简介:Highperformancecontrolofaninteractiveprocesssuchasironandsteelplantreliesonabilitytohonorsafetyandoperationalconstraints;reducethestandarddeviationsofvariablesthatneedtobecontrolled(e.g.productquantity,quality);de-bottleneckingtheprocess;and,maximizeprofitabilityorlowercost(e.g.energysavings,improvehotmetalcontent).Theseobjectivesmaybeprioritizedinthisorder,butcanvaryandareverydifficulttoachieveoptimallythroughconventionalcontrol.Amultivariablepredictivecontrollersolution,alongwithitsextensiveinferentialsensorandbuilt-inoptimizer,providesonlineclosedloopcontrolandoptimizationformanyinteractivemetalandminingprocessestolowertheenergycost,increasethroughput,andoptimizeproductqualityandyield.Controlloopperformanceisalsoakeyfactortoimproveironandsteelplantautomationandoperationresult;HoneywellCPMoffersvender-independentproductwhichprovidesmonitoring,tuning,modelingofcontrolloopandsustainableloopperformanceanalysisandmaintenancesolutiontowardsoperationstabilityandenergysaving.
简介:Therecentrapiddevelopmentsintheautomobileindustryhavedemandedtheextensiveuseofgalvannealed(GA)steelsheets.Inparticular,thedevelopmentoflightweightautomobilesisputtingincreasinglyhigherrequirementsonthestrengthofGAsteelsheets.Thegalvannealfurnace,whichisusedforprocessinggalvannealedsteelsheets,istypicallycomposedoftheinductionheatingsection,holdingsectionandfogcoolingsection.Thispaperdescribedthestructuralcharacteristicsofeachcomponentofthegalvannealfurnace,andanalyzedtemperaturecontrolmethodsofthegalvannealfurnacethatareimportantforthesuccessfulproductionofhigh-strengthGAsteelsheetsforautomotiveapplications.
简介:ThispaperintroducesACvariable-speeddrivingcontroltechnologyapplicationinthecontinuousannealingline,includingthedrivesystemconfiguration,thedrivingcontrolcharacteristicsofCALandthemaincontrolfunctionsofthedrivesystem.Firstlyintroducesthemainprocessofthecontinuousannealingline,thefeaturesofthe6SE70seriescommonDCbusdrivesystemandtheG150seriesdrivesystem.Secondly,forthecontinuousannealingline,therearemorestrictrequirementsforthecontinuityofproductionandmorespecialrequirementsforthedrivecontrolcharacteristics.Wedoalotofimprovementandstandardizationforthedrivingcontrolfunctionsandtheinterfacesofthelineautomationcontrolsystem.Thispaperdiscussesthecommunicationinterfacespecificationsandthedimensiontransformationmethodsbetweenthedriveandthebasicautomationsystem.Thedetaildimensiontransformationmethodsandcalculationmethodaboutthelinespeedsettingandtheactualrollerdimensionsettingaregiven,anddetaildescriptionforthecalculationmethodofthereferencespeedinthedrive.Articlealsoemphasizedillustratesrealizingandtestingmethodsofinertiacompensationofequipmentinthedrives,andstandardizethevalueoflineaccelerateanddeceleraterate,andtheinertiatestmethodandinertiacompensationcoefficientcalculationmethodisintroducedinthispaper.Forthebridgerollersandfurnacehelprollersloadbalancecontrol,thispaperpresentstwodifferentloadbalancecontrolstrategies,theloadbalancecontrolprincipleforbridgerollerswhichdatacommunicatesfrommainstationtoslavestationsbySimolink,andtheloadbalancecontrolprincipleforfurnacehelprollerswhichusedroopcontrol.Thedifferentcharacteristicsofthosetwomethodsarestatedindetail.
简介:Sometimesmaindrivermotors’torqueexceedsthemaximumlimitinBaosteel’s5mheavyplatemill.Experienceshowedthattorqueoverloadedoccurredincasesofsomespecialrollingsequenceandspecialrollingplatedimension.Mostoftheoverloadedoccurredonlyinstantaneousatsometimepointduringtherollingpass,whichespeciallyeasilyhappenedatthebiteandmotoraccelerationtimeafterthebite.Thispaperanalyzestheimpactfactorsformotortorqueoverloadandcarefullystudiesthekeydetailsofthemillrollingspeedcontrol.Thesolutiontoimprovethespeedcontrolwasgivenatthepreconditionofkeepingproductionyield.Theimplementationofthesolutionsignificantlyreducedtheoccurrenceoftorqueoverloadedtimes.
简介:Thecenterlinesegregationincontinuouscastingsteelisknowntobeformedbytheinterdendriticenrichedliquidflowatthesolidificationendinstrand.Atpresent,severalmethods,suchasthermalsoftreduction,electromagneticstirringanddynamicsoftreduction,areavailabletoreducethecentersegregationandtoimprovetheinternalquality.Althoughsomemethodscouldalleviatecentersegregationtosomeextent,theycanalsogiverisetonewproblems.Forinstance,thermalsoftreductioncanleadtosurfacecrackingduringcastingofsomesteelsandelectromagneticstirringcanresultinwhiteband.Dynamicsoftreductionisaneffectivetechnologyfortheimprovementofstrandqualityincontinuousslabcasting.Inthispaper,thekeyparametersofdynamicsoftreductiontechnology,suchassoftreductionregion,thetotalreductionamount,forlowcarbonsteelhavebeenstudiedbasedonexperimentalandtheoreticalanalysis.Thesoftreductionregionwasrelatedtothesegregationofchemicalcomposition,slabbulgingofnarrowsideandavoidinginternalcrackofslab.Thetotalreductionamountwascomposedofnaturalthermalshrinkageandactualreductionamountdependingoncriticalstrain.Forlowcarbonsteelwithslabdimensionof(950-1950)mm×170mm,thesolidfractionrangeinsoftreductionregionwasrecommendedfrom0.4to0.8,thetotalreductionamountwas2.0-2.8mm,andtheoptimizedreductionratewas0.4-1.2mm/min,respectively.Furthermore,adynamicsoftreductionsystemincontinuousslabcasting,VisualCast-Dynamic,hasbeendevelopedbymultithreadingmethod.Itdemonstratedthatthedynamicsoftreductionmodelinthisstudywascorrectwiththeabilityofonlinecontrol.
简介:Inthispaper,theflatnesscontroltechnologyAnShaperTMforcold-rollingmillandindustryapplicationareintroduced.AnShaperTMincludes;partitioningpiezomagneticshapemeterforflatnessmeasurementforcold-rollingstrip;flatnessmeasuredsignalsprocessingsystembasedondigitalsignalprocessing(DSP);flatnessfeedbackcontrolmodelsystembasedonthecontrolefficiencyofflatnesscontrolactuatorsandmodeladaptivefunction.TheapplicationverifiesthatstripflatnesscanmeettheneedofhighqualityproductbyusingAnShaperTM.Theaverageflatnessqualityisabout5Ⅰ-unitandthe0.18mmultrathinthicknessstripflatnessis10Ⅰ-unit.
简介:Someofthemaincoolingprocessesandequipmentthatarecurrentlybeingusedinthecontinuousannealingprocessline(CAPL)atBaosteelareintroduced,aswellastheircoolingcontrolmodeltechniques,themodelingprincipiumandtheirapplicationresults.Withchartsindicatingthecontroltrendsinrealprocesses,thepowerfuladjustingabilityofthecontrolmodelswithprocessvariabledifferencesandtheirexcellentcontrolprecisionareshowninthisstudy.
简介:Toimprovetheprecisionofthecoilingtemperatureandtheperformanceofthefeedbackcontrolsystemwithlongpuretimedelayonhotstripmills,weanalyzedthedesignprocessoftheDahlinalgorithmindetail.ThecoilingtemperaturecurvescontrolledbythePIDalgorithmandDahlinalgorithmweresimulatedandcompared,whichshowedthatthecontrolprecisionwiththeDahlinalgorithmwashigherthanthatwiththePIDalgorithm.Thatwasfurtherverifiedbytheproductionpractice.
简介:DynamicmodelcontroltechnologiesofsecondarycoolingandsoftreductionofBaosteelareintroduced.Modelprincipleandcontrolsystemarchitecturearesummarized,aswellasfunctionsandfeatures.Finally,applicationsofmodeltechnologiesarediscussed.Theself-developeddynamicsecondarycoolingmodelandthedynamicsoftreductionmodelhavebeenappliedonseveralcastingmachinesinsideandoutsideBaosteel,desiredcontroleffectswereachievedwithgoodstabilityandreliability.Temperaturemeasurementresultsverifiedthecorrectnessofmodel.
简介:Inthepresentstudy,sampleswereextensivelycollectedthroughoutthestainlesssteelmanufacturingprocess.Thethree-dimensionalmorphologyofinclusionswasrevealedbynon-aqueoussolutionelectrolysis.Thehighconcentrationofaluminuminferrosiliconcausedtheincrementof[Al]sinsteelandAl2O3ininclusions,whichledtothehighermeltingtemperatureofinclusions.ItwasconcludedthattheapplicationoflowAlferrosiliconandcalciumtreatmentcouldpreventtheformationofAl2O3-richinclusions.
简介:BasedonthepracticeofBaosteel's60000m3/hairseparationunit(ASU),whichisthefirstdomestically-integratedunitofsuchascale,thispaperstudiestheprinciplesoftypeselectionofthedistributioncontrolsystem(DCS).Itdiscussesthedesignoftheunit'scontrolsystem,whichinvolvesacompressorsystem,apurificationsystem(molecularsieving),aturboexpansionsystemandanairseparationsystem.ThefinalpartofthepaperdiscussesthemaintenanceandfuturedevelopmentoftheASUcontrolsystematBaosteel.
简介:Thecoilingtemperatureofthehotstriprollingprocessplaysanimportantroleinstripqualitycontrol.Thenewly-builtlaminarflowcoolingcontrolsystemwasindependentlydevelopedbyBaosteel.L2conductstotallydynamiccontrol(L1onlyexecutestheresultfromL2,anddoesnotconductanydynamiccontrol).Thesystemhasmanyadvantages,suchasquickreal-timecontrol,accuratemodelcalculation,quickresponseafterself-adaptation,etc.Comparedwiththe2050mmhotstriprollingline,thenewsystemcansatisfythestrictcoolingrequirementsofhighstrengthsteel,siliconsteelandheavyplatesbecauseofitsnewly-developedtechnologiesofcoolingratecontrol,stripcoolingbysectionsandproportion-integral-differentialcoefficient(PID)feedbackfuzzycontrol.
简介:Anon-linecontrolmethodofsurfacequalityforcontinuoushot-dipgalvanizedsteelstripaftercoolingispresented,whichcombinesanalyticaldynamicstheoryofathinplatewiththefiniteelementmethod.Theinherentcharacteristicsofthenon-immersedandpartiallyimmersedstripinliquidzincwerecalculatedonthebasisoftheoreticalanalysisandnumericalsimulation,respectively.Multi-parameterfittingofthedeviationbetweenresultsusingdifferentmethodswasperformed.Tooptimizethestripexcitationfrequencyawayfromtheresonanceregion,on-linevibrationcontrolofthestripneartheairknifeunderfullproductconditionswasachievedbychangingthefieldproductionparametersbasedonthefieldtestresults.Theresultsindicatethatalthoughtheaxialvelocityhaslittleeffectontheinherentcharacteristicsofthestripcomparedwithothermanufacturingparameterssuchasthesteelspecificationsandtension,itinducesexternalexcitations,includingmovingtheaerodynamicloadandbearingvibration.Tosomedegree,thevibrationneartheairknifecanbereducedbystrengtheningthesupportstiffnessofthecontactrolls.Atotalon-linecontrolprogramofsurfacequalityforcontinuoushot-dipgalvanizedpureZnandgalvannealedsteelsheetinthecoolingsectionisproposed.