IP Library Granted Patent US 9,358,594
Granted Patent B2
US 9,358,594 · App. 13/625,096 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of hot-rolled steel sheet

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Patent No.
US 9,358,594
App. No.
13/625,096
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of hot-rolled steel sheet which enables uniform cooling of a rolled material and improvement of the surface properties thereof. The manufacturing apparatus comprises: a rolling stand; a supplying device capable of supplying lubricant to work rolls and/or backup rolls; an online roll grinding device; and a removing device capable of removing at least part of the lubricant before the surface of the work rolls is ground by the grinding device. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of: removing at least part of the lubricant adhered to the work rolls, or to the work rolls and backup rolls using the lubricant removing device after completing rolling of a preceding material; grinding the work rolls using the online roll grinding device after the removing step; and supplying the lubricant to the work rolls and/or backup rolls from the lubricant supplying device.

Claims (36)

1. A manufacturing apparatus of a hot-rolled steel sheet comprising:

a rolling stand provided with work rolls and backup rolls;

a lubricant supplying device that supplies a lubricant to the work rolls and/or the backup rolls;

an online roll grinding device that grinds a surface of the work rolls; and

a lubricant removing device that is configured to remove at least a part of the lubricant adhered to the work rolls, or to the work rolls and the backup rolls, before the surface of the work rolls is ground by the online roll grinding device; and

a water-cooling device that cools the work rolls with water;

wherein the lubricant removing device sprays cooling water having a temperature of 50° C. or more,

wherein the online roll grinding device is disposed on an upstream side of the work rolls in the traveling direction of a material to be rolled by the rolling stand, and

the lubricant removing device is disposed on a downstream side of the work rolls in the traveling direction of the material to be rolled by the rolling stand.

2. The manufacturing apparatus of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising:

two or more rolling stands that are disposed continuously in a traveling direction of a material to be rolled by the rolling stands; and

a cooling device that cools the rolled material and that is disposed on a downstream side, in the traveling direction, of the rolling stand disposed on an end on the downstream side in the traveling direction.

3. The manufacturing apparatus of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a line load is 1.0 t/mm or more at least at a time when the material to be rolled is rolled by the rolling stand disposed on the end on the downstream side in the traveling direction.

4. The manufacturing apparatus of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 3 , wherein

a detecting device that detects temperature unevenness of the material rolled by the rolling stand is disposed on a downstream side of the cooling device in the traveling direction; and

a control device is provided that is configured to control operation of the online roll grinding device based on the temperature unevenness detected by the detecting device.

5. The manufacturing apparatus of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a detecting device that detects temperature unevenness of the material rolled by the rolling stand and that is disposed on a downstream side of the cooling device in the traveling direction; and

a control device that is configured to control operation of the online roll grinding device based on the temperature unevenness detected by the detecting device.

6. A manufacturing method of a hot-rolled steel sheet that rolls a plurality of materials to be rolled by using a manufacturing apparatus of a hot-rolled steel sheet that comprises: a rolling stand provided with work rolls and backup rolls; a lubricant supplying device that supplies a lubricant to the work rolls and/or the backup rolls; an online roll grinding device that grinds a surface of the work rolls; and a lubricant removing device that is configured to remove at least a part of the lubricant adhered to the work rolls, or to the work rolls and the backup rolls, before the surface of the work rolls is ground by the online roll grinding device, and a water-cooling device that cools the work rolls with water, wherein the online roll grinding device is disposed on an upstream side of the work rolls in the traveling direction of a material to be rolled by the rolling stand, and the lubricant removing device is disposed on a downstream side of the work rolls in the traveling direction of the material to be rolled by the rolling stand, the method comprising:

removing at least a part of the lubricant adhered to the work rolls, or to the work rolls and the backup rolls by using the lubricant removing device after completing rolling of a preceding material to be rolled;

grinding the work rolls by using the online roll grinding device after the removing;

feeding a front end portion of a following material to be rolled through the work rolls after the grinding;

supplying the lubricant to the work rolls and/or the backup rolls from the lubricant supplying device after the feeding;

stopping supply of the lubricant from the lubricant supplying device after the supplying,

wherein in the removing step, cooling water having a temperature of 50° C. or more is sprayed from the lubricant removing device.

7. The manufacturing method of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein two or more rolling stands are disposed continuously in a traveling direction of a material to be rolled by the rolling stands;

a cooling device that cools the rolled material is disposed on a downstream side, in the traveling direction, of the rolling stand disposed on an end on the downstream side in the traveling direction; and

the rolled material is cooled by the cooling device immediately after completion of the rolling by the rolling stand disposed on the end on the downstream side in the traveling direction.

8. The manufacturing method of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein a line load is 1.0 t/mm or more at least at a time when the material to be rolled is rolled by the rolling stand disposed on the end on the downstream side in the traveling direction.

9. The manufacturing method of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 8 , wherein

a detecting device that detects temperature unevenness of the material rolled by the rolling stand is disposed on a downstream side of the cooling device in the traveling direction; and

a control device is provided that is configured to control operation of the online roll grinding device based on the temperature unevenness detected by the detecting device.

10. The manufacturing method of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein

a detecting device that detects temperature unevenness of the material rolled by the rolling stand is disposed on a downstream side of the cooling device in the traveling direction; and

a control device is provided that is configured to control operation of the online roll grinding device based on the temperature unevenness detected by the detecting device.

Assignments (7)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062147/0975 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 13, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI-HITACHI METALS MACHINERY, INC.
To: MITSUBISHI-HITACHI METALS MACHINERY, INC.
Reel/Frame 052645/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI-HITACHI METALS MACHINERY, INC.
To: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN LTD.
Reel/Frame 052645/0586 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 11, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI-HITACHI METALS MACHINERY, INC.
To: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
Reel/Frame 036325/0545 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2013
From: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029980/0354 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2012
From: NIKKUNI, DAISUKE; FUKUSHIMA, SUGUHIRO; OWADA, TAKAO; USUGI, TOSHIHIRO
To: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.; MITSUBISHI-HITACHI METALS MACHINERY, INC.
Reel/Frame 029165/0749 →