Method for the heat treatment of a metal based on a predicted austenite content to achieve austenite content within a quality window

    公开(公告)号:US12291757B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-06

    申请号:US17608923

    申请日:2020-04-23

    Applicant: SMS GROUP GMBH

    Abstract: A heat-treatment method for controlling austenite content in steel during conveying, heating and cooling the steel though a furnace. The method includes heating the steel until reaching a first location, then cooling the steel until reaching a downstream second or third location in the furnace. First, a quality window of the austenite content having minimum/maximum values at the second or third locations is determined. Upstream from the second/third locations, temperature of the steel for the second/third locations is predicted by a heat-transfer equation and/or conveyance speed of the steel through the furnace. The austenite content is then predicted at the second/third locations by metallurgical/data-based modelling using the predicted temperature. The furnace temperature and/or conveyance speed is adjusted when the predicted steel austenite content for the second/third locations is outside the quality window, whereby after the furnace adjustment, the predicted austenite content for the second/third locations falls within the quality window.

    Device and method for controlling and/or regulating an annealing or heat treatment furnace of a production line processing metal material

    公开(公告)号:US10077942B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-18

    申请号:US14893218

    申请日:2014-05-22

    Applicant: SMS Group GmbH

    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling and/or regulating an annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) of a production line (1) processing metal material, which comprises the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) and at least one measuring instrument (7, 8, 17), which detects at least one material property of a strip material (6) located in the production line (1), wherein the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) and the at least one measuring instrument (7, 8) interact in a regulating and/or control circuit of an automated process control, which regulates and/or controls the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) in connection with a furnace control, wherein according to the invention, a solution is created wherein an improvement of the process control over the previously known prior art can be achieved. This is achieved in that the at least one measuring instrument (7, 8) is arranged behind the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) in the strap material processing direction (5) and detects online a measured value reproducing and/or depicting a mechanical material property of the strap material (6) and transmits said measured value to a regulating and/or control unit (18) as a data transfer signal.

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR REGULATING AN ANNEALING OR HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE OF A PRODUCTION LINE PROCESSING METAL MATERIAL
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    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR REGULATING AN ANNEALING OR HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE OF A PRODUCTION LINE PROCESSING METAL MATERIAL 审中-公开
    用于控制和/或调节生产线加工金属材料的退火或热处理炉的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160102916A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-14

    申请号:US14893218

    申请日:2014-05-22

    Applicant: SMS GROUP GMBH

    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling and/or regulating an annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) of a production line (1) processing metal material, which comprises the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) and at least one measuring instrument (7, 8, 17), which detects at least one material property of a strip material (6) located in the production line (1), wherein the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) and the at least one measuring instrument (7, 8) interact in a regulating and/or control circuit of an automated process control, which regulates and/or controls the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) in connection with a furnace control, wherein according to the invention, a solution is created wherein an improvement of the process control over the previously known prior art can be achieved. This is achieved in that the at least one measuring instrument (7, 8) is arranged behind the annealing or heat treatment furnace (2) in the strap material processing direction (5) and detects online a measured value reproducing and/or depicting a mechanical material property of the strap material (6) and transmits said measured value to a regulating and/or control unit (18) as a data transfer signal.

    Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于控制和/或调节处理金属材料的生产线(1)的退火或热处理炉(2)的装置,其包括退火或热处理炉(2)和至少一个测量仪器 7,8,17),其检测位于生产线(1)中的条带材料(6)的至少一种材料性质,其中所述退火或热处理炉(2)和所述至少一个测量仪器 8)在自动化过程控制的调节和/或控制回路中相互作用,该自动化过程控制调节和/或控制与炉控制有关的退火或热处理炉(2),其中根据本发明创建一种解决方案,其中 可以实现对先前已知的现有技术的过程控制的改进。 这是通过将至少一个测量仪器(7,8)布置在带材处理方向(5)的退火或热处理炉(2)的后面,并在线检测再现和/或描绘机械的测量值 带材料(6)的材料特性,并将所述测量值作为数据传送信号发送到调节和/或控制单元(18)。

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE CONTACTLESS DETERMINATION OF AT LEAST ONE PROPERTY OF A METAL PRODUCT

    公开(公告)号:US20220260482A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17617958

    申请日:2020-06-15

    Abstract: A device for the contactless determination of at least one property of a metal product during the metallurgical production of the metal product comprises a housing and at least one measuring device comprising a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. An electromagnetic field is generated by the transmitting unit and directed onto the metal product, thereby inducing a physical interaction in the material of the metal product, and a remaining and/or resulting part of this physical interaction is subsequently received by the receiving unit. At least one component of the measuring device comprising the transmitting unit and/or the receiving unit can be moved relative to the housing or the metal product moving therein, in order to thereby set or selectively change a predetermined distance to the metal product for the transmitting unit and/or the receiving unit.

    Method for rolling and/or heat treating a metal strip

    公开(公告)号:US11319611B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16084595

    申请日:2017-03-03

    Applicant: SMS Group GmbH

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for rolling a metal product (1), wherein the metal product is subjected to a rolling operation at a first station (2), which rolling operation is controlled by a control device (3), wherein the product (1) is subject to a measurement at a second station (4), wherein the product (1) is subjected to a further processing operation at a third station (6), and wherein the product (1) is in a specified quality at a fourth station (7). In order to increase the quality of the produced strip, the invention provides that the method has the following steps: a) measuring the value of a material property (IW) that the second station (4); b) feeding the value measured at the second station (4) to the control device (3), comparing the measured value with a value (SW) stored in the control device (3), and adjusting a parameter (PPI) if the measured value deviates from the stored value (SW), e) measuring a value of a quality material property (Q) at the fourth station (7); d) comparing the measured value with a stored value, and initiating a measure to influence the quality material property (Q) if the measured value deviates from the stored value beyond a permissible tolerance.

    METHOD FOR ROLLING AND/OR HEAT TREATING A METAL STRIP

    公开(公告)号:US20190071750A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-07

    申请号:US16084595

    申请日:2017-03-03

    Applicant: SMS Group GmbH

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for rolling a metal product (1), wherein the metal product is subjected to a rolling operation at a first station (2), which rolling operation is controlled by a control device (3), wherein the product (1) is subject to a measurement at a second station (4), wherein the product (1) is subjected to a further processing operation at a third station (6), and wherein the product (1) is in a specified quality at a fourth station (7). In order to increase the quality of the produced strip, the invention provides that the method has the following steps: a) measuring the value of a material property (IW) that the second station (4); b) feeding the value measured at the second station (4) to the control device (3), comparing the measured value with a value (SW) stored in the control device (3), and adjusting a parameter (PPI) if the measured value deviates from the stored value (SW), e) measuring a value of a quality material property (Q) at the fourth station (7); d) comparing the measured value with a stored value, and initiating a measure to influence the quality material property (Q) if the measured value deviates from the stored value beyond a permissible tolerance

    Method for operating an annealing furnace

    公开(公告)号:US11230749B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-25

    申请号:US16624582

    申请日:2018-06-05

    Applicant: SMS group GmbH

    Abstract: A method for operating an annealing furnace to anneal a metal strip provides that, initially, at least one target material property (MPTarget) is specified for a point or a section of the metal strip after passing through the annealing furnace. In addition, information (E) on the metal strip is provided before or in the annealing furnace. A calculation of a target temperature distribution (TTarget) and/or a target speed (VTarget) of the metal strip in the annealing furnace is then carried out with the assistance of a computer-aided model as a function of the target material properties and the specified information. The target temperature distribution and/or target speed calculated in this manner is/are subsequently set in the annealing furnace in order to transfer the material property of the metal strip behind the annealing furnace to the desired target material property MPTarget.

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