubes manufacturing process, the temperature decrease between the exit of the furnace and the rolling mill entrance is determinant factor in the rolling process and the quality of the tube. This study aims to model the cooling of the billets during transport in order to evaluate the minimum temperature required for the billet leaves the furnace and also the maximum transport time without compromising the rolling process, allowing a better setup of equipment and reducing the production costs. The cooling profile was determined numerically through energy balances performed on the billet and the results obtained were compared with real values of temperature measurements by thermocouples installed on the billet. Measurements with thermocouples were conducted in billets of 270, 230 and 180 mm diameter. The error relative to the real values for all cases was below than 2.5% and the model is considered validated to use.


Author(s):  
Shao Yimin ◽  
Rao Meng ◽  
Yang Qihui ◽  
Yilin Yuan

As a common defect in the production of high-quality steel strip, chatter marks are easily found on the strip surface which may resulting from inappropriate variation of rolling parameters of a twenty-high rolling mill and the quality of the strip surface can be significantly affected. Therefore, it is critical to understand the underlying relationship between the vibration mechanisms of chatter marks and rolling parameters, furthermore, an appropriate adjustment strategy of rolling parameters is needed to improve the quality of the strip surface. To addressing this problem, a dynamic model of the twenty-high rolling mill, coupling the vertical and horizontal vibrations (because of the variation in friction tension forces), is proposed to investigate the vibration characteristics under different rolling conditions. Based on this dynamic model, effects of rolling force, rolling speed and fluctuations of tension on the vibration of the twenty-high rolling mill are studied. Finally, a rolling parameter adjustment strategy is discussed and presented based on the research results.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-bin Fan ◽  
Hao Li ◽  
Yu Jiang ◽  
Bing-xu Fan ◽  
Liang-jing Li

Background: Rolling mill vibration mechanism is very complex, and people haven't found a satisfactory vibration control method. Rolling interface is one of the vibration sources of the rolling mill system, and its friction and lubrication state has a great impact on the vibration of the rolling mill system. It is necessary to establish an accurate friction model for unsteady lubrication process of roll gap and a nonlinear vibration dynamic model for rolling process. In addition, it is necessary to obtain more direct and real rolling mill vibration characteristics from the measured vibration signals, and then study the vibration suppression method and design the vibration suppression device. Methods: This paper summarizes the friction lubrication characteristics of rolling interface and its influence on rolling mill vibration, as well as the dynamic friction model of rolling interface, the tribological model of unsteady lubrication process of roll gap, the non-linear vibration dynamic model of rolling process, the random and non-stationary dynamic behavior of rolling mill vibration, etc. At the same time, the research status of rolling mill vibration testing technology and vibration suppression methods were summarized. Time-frequency analysis of non-stationary vibration signals was reviewed, such as wavelet transform, Wigner-Ville distribution, empirical mode decomposition, blind source signal extraction, rolling vibration suppression equipment development. Results: The lubrication interface of the roller gap under vibration state presents unsteady dynamic characteristics. The signals generated by the vibration must be analyzed in time and frequency simultaneously. In the aspect of vibration suppression of rolling mill, the calculation of inherent characteristics should be carried out in the design of rolling mill to avoid dynamic defects such as resonance. When designing or upgrading the mill structure, it is necessary to optimize the structure of the work roll bending and roll shifting system, such as designing and developing the automatic adjustment mechanism of the gap between the roller bearing seat and the mill stand, adding floating support device to the drum shaped toothed joint shaft, etc. In terms of rolling technology, rolling vibration can be restrained by improving roll lubrication, reasonably distributing rolling force of each rolling mill, reducing rolling force of vibration prone rolling mill, increasing entrance temperature, reducing rolling inlet tension, reducing strip outlet temperature and reasonably arranging roll diameter. The coupling vibration can also be suppressed by optimizing the hydraulic servo system and the frequency conversion control of the motor. Conclusion: Under the vibration state, the lubrication interface of roll gap presents unsteady dynamic characteristics. The signal generated by vibration must be analyzed by time-frequency distribution. In the aspect of vibration suppression of rolling mill, the calculation of inherent characteristics should be carried out in the design of rolling mill to avoid dynamic defects such as resonance. It is necessary to optimize the structure of work roll bending and roll shifting system when designing or reforming the mill structure. In rolling process, rolling vibration can be restrained by improving roll lubrication, reasonably distributing rolling force of each rolling mill, increasing billet temperature, reasonably arranging roll diameter and reducing rolling inlet tension. Through the optimization of the hydraulic servo system and the frequency conversion control of the motor, the coupling vibration can be suppressed. The paper has important reference significance for vibration suppression of continuous rolling mill and efficient production of high quality strip products.


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