Pass schedule design and roll geometry are decisive criteria for the productivity of a mill stand and the quality of the final product. Within the framework of this project, the intelligent use of existing process data should replace the use of empirical values at the pass schedule calculation a...
The project Edge control aims at systematically studying width variation and edge-drop in cold rolling mills. Mechanisms producing these phenomena were investigated and classified for different materials and mill types. Advanced strategies for controlling edge-drop and width were proposed. The d...
In this project, two stand-alone approaches from the preceding research endeavour were combined to add increased controllability to pickling lines, which were by now controlled only by adaptation of strip speed. A model-based control concept to calculate strip speed set points in pickling lines,...
The high quality standard of coated steels requires good stability of the strip, particularly in the cooling tower after the zinc bath, where the gas jets of the cooling equipment excite the strip. The objective of the pilot project is to increase the line productivity and coating quality by dec...
