Method and a control device for operating a combined casting/rolling installation

    公开(公告)号:US12042833B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US16346584

    申请日:2017-10-12

    发明人: Thomas Lengauer

    摘要: A method for operating a combined casting/rolling installation: A casting machine (4) of the combined installation (2) produces a cast product (40) and a rolling mill (6, 8) of the installation (2) produces a rolled product (42a, 42b) from the cast product (40). The installation (2) has a control device (12) with a measuring unit (14) and a controller (16). The measuring unit (14) detects a rolled-product property, generates a measurement signal dependent on that property and transmits the measurement signal to the controller (16), and the controller (16) uses the measurement signal to generate a control signal for the casting machine (4) based on a control algorithm and transmits the control signal to the casting machine (4) which uses the control signal to set a casting parameter. The detected rolled-product property is a temperature profile of the rolled product (42a, 42b) in the width direction thereof and the casting parameter that is set by the casting machine (4) using the control signal is a cooling parameter of the casting machine (4).

    Sensing events in a metal casting system

    公开(公告)号:US11951534B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US18005885

    申请日:2021-07-23

    申请人: Novelis Inc.

    IPC分类号: B22D11/16 B22D11/049

    CPC分类号: B22D11/16 B22D11/049

    摘要: Systems and methods are disclosed for an event detection system that captures data associated with events while a DC casting system forms an ingot, determines characteristics of the events, and improves the casting system based on the events. Example systems and methods may include initiating a casting operation using one or more pieces of equipment of a casting system including a casting apparatus; capturing sensor data associated with one or more acoustic signals captured relative to the one or more pieces of equipment performing the casting operation; comparing the sensor data with a set of acoustic profiles; determining whether a particular type of event has occurred; causing an adjustment to the casting system or to the casting operation based on whether the particular type of event has occurred; and initiating a second casting operation using the adjusted casting system or casting operation.

    TRAINING-FREE DATA-DRIVEN METHOD FOR INPUT-OUTPUT MODELING OF COMPLEX PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20230330742A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18301080

    申请日:2023-04-14

    申请人: NUCOR CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B22D11/16

    CPC分类号: B22D11/16 B22D11/1246

    摘要: A twin roll casting system includes a pair of counter-rotating casting rolls, a casting roll controller is configured to adjust at least one process control setpoint for the casting rolls in response to control signals. A cast strip sensor measures at least one parameter of the cast strip. A controller receives measurement signals from the cast strip sensor provides control signals to the casting roll controller. The controller is a data-driven model comprising a database of state-input pairs; and executes the following steps at each time step: measure a state-input similarity between a new state observation and samples, assign a weight to each consequent output of samples based on the similarity measured, and sum the weighted outputs and predict an output of a new state observation. The controller is configured to provide the control signals to the casting roll controller based on the predicted output of the new state observation.

    METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CRACK REMOVAL
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230191477A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US18001895

    申请日:2021-06-14

    申请人: ABB Schweiz AG

    发明人: Sten Linder

    IPC分类号: B22D11/16 B22D11/12

    CPC分类号: B22D11/16 B22D11/122

    摘要: A method of removing a crack in a metallic material during a metal making process. The method including: determining the presence of a crack and its crack depth during the metal making process by a crack detecting unit utilizing inductive measurement, sending a crack detection signal and crack depth to a crack removal unit arranged on known distance from the crack detecting unit, the crack removal unit including an ejector configured to eject a carving means, and to vary the intensity of the ejected carving means, removing the detected crack by activating the ejector based on the crack detection signal with an intensity of the ejected carving means based at least on the crack depth.

    Monitoring method for a continuous casting mould including building up a database

    公开(公告)号:US10052684B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-21

    申请号:US14651752

    申请日:2013-10-29

    摘要: A monitoring device (6) records variables that are characteristic of operating parameters of a continuous casting mold (1) for casting a metal strand (2). The monitoring device (6) records at least some of the characteristic variables by independently performing measurements during the casting of the metal strand (2). The monitoring device (6) forms groups (G1, G2) of operating parameters and independently tests whether the operating parameters of the respective group (G1, G2) satisfy a respective predetermined stability criterion. The monitoring device (6) accepts the operating parameters into a database (12). The monitoring device (6) determines those data records (11) contained in the database (12) that coincide in their input variables with the basic operating parameters and determines admissible operating parameter ranges for supplementary operating parameters. The monitoring device (6) independently tests whether the supplementary operating parameters lie within the admissible operating parameter ranges.

    MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR METAL MOLDED BODY

    公开(公告)号:US20180029112A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-01

    申请号:US15663008

    申请日:2017-07-28

    摘要: There is provided a manufacturing apparatus for a metal molded body. The manufacturing apparatus includes: a die having an elongated shape in plan view; and a plurality of pairs of thrust units disposed along a wall surface with the die disposed therebetween from both sides of the die, wherein the pairs of thrust units have electromagnetic coils that generate reverse traveling magnetic fields, and the pairs of thrust units arranged in a longitudinal direction are set so as to generate the reverse traveling magnetic fields for each series composed of a single thrust unit or a plurality of the thrust units.

    Eddy current mold level measuring device and mold level measuring method

    公开(公告)号:US09816851B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-14

    申请号:US14809582

    申请日:2015-07-27

    发明人: Fumio Koyama

    摘要: The measuring device includes: a detecting section including a coil which detects a change in a value of impedance caused by a change in a mold level; an amplifying section which amplifies an output of the detecting section; a pre-pouring calibration section which determines a reference value of a positive feedback ratio of the amplifying section in environmental conditions before pouring of molten metal; and a mold oscillation signal calibration section which obtains a standard value of difference in an output of the measuring device, the standard value of difference corresponding to a known value of amplitude of mold oscillation when the positive feedback ratio is the reference value, obtains a deviation of measurement based on a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the output in mold oscillation and the standard value, and corrects the positive feedback ratio within a predetermined range including the reference value.

    APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC STARTUP OF A CONTINUOUS CASTING LINE

    公开(公告)号:US20170297093A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-19

    申请号:US15483363

    申请日:2017-04-10

    IPC分类号: B22D11/16 B22D11/18

    摘要: An apparatus for the automatic startup of a continuous casting line, including a vessel which is connected to a tip by means of a gate, the tip feeding a casting housing. The apparatus includes a laser device which measures the level of the metal within the vessel, a level control device, which adjusts the introduction of liquid metal into the vessel, a gate actuator to control the gate for providing a barrier between the vessel and the tip, a transducer for the temperature of the metal inside the vessel, and a PLC which receives data from the temperature transducer and from the laser device to control the level control device and the gate actuator, so as to adjust the vessel metal level to ensure a correct and continuous flow of metal toward the casting cylinders, in order to avoid poor diffusion of the metal inside the tip.