IP Library Granted Patent US 12,617,008
Granted Patent B2
US 12,617,008 · App. 18/690,531 · Granted May 5, 2026

Thickness controlling method and rigidity monitoring method for rolling mill

Inventor: Toshihito Shimotani (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATION
B21B37/16B21B37/58B21B37/64
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Patent No.
US 12,617,008
App. No.
18/690,531
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thickness controlling method for a rolling mill includes using a regression model to recursively approximate a relationship between the roll force change amount between the preceding material and the present material and a gap error change amount of the rolling mill, and predicting a gap error in a rolling of the present material on the basis of the regression model, the preceding material being a rolled coil rolled by the rolling mill immediately prior, and the present material being another rolled coil to be rolled following the preceding material, correcting a gap setting amount in the rolling of the present material, on a basis of a value of the predicted gap error, and updating a regression coefficient of the regression model, on a basis of an actual roll force and an actual gap error change amount obtained from the rolling of the present material.

Claims (13)

1 . A thickness controlling method for a rolling mill that rolls a material to be rolled so as to have a target thickness, the thickness controlling method comprising:

a step of using a regression model to recursively approximate a relationship between a roll force change amount between a preceding material and a present material and a gap error change amount of the rolling mill, and predicting a gap error in a rolling of the present material on the basis of the regression model, the preceding material being a rolled coil rolled by the rolling mill immediately prior, and the present material being another rolled coil to be rolled following the preceding material;

a step of correcting a gap setting amount in the rolling of the present material, on a basis of a value of the predicted gap error; and

a step of updating a regression coefficient of the regression model, on a basis of an actual roll force and an actual gap error change amount obtained from the rolling of the present material.

2 . The thickness controlling method for the rolling mill according to claim 1 , wherein

a difference is calculated between the gap error change amount predicted by the regression model by using the actual roll force and the actual gap error change amount, and

when the calculated difference is larger than a reference value, the regression coefficient is not updated, and a most recent regression coefficient is maintained.

3 . A rigidity monitoring method for a rolling mill comprising:

a step of determining whether there is a chronological change in rigidity of the rolling mill on a basis of a time-series transition in the regression coefficient updated at each rolling with the thickness controlling method for the rolling mill according to claim 1 ; and

a step of issuing a notification when it is determined that the chronological change has occurred in the rigidity of the rolling mill.

4 . A rigidity monitoring method for a rolling mill comprising:

a step of determining whether there is a chronological change in rigidity of the rolling mill on a basis of a time-series transition in the regression coefficient updated at each rolling with the thickness controlling method for the rolling mill according to claim 2 ; and

a step of issuing a notification when it is determined that the chronological change has occurred in the rigidity of the rolling mill.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 31, 2026
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074235/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2024
From: SHIMOTANI, TOSHIHITO
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066705/0268 →
Continuity (1)
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