US 11,806,768 B2
Edge drop control device
Tomoyuki Tezuka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/231,020.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-157755 (JP), filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0088657 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B21B 37/58 (2006.01)
CPC B21B 37/58 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An edge drop control device, comprising:
low response actuators provided in a rolling stand that rolls a strip, including a first low response actuator and a second low response actuator, and making a different amount of change to each of roll gaps at edges of the strip according to a combination of operation of the first low response actuator based on a correction manipulated amount A and operation of the second low response actuator based on a correction manipulated amount B;
a high response actuator provided in the rolling stand, having a higher response than the first low response actuator and the second low response actuator, and making a same amount of change to each of the roll gaps at the edges of the strip based on a correction manipulated amount C;
an edge drop meter provided at least either upstream or downstream of the rolling stand and measuring an edge drop amount for each of the both edges of the strip; and
a processor configured to:
calculate a calculated manipulated amount A_calc of the first low response actuator and a calculated manipulated amount B_calc of the second low response actuator for bringing a difference between the measured edge drop amount and a target amount close to zero without using the high response actuator;
calculate a calculated manipulated amount C_calc of the high response actuator for bringing a difference between the measured edge drop amount and the target amount to zero without using the low response actuators;
when a determination condition is established, output the calculated manipulated amount A_calc as the correction manipulated amount A to the first low response actuator and outputting the calculated manipulated amount B_calc as the correction manipulated amount B to the second low response actuator; and
when the determination condition is not established, output the calculated manipulated amount C_calc as the correction manipulated amount C to the high response actuator.