EP0440009B1 - Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur modulierten Kühlung eines sich bewegenden zylindrischen Gegenstandes - Google Patents

Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur modulierten Kühlung eines sich bewegenden zylindrischen Gegenstandes Download PDF

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EP0440009B1
EP0440009B1 EP90870241A EP90870241A EP0440009B1 EP 0440009 B1 EP0440009 B1 EP 0440009B1 EP 90870241 A EP90870241 A EP 90870241A EP 90870241 A EP90870241 A EP 90870241A EP 0440009 B1 EP0440009 B1 EP 0440009B1
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Jean-François Noville
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D11/00—Process control or regulation for heat treatments
    • C21D11/005—Process control or regulation for heat treatments for cooling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B37/00—Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby
    • B21B37/74—Temperature control, e.g. by cooling or heating the rolls or the product
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B45/02—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
    • B21B45/0203—Cooling
    • B21B45/0209—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants
    • B21B45/0215—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes
    • B21B45/0224—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes for wire, rods, rounds, bars
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B17/00—Tube-rolling by rollers of which the axes are arranged essentially perpendicular to the axis of the work, e.g. "axial" tube-rolling
    • B21B17/14—Tube-rolling by rollers of which the axes are arranged essentially perpendicular to the axis of the work, e.g. "axial" tube-rolling without mandrel, e.g. stretch-reducing mills

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  • Such a non-uniform distribution of the surface temperature is observed in particular in the tubes leaving horizontally from the reducing rolling mill, without rotation about their longitudinal axis.
  • These tubes may have, between their upper generator and their lower generator, a significant difference in temperature, which may for example be of the order of 50 ° C. This difference does not result from an abrupt variation, but rather from a continuous variation of the temperature between these two generators.
  • the origin of this temperature variation can be multiple.
  • the cylindrical element hollow or solid, is subjected to differential cooling, during its reduction rolling, caused by the coolant of the rolls of the rolling mill.
  • the upper part of the cylindrical element tends to be cooler than its lower part.
  • the thermal state of the cylindrical element is particularly disturbed in the case of welded tubes, mentioned above, because the two aforementioned effects can accumulate there in extremely variable proportions.
  • the device known from the aforementioned document BE-A-1002565 ensures homogeneous cooling, which hardly remedies this lack of uniformity in the surface temperature. It follows that the allotropic transformations do not occur at the same time throughout the surface area of a section of the cylindrical element, and that the latter is the seat of undesirable deformations during its cooling.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy this significant drawback, by proposing on the one hand a device making it possible to modulate the cooling of a cylindrical element, and on the other hand a method for regulating this modulated cooling.
  • a device for the modulated cooling of a scrolling cylindrical element which comprises a tubular conduit pierced with a plurality of orifices, through which passes said cylindrical element to be cooled, and an envelope disposed around said tubular conduit to form therewith an annular chamber surrounding said cylindrical element to be cooled, said annular chamber being closed at its ends by walls, is characterized in that the internal volume of said annular chamber is divided into at least two compartments which do not communicate with each other, in that said division into compartments is carried out by at least two partition walls fixed on the one hand to the outer surface of said tubular conduit and on the other hand to the inner surface of at least one wall delimiting said annular chamber, in that said partitions divide said plurality of orifices into at least two groups of orifices, each of said compartments comprising one of said groups of orifices, and in that each of said compartments is equipped with means for supplying coolant.
  • the envelope disposed around the aforementioned tubular conduit can in principle have any shape. It is however preferable that it is cylindrical, and that it is also coaxial with said tubular conduit. It thus forms with this tubular conduit an annular chamber of constant radial height which promotes a regular flow of the cooling agent.
  • At least one of said partition walls is arranged helically on the outer surface of said tubular conduit.
  • said means for supplying at least one of said compartments comprise means for adjusting the flow rate of the cooling agent.
  • the cross section of the tube is assimilated to a clock face, so that the upper and lower generators are respectively in the positions corresponding to 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock.
  • the tube As indicated above, part of the cooling water used during the forming of the tube is trapped inside of it. This water vaporizes during the subsequent reheating, which compromises the uniformity of the temperature of the tube before it enters the reducing rolling mill. In the latter, the tube still undergoes irregular cooling due to the cooling water of the cylinders. As a result, at the outlet of the reducing rolling mill, the tube has a temperature distribution which is not uniform.
  • Figure 1 shows an example of such a temperature distribution along the perimeter of a cross section of the tube; for simplicity, a symmetrical distribution has been chosen with respect to the vertical plane of symmetry of the tube.
  • the tube is considered to be split along its upper generatrix (12 h) and the perimeter of the section has been developed along the horizontal axis.
  • Curve (a) represents the distribution of the temperature Te of the surface of the tube along the perimeter of a section of the tube at the outlet of the reducing rolling mill, that is to say at the inlet of the cooling device.
  • the cooling applied to the tube in the device of the invention aims to standardize the distribution of the surface temperature of the tube at the outlet of this device.
  • Curve (a) shows that this cooling must be modulated, that is to say must be more vigorous in the upper part of the tube (12 h) than in its lower part (6 h).
  • Curve (b) indicates a typical distribution of the flow rate Q of the coolant along the perimeter of the section of the tube, to ensure the desired modulated cooling.
  • This cooling can be adjusted so that the tube leaving the cooling device has a uniform temperature distribution Ts, illustrated here by the horizontal line (c).
  • Figure 2 shows a tubular conduit of a device according to the invention, capable of providing modulated cooling of the type illustrated in Figure 1.
  • the direction of travel of the product is indicated by a arrow.
  • a tubular conduit 1 provided with two partition walls 2,3 fixed on the external surface of the conduit 1.
  • the conduit 1 was split along its upper generatrix (12 h) and we developed it to represent it in plan.
  • the face visible in Figure 2 is the interior surface of the tubular conduit, and the dashed lines 2, 3 indicate the position of the partitions 2, 3 fixed on the exterior surface of the conduit, as explained above.
  • the tubular conduit 1 is pierced with a plurality of orifices, which are divided into two groups according to their position relative to the partition walls 2,3.
  • the position of the coolant supply orifices in the compartments created in the annular chamber by the partition walls has also been shown diagrammatically; these upper and lower supply orifices, respectively As and Ai, are in fact provided in the envelope surrounding the tubular conduit 1, which is not shown here.
  • the two partition walls 2,3 are arranged so as to form, in the direction of travel of the cylindrical element to be cooled, an upper compartment Cs diverging and a lower compartment Ci converge.
  • the partition walls 2,3 appear rectilinear; however, they take on a helical shape when the duct is returned to its tubular shape.
  • the flow rate of the coolant in each compartment can be adjusted by any appropriate means, for example by varying the actual feed rate of this liquid, and / or by modifying the number of passage orifices located in these compartments.
  • the passage orifices can be distributed in any manner known per se in the tubular conduit 1, for example in staggered rows, along helical lines or in flat crowns. They can also, individually or in any number, be provided with closing means making it possible to contribute to the modulation of the flow rate of the cooling liquid.
  • the modulation of the cooling of a cylindrical element by means of a device comprising such an annular chamber with compartments can be controlled automatically, for example by means of the regulation system illustrated in FIG. 3.
  • the cooling device according to the invention is installed at the outlet of a hot reducing rolling mill, in which the steel tube has been brought to its final outside diameter.
  • Figure 3 schematically shows the cooling device 4, with the tubular conduit 1 and the partition walls 2,3 indicated by broken lines, the reducing rolling mill 5 and the steel tube 6 to be cooled.
  • the tube 6 moves from right to left, as indicated by the arrow.
  • the cooling device 4 is supplied with cooling liquid from a source 7, via lines 8 and 9.
  • the tube 6 emerging from the reducing rolling mill 5 has a temperature distribution of the type of curve (a) in FIG. 1, possibly with irregular fluctuations over time.
  • the objective is to achieve a temperature distribution of type (c), as uniform and as stable as possible, at the outlet of the cooling device 4.
  • the speed V of the tube 6 at the outlet of the reducing rolling mill 5 is measured, which is in fact the speed with which the tube 6 passes through the cooling device 4.
  • the surface temperature of the tube 6 is also measured at l input of the device 4, in particular to its upper generator (Tes) and to its lower generator (Tei). These values make it possible to determine the distribution of the temperature on the surface of the tube, i.e. the cylindrical element to be cooled, at the inlet of the cooling device.
  • the surface temperature of the tube 6 at the outlet of the device 4 is also measured, in particular at the upper generator (Tss) and at the lower generator (Tsi). This determines the temperature distribution on the surface of the tube, that is to say of the cylindrical element, at the outlet of the cooling device.
  • This output distribution is compared with a desired temperature distribution and at least one of the flow rates Qs, Qi is varied to cancel the differences observed between these two temperature distributions.
  • the regulation of the cooling process is preferably placed under the control of a processor 10.
  • the processor 10 is represented in two parts, for the simple purpose of preserving the clarity of the drawing.

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  1. Vorrichtung zur modulierten Kühlung eines sich entlangbewegenden zylinderförmigen Elements (6), mit einem von einer Mehrzahl Öffnungen durchbohrten rohrförmigen Kanal (1), in dem sich dieses zu kühlende zylinderförmige Element entlangbewegt, und einem um jenen rohrförmigen Kanal (1) herum angeordneten Gehäuse, um damit eine dieses zu kühlende zylinderförmige Element umgebende Ringkammer zu bilden, welche an ihren Enden durch Wände abgeschlossen ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Innenraum dieser Ringkammer in mindestens zwei nicht miteinander verbundene Abteile (Coben; Cunten) unterteilt ist, daß diese Unterteilung in Abteile durch mindestens zwei Trennwände (2, 3) erreicht wird, die einerseits an der Außenfläche jenes rohrförmigen Kanals (1) und andererseits an der Innenfläche mindestens einer jene Ringkammer begrenzenden Wand angebracht sind, daß diese Trennwände (2, 3) jene Mehrzahl Öffnungen in mindestens zwei Gruppen von Öffnungen unterteilen, wobei jene Abteile (Coben; Cunten) je eine solche Gruppe Öffnungen enthalten, und daß jedes dieser Abteile (Coben; Cunten) mit Kühlmittelzufuhreinrichtungen (Aoben; Aunten) versehen ist.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jenes Gehäuse zylinderförmig und mit jenem rohrförmigen Kanal (1) koaxial ist.
  3. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mindestens eine jener Trennwände schraubenförmig auf der Außenfläche jenes rohrförmigen Kanals (1) angeordnet ist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwei Trennwände (2, 3) in jener Ringkammer vorgesehen sind und daß diese beiden Trennwände (2, 3) entlang gegensinnigen Wendeln angeordnet sind.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jene Zufuhrmittel für mindestens ein solches Abteil (Coben; Cunten) Einrichtungen (VMoben; VMunten) zur Regelung der Kühlmitteldurchflußmenge enthalten.
  6. Verfahren zur modulierten Kühlung eines sich entlangbewegenden zylinderförmigen Elements in einer Kühlvorrichtung (4) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die Oberflächentemperatur jenes zylinderförmigen Elements (6) am Eingang dieser Kühlvorrichtung (4) mißt und die Temperaturverteilung über die Oberfläche dieses zylinderförmigen Elements am Eingang jener Vorrichtung (4) bestimmt, die in den entsprechenden Abteilen (Coben; Cunten) jener Vorrichtung (4) erforderliche Kühlmitteldurchflußmenge (Qoben; Qunten) berechnet, diese Kühlmitteldurchflußmengen (Qoben; Qunten) diesem zylinderförmigen Element (6) zuführt, die Oberflächentemperatur dieses zylinderförmigen Elements (6) am Ausgang jener Kühlvorrichtung (4) mißt und die Temperaturverteilung über die Oberfläche dieses zylinderförmigen Elements (6) am Ausgang jener Vorrichtung (4) bestimmt, diese Ausgangsverteilung mit einer erwünschten Temperaturverteilung vergleicht und mindestens eine dieser Kühlmitteldurchflußmengen (Qoben; Qunten) zum Ausgleich der zwischen diesen beiden Temperaturverteilungen gefundenen Abweichungen verändert.
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