• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.257-266
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• 1993

Computer Simulation based of divided element method was done to predict strip shape in20-high Sendzimir Mill and has been used to find a way for preventing quarter waves occurring in the wide and thin gaged strip rolling. The simulation showed that it was difficult to prevent quarter waves by the existing methods of controlling actuators such as the shifting of the first intermediate roll and the profile control of As-U-Roll in back up roll. It was, however, confirmed analytically and experimentally that quarter waves could be effectively reduce by changing taper mode at the barrel-end taper radius of the first intermediate roll.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.83-90
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• 2011

In general, 20-high Sendzimir mills(ZRM) use small diameter work rolls to provide massive rolling force. Because of small diameter of work rolls, steel strip has a complex shape mixed with quarter, edge and center waves. Especially when the shape of the strip is controlled automatically, the actuator saturation occurs. These problems affect the productivity and quality of products. In this paper, the problems in automatic shape control of ZRM were analyzed. In order to evaluate the problems for the automatic shape control in ZRM, recognition performance was analyzed by comparing the measured shape and the recognized shape. The actuator positions by the shape recognition and the manual operation were compared. From the analysis results, the necessity of the improvement of recognition performance in ZRM is suggested.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.1689-1699
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• 1990

Sendzimir rolling mill is widely used for rolling hard materials such as stainless steel due to its small work roll diameter and shape controllability using two effective actuators, AS-U-Roll crown adjustment and lst. intermediate roll shifting. However, in comparison with 4-high or 6-high mills, it is noteasy to get good strip or excellent flatness because Z-mill has small diameter of work rolls which are easily deformed by load. A new mathematical model based on the method of dividing roll and strip into multo-portions was used to develop strip profile prediction software. Using the developed software, several influencing factors related to rolled strip profile for Z-Mill were tested analytically and characterized for the effective shape control. The effects of adjusting shape control actuators of Z-Mill on strip profile were also examined and discussed in detail.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.426-431
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• 2012

The work roll of a Sendzimir mill has a small diameter in comparison to its length, so it is easily deformed by the rolling pressure. It also has a complex back up roll system, so it is difficult to analyze the roll deformation. For this reason in Part I we have developed a model which predicts the radial displacement of the roll. In this paper, we apply the model to a Sendzimir mill and propose a new model for the prediction of the deformed roll profile in a Sendzimir mill. The prediction accuracy of the new model is demonstrated through comparison of the predictions from the FE model.