IP Library Granted Patent US 11,364,524
Granted Patent B2
US 11,364,524 · App. 16/322,690 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Method for producing H-shaped steel

Inventor: Hiroshi Yamashita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
B21B1/088
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Patent No.
US 11,364,524
App. No.
16/322,690
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing H-shaped steel, the method includes: a rough rolling step; an intermediate rolling step; and a finish rolling step, wherein: the rough rolling step includes: an edging rolling step of rolling and shaping a material to be rolled into a predetermined almost dog-bone shape; and a flat rolling step of performing rolling of a web part with the material to be rolled after completion of the edging rolling step rotated 90° or 270°; upper and lower caliber rolls of at least one caliber of calibers configured to perform the flat rolling step include recessed parts configured to form a raised part at a middle of a web part of the material to be rolled, the recessed parts being provided at roll barrel length middle parts of the upper and lower caliber rolls; and a side surface inclination angle α of the formed raised part is set to 30° or more.

Claims (24)

1. A method for producing H-shaped steel from a raw material, the method comprising:

a rough rolling step;

an intermediate rolling step; and

a finish rolling step,

wherein:

the rough rolling step comprises:

an edging rolling step of rolling and shaping a raw material into a predetermined shape including a web part; and

a flat rolling step of rotating the material of the predetermined shape 90° or 270° after completion of the edging rolling step and forming a raised part at a middle of the web part of the material of the predetermined shape using upper and lower caliber rolls having a raised part forming caliber with recessed parts, each of the recessed parts being provided at respective middle parts along a respective roll barrel of the upper and lower caliber rolls; and

a side surface inclination angle α formed, during the flat rolling step, between a direction perpendicular to a rolling pitch line and a side surface of the formed raised part as viewed from a rolling direction is set to 30° or more,

wherein the flat rolling step further includes reducing the raised part by rolling and shaping the web part flat with a raised part eliminating caliber, and

wherein the flat rolling step further includes performing widening rolling of the web part using one or a plurality of widening calibers after the web part is rolled and shaped flat.

2. The method for producing H-shaped steel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the rough rolling step is performed with a plurality of calibers, the plurality being six or more and including the raised part forming caliber, the raised part eliminating caliber and the one or plurality of widening calibers;

performing the rough rolling step in one or a plurality of passes on the raw material in the plurality of calibers;

the edging rolling step includes creating splits to form divided parts at ends of the raw material using a first caliber and a second caliber of the plurality of calibers, the first and second calibers having projections perpendicular to a width direction of the raw material; and

sequentially bending the formed divided parts by having projections of subsequent calibers of the plurality of calibers, except the calibers performing the flat rolling step, coming into contact with the splits.

3. The method for producing H-shaped steel according to claim 2 , wherein

a width of the raised part formed at the flat rolling step is set to 30% or more and 50% or less of a width of the web part of the material of the predetermined shape.

4. The method for producing H-shaped steel according to claim 1 , wherein

a width of the raised part formed at the flat rolling step is set to 30% or more and 50% or less of a width of the web part of the material of the predetermined shape.

5. The method for producing H-shaped steel according to claim 4 , wherein

the raw material is a rectangular cross-section slab having a width of 2000 mm.

6. The method for producing H-shaped steel according to claim 1 , wherein

the raw material is a rectangular cross-section slab having a thickness of 290 mm or more and 310 mm or less.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2019
From: YAMASHITA, HIROSHI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048455/0824 →