Slab and Level 2 Automation Design Guidelines for Optimum Metallurgy and Productivity for Plate and Steckel Mills
Many new steel plate processing facilities have been built in the past 10 years around the world with many more being planned for the future. This is especially true in developing countries such as China, India and Brazil. Many of these facilities are plate mills with either one or two stands or a Steckel mill, typically only one stand designed for the production of structural plate steels. Unfortunately, there is a lack of understanding with both the mill builders of the world and the mill owners on the importance of properly matching up the available slab supply (either new as part of a new plate/Steckel mill complex or part of an already existing) with the desired end plate product mix. Many mill builders and owners around the world believe that you can take any slab of any dimension and make any plate dimension you want. While this is basically true with today’s Level 2 automation systems, it does not always result in optimum metallurgy/mechanical properties or productivity. This less than optimum condition results in mechanical property failures, shape issues, productivity losses and in general a less than desirable costly processing operation.It is important to the overall optimization of a steel processing facility that the proper slab dimensions be used to produce the proper final plate dimensions along with achieving the required mechanical properties.The critical nature of this selection will be dependent on the final plate thickness and overall mechanical property requirements. Proper mechanical property,shape and overall microstructure are heavily dependent on the ability to properly work the entire cross section of the slab through the rolling process. Many mechanical property, shape and microstructural issues are a result of improper working of the entire cross section during rolling. The ability for a given mill to properly work the entire cross section is dependent on proper slab selection (total reduction ratio) and a proper rolling schedule either generated manually by the operator or by the mills Level 2 automation system. The proper working and more importantly the true metallurgy of the slab being rolled does not occur until any dimensional rolling passes have been completed. In fact, dimensional rolling passes may create a negative situation that will have to be overcome in the remainder of the rolling schedule. This paper will discuss the importance of proper slab selection for a given plate dimension and final product. Examples and guidelines will be given related to proper slab selection for final plate dimensions and mechanical property requirements.
slab dimensions optimization grain size rolling schedule automation Level 2
STALHEIM,Douglas
DGS Metallurgical Solutions Inc.,15003 NE10th Street,Vancouver,WA 98684 USA
国际会议
The 6th International Conference on High Strength Low Alloy Steels(第六届高强度低合金钢国际会议HSLA Steels2011)
北京
英文
154-159
2011-05-31（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）