EP1062066A2 - Method for adjusting a continuous casting installation roll segment - Google Patents

Method for adjusting a continuous casting installation roll segment

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EP1062066A2
EP1062066A2 EP99910282A EP99910282A EP1062066A2 EP 1062066 A2 EP1062066 A2 EP 1062066A2 EP 99910282 A EP99910282 A EP 99910282A EP 99910282 A EP99910282 A EP 99910282A EP 1062066 A2 EP1062066 A2 EP 1062066A2
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cylinder units
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Axel Weyer
Wolfgang Schmitt
Ralf Hartmann
Christian Geerkens
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SMS Siemag AG
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Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D11/00—Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
    • B22D11/16—Controlling or regulating processes or operations
    • B22D11/20—Controlling or regulating processes or operations for removing cast stock
    • B22D11/208—Controlling or regulating processes or operations for removing cast stock for aligning the guide rolls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D11/00—Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
    • B22D11/12—Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
    • B22D11/128—Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
    • 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
    • B21B37/58—Roll-force control; Roll-gap control
    • B21B37/62—Roll-force control; Roll-gap control by control of a hydraulic adjusting device

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  • the present invention relates to an adjustment method for a roller segment of a continuous casting installation, which has a segment input side and a segment output side and a pair of roller carriers, each of which carries at least two rollers extending over a support area, the roller carriers having one arranged on the segment input side and one on the segment output side Adjusting unit can be adjusted against each other, each adjusting unit having two hydraulic cylinder units arranged on both sides of the support area.
  • Such an adjustment method is known, for example, from DE 196 27 336 Cl.
  • the solidifying strand is drawn off and supported via a roller conveyor with a large number of support rollers.
  • the roller conveyor according to DE 196 27 336 Cl is divided into several segments, which can be set up separately.
  • the metal strands which are still hot, and which have not yet solidified in a core area, can bulge.
  • a greater force is exerted on the segment than usual. Under certain circumstances, this can lead to damage to the roller segment.
  • the bulge must be compensated for in the further processing of the metal strand.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an adjustment method by means of which damage to the roller segment due to excessive forces can be avoided in any case and, furthermore, bulges can be eliminated as far as possible.
  • the object is achieved in that the hydraulic cylinder units can be adjusted both in a position-controlled and pressure-controlled manner, that the rollers are position-controlled placed on a metal strand supported by them and that the hydraulic cylinder units are switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the pressure is in of the respective hydraulic cylinder unit reaches a hydraulic cylinder limit.
  • a hydraulic cylinder unit is preferably also switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the pressure in the other hydraulic cylinder unit of the same actuating unit reaches the hydraulic cylinder limit value. In particular, this essentially causes the two hydraulic cylinder units of each adjusting unit to synchronize.
  • the adjustment unit after switching from the position control to the pressure or force control a permanent positive connection between the metal strand and the rollers.
  • This measure avoids bulging of the metal strand and, if necessary, its breakthrough.
  • the positive connection between the metal strand and the rollers ensures the roller rotation and thus its optimized cooling. Furthermore, the positive connection causes the continuous conveyance of the metal strand between the rollers.
  • the hydraulic cylinder limit value, the adjusting unit limit value and the segment limit value can preferably be parameterized in order to be able to adapt them to the structural conditions of the roller segment.
  • Figure 1 is a roller segment of a continuous caster
  • Figure 2 shows a control circuit for controlling the roller segment.
  • a roller segment of a continuous caster has two roller carriers 1, 2 with six rollers 3 each.
  • the rollers 3 extend over a support area 4.
  • the roller supports 1, 2 are set with their rollers 3 in the support area 4 against a metal strand 5, here a steel strip 5.
  • the metal strand 5 enters the roller segment on a segment input side 6 and exits the roller segment on a segment output side 7.
  • the roller carriers 1, 2 are connected to one another via two adjusting units.
  • One adjusting unit has two hydraulic cylinder units 8, 9, which are arranged on the segment input side 6 on both sides of the support region 4.
  • the other adjusting unit has two hydraulic cylinder units 10, 11, which are arranged on the segment output side 7 on both sides of the support area 4.
  • Each of the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 can be position and pressure controlled. Each of the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are therefore assigned pressure sensors 12, 13 and position sensors 14 according to FIG. Their output signals are transmitted to a computing unit 15. The computing unit 15 then determines control signals for the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 and outputs them to control valves 16, so that the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are moved to positions.
  • all hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are moved such that the rollers 3 of the roller carriers 1, 2 are positioned on the metal strand 5 in a position-controlled manner.
  • the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are controlled synchronously per adjusting unit.
  • the positions to which the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are set are determined independently of one another by the computing unit 15.
  • the positions are determined by the computing unit 15 and given to the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 in such a way that spring deflections caused by force (for example the roller carrier 1, 2) are compensated for.
  • the position-controlled employment of the rollers 3 on the metal strand 5 remains until - z. B. due to a bulge in the metal strand 5 - the pressure in one of the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11, for. B. the hydraulic cylinder unit 8, a hydraulic cylinder limit value is reached.
  • this hydraulic cylinder unit 8 is switched to pressure-controlled operation.
  • the hydraulic cylinder unit 8 then maintains the pressure at the hydraulic cylinder limit and thus evades.
  • each of the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 independently of one another in this way.
  • the hydraulic cylinder units 8 and 9 are switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the sum of the pressures in the hydraulic cylinder units 8 and 9 reaches a setting unit limit.
  • the hydraulic cylinders 10 and 11 are switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the total of the pressures in the hydraulic cylinder units 10 and 11 reaches the adjusting unit limit.
  • all 4 hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are simultaneously switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the sum of the pressures in hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 reaches a segment limit.
  • the hydraulic cylinder limit value, the adjusting unit limit value and / or the segment limit value can preferably be parameterized in order to be able to adapt them to the specific circumstances of the roller segment.
  • the limit values can be parameterized in such a way that overloading of the roller carriers 1, 2, the rollers 3 and the roller journals of the rollers 3, not shown, and the bearings for the roller journals, also not shown, are avoided.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an adjusting method for a roller section of a continuous casting machine which is provided with a section input side (6), a section output side (7) and a pair of roller carriers (1, 2) which each carry at least two rollers (3) extending over a supporting zone (4), with the roller carriers (1, 2) being mutually adjusted against one another by way of an adjusting unit arranged at the section input side (6) and at the section output side (7), with each adjusting unit being provided with two hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) arranged on either side of the supporting zone (4), characterized in thatthe hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) can be adjusted both in a position-controlled and pressure-controlled manner;the rollers (3) are placed in a position-controlled manner by the hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) against a metal billet (5) which is guided by the rollers (3);the hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) are changed over from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the pressure in the respective hydraulic cylinder unit (8 to 11) reaches a hydraulic cylinder threshold value.

Description

Anstellverfahren für ein Rollensegment einer StranggießanlageSetting process for a roller segment of a continuous caster
Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Anstellverfahren für ein Rollensegment einer Stranggießanlage, das eine Segmenteingangsseite und eine Segmentausgangsseite und ein Paar Rollenträger aufweist, die je mindestens zwei sich über einen Stützbereich erstreckende Rollen tragen, wobei die Rollenträger über eine an der Segmenteingangsseite und eine an der Segmentausgangsseite angeordnete Anstelleinheit gegeneinander angestellt werden, wobei jede Anstelleinheit zwei beidseits des Stützbereichs angeordnete Hydraulikzylindereinheiten aufweist .The present invention relates to an adjustment method for a roller segment of a continuous casting installation, which has a segment input side and a segment output side and a pair of roller carriers, each of which carries at least two rollers extending over a support area, the roller carriers having one arranged on the segment input side and one on the segment output side Adjusting unit can be adjusted against each other, each adjusting unit having two hydraulic cylinder units arranged on both sides of the support area.
Ein derartiges Anstellverfahren ist bspw. aus der DE 196 27 336 Cl bekannt.Such an adjustment method is known, for example, from DE 196 27 336 Cl.
Beim Stranggießen von Metall, insbesondere beim Gießen eines Stahlbandes, wird der erstarrende Strang über einen Rollengang mit einer Vielzahl von Stützrollen abgezogen und gestützt. Um eine möglichst genaue Führung des Stranges gewährleisten zu können, ist der Rollengang gemäß der DE 196 27 336 Cl in mehrere Segmente eingeteilt, die separat angestellt werden können.In the continuous casting of metal, in particular when casting a steel strip, the solidifying strand is drawn off and supported via a roller conveyor with a large number of support rollers. In order to ensure that the strand is guided as precisely as possible, the roller conveyor according to DE 196 27 336 Cl is divided into several segments, which can be set up separately.
Bei den noch gießheißen Metallsträngen, die zudem in einem Kernbereich noch nicht erstarrt sind, kann es zu Aufbauchungen kommen. Wenn eine derartige Aufbauchung ein Rollensegment durchläuft, wird somit eine größere Kraft als sonst auf das Segment ausgeübt. Dies kann unter Umständen zur Beschädigungen des Rollensegments führen. Darüber hinaus muß die Aufbauchung bei der Weiterverarbeitung des Metallstrangs wieder ausgeglichen werden. Die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung besteht darin, ein Anstellverfahren zur Verfügung zu stellen, mittels dessen Beschädigungen des Rollensegments durch übermäßige Krafteinwirkungen in jedem Fall vermieden werden und darüber hinaus Aufbauchungen möglichst beseitigt werden können.The metal strands, which are still hot, and which have not yet solidified in a core area, can bulge. When such a bulge passes through a roller segment, a greater force is exerted on the segment than usual. Under certain circumstances, this can lead to damage to the roller segment. In addition, the bulge must be compensated for in the further processing of the metal strand. The object of the present invention is to provide an adjustment method by means of which damage to the roller segment due to excessive forces can be avoided in any case and, furthermore, bulges can be eliminated as far as possible.
Die Aufgabe wird dadurch gelöst, daß die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten sowohl positions- als auch druckgeregelt anstellbar sind, daß über die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten die Rollen positionsgeregelt an einen von diesen gestützten Metallstrang angestellt werden und daß die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet werden, wenn der Druck in der jeweiligen Hydraulikzylindereinheit einen Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert erreicht.The object is achieved in that the hydraulic cylinder units can be adjusted both in a position-controlled and pressure-controlled manner, that the rollers are position-controlled placed on a metal strand supported by them and that the hydraulic cylinder units are switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the pressure is in of the respective hydraulic cylinder unit reaches a hydraulic cylinder limit.
Vorzugsweise wird eine Hydraulikzylindereinheit auch dann von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet, wenn der Druck in der anderen Hydraulikzylindereinheit derselben Anstelleinheit den Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert erreicht. Dies bewirkt insbesondere im wesentlichen einen Gleichlauf der beiden Hydraulikzylindereinheiten jeder Anstelleinheit.A hydraulic cylinder unit is preferably also switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the pressure in the other hydraulic cylinder unit of the same actuating unit reaches the hydraulic cylinder limit value. In particular, this essentially causes the two hydraulic cylinder units of each adjusting unit to synchronize.
Eine Überlastung der Rollen kann auf einfache Weise vermieden werden, wenn die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten einer Anstelleinheit von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet werden, wenn die Summe der Drücke in den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten der Anstelleinheit einen Anstelleinheitgrenzwert erreicht.Overloading of the rollers can be avoided in a simple manner if the hydraulic cylinder units of a control unit are switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the total of the pressures in the hydraulic cylinder units of the control unit reaches a control unit limit value.
In ähnlicher Weise kann eine Überlastung des Rollensegments vermieden werden, wenn alle Hydraulikzylindereinheiten des Rollensegments von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet werden, wenn die Summe der Drücke in den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten ein Segmentgrenzwert erreicht.In a similar manner, overloading of the roller segment can be avoided if all hydraulic cylinder units of the roller segment are switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the sum of the pressures in the hydraulic cylinder units reaches a segment limit value.
In Ausgestaltung der Erfindung bewirkt die Anstelleinheit nach Umstellung von der Positionsregelung auf die Druck- bzw. Kraftre- gelung einen permanenten Formschluß zwischen dem Metallstrang und den Rollen. Durch diese Maßnahme werden Ausbauchungen des Metallstranges und ggfs. dessen Durchbruch vermieden. Der Formschluß zwischen Metallstrang und Rollen gewährleistet die Rollendrehung und damit deren optimierte Kühlung. Ferner bewirkt der Formschluß die kontinuierliche Förderung des Metallstranges zwischen den Rollen.In an embodiment of the invention, the adjustment unit after switching from the position control to the pressure or force control a permanent positive connection between the metal strand and the rollers. This measure avoids bulging of the metal strand and, if necessary, its breakthrough. The positive connection between the metal strand and the rollers ensures the roller rotation and thus its optimized cooling. Furthermore, the positive connection causes the continuous conveyance of the metal strand between the rollers.
Der Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert , der Anstelleinheitgrenzwert und der Segmentgrenzwert sind vorzugsweise parametrierbar, um sie den konstruktiven Gegebenheiten des Rollensegments anpassen zu können.The hydraulic cylinder limit value, the adjusting unit limit value and the segment limit value can preferably be parameterized in order to be able to adapt them to the structural conditions of the roller segment.
Weitere Vorteile und Einzelheiten ergeben sich aus der nachfolgenden Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels. Dabei zeigen in Prinzipdarstellung:Further advantages and details emerge from the following description of an exemplary embodiment. In principle, the following show:
Figur 1 ein Rollensegment einer Stranggießanlage undFigure 1 is a roller segment of a continuous caster and
Figur 2 eine Regelschaltung zur Ansteuerung des Rollensegments .Figure 2 shows a control circuit for controlling the roller segment.
Gemäß Figur 1 weist ein Rollensegment einer Stranggießanlage zwei Rollenträger 1,2 mit je sechs Rollen 3 auf. Die Rollen 3 erstrecken sich über einen Stützbereich 4. Die Rollenträger 1,2 sind mit ihren Rollen 3 im Stützbereich 4 an einen Metallstrang 5, hier ein Stahlband 5, angestellt. Der Metallstrang 5 tritt an einer Segmenteingangsseite 6 in das Rollensegment ein und an einer Segmentausgangsseite 7 wieder aus dem Rollensegment aus.According to FIG. 1, a roller segment of a continuous caster has two roller carriers 1, 2 with six rollers 3 each. The rollers 3 extend over a support area 4. The roller supports 1, 2 are set with their rollers 3 in the support area 4 against a metal strand 5, here a steel strip 5. The metal strand 5 enters the roller segment on a segment input side 6 and exits the roller segment on a segment output side 7.
Die Rollenträger 1,2 sind über zwei Anstelleinheiten miteinander verbunden. Die eine Anstelleinheit weist zwei Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8,9 auf, die an der Segmenteingangsseite 6 beidseits des Stützbereichs 4 angeordnet sind. Die andere Anstelleinheit weist zwei Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 10,11 auf, die an der Segmentausgangsseite 7 beidseits des Stützbereichs 4 angeordnet sind. Mittels der Anstelleinheiten sind die Rollenträger 1, 2 gegen einander anstellbar.The roller carriers 1, 2 are connected to one another via two adjusting units. One adjusting unit has two hydraulic cylinder units 8, 9, which are arranged on the segment input side 6 on both sides of the support region 4. The other adjusting unit has two hydraulic cylinder units 10, 11, which are arranged on the segment output side 7 on both sides of the support area 4. By means of the adjusting units, the roller carriers 1, 2 employable against each other.
Jede der Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 ist sowohl positions- als auch druckregelbar. Jeder der Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 sind daher gemäß Figur 2 Drucksensoren 12,13 und Positionsgeber 14 zugeordnet. Deren Ausgangssignale werden an eine Recheneinheit 15 übermittelt. Die Recheneinheit 15 ermittelt dann Stellsignale für die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 und gibt diese an Regelventile 16 aus, so daß die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 auf Anstellungen verfahren werden.Each of the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 can be position and pressure controlled. Each of the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are therefore assigned pressure sensors 12, 13 and position sensors 14 according to FIG. Their output signals are transmitted to a computing unit 15. The computing unit 15 then determines control signals for the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 and outputs them to control valves 16, so that the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are moved to positions.
Zu Beginn eines Gießprozeßes werden alle Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 derart verfahren, daß die Rollen 3 der Rollenträger 1,2 positionsgeregelt an den Metallstrang 5 angestellt werden. Die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 werden dabei pro Anstelleinheit synchron angesteuert. Die Anstellungen, auf die die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 eingestellt werden, werden von der Recheneinheit 15 aber unabhängig voneinander ermittelt. Die Anstellungen werden von der Recheneinheit 15 dabei derart ermittelt und den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 vorgegeben, daß kraftbedingte Auffederungen (z. B. der Rollenträger 1, 2) kompensiert werden. Die positionsgeregelte Anstellung der Rollen 3 an den Metallstrang 5 bleibt erhalten, bis - z. B. aufgrund einer Aufbauchung im Metallstrang 5 - der Druck in einer der Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11, z. B. der Hydraulikzylindereinheit 8, einen Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert erreicht. Wenn der Druck in dieser Hydraulikzylindereinheit 8 einen Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert erreicht, wird diese Hydraulikzylindereinheit 8 auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet.At the start of a casting process, all hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are moved such that the rollers 3 of the roller carriers 1, 2 are positioned on the metal strand 5 in a position-controlled manner. The hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are controlled synchronously per adjusting unit. The positions to which the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are set are determined independently of one another by the computing unit 15. The positions are determined by the computing unit 15 and given to the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 in such a way that spring deflections caused by force (for example the roller carrier 1, 2) are compensated for. The position-controlled employment of the rollers 3 on the metal strand 5 remains until - z. B. due to a bulge in the metal strand 5 - the pressure in one of the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11, for. B. the hydraulic cylinder unit 8, a hydraulic cylinder limit value is reached. When the pressure in this hydraulic cylinder unit 8 reaches a hydraulic cylinder limit value, this hydraulic cylinder unit 8 is switched to pressure-controlled operation.
Die Hydraulikzylindereinheit 8 hält dann den Druck auf dem Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert und weicht also aus .The hydraulic cylinder unit 8 then maintains the pressure at the hydraulic cylinder limit and thus evades.
Im Prinzip ist es möglich, jede der Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 derart unabhängig voneinander zu regeln. Vorzugsweise werden die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 der Anstelleinhei- ten jedoch gruppenweise umgeschaltet. Mit der Hydraulikzylindereinheit 8 wird als gleichzeitig auch die Hydraulikzylindereinheit 9 von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet.In principle, it is possible to control each of the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 independently of one another in this way. The hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 of the However, they were switched in groups. With the hydraulic cylinder unit 8, the hydraulic cylinder unit 9 is simultaneously switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation.
Gemäß der vorliegenden Erfindung werden nicht nur die einzelnen in den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 herrschenden Drücke mit dem Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert verglichen, sondern es werden auch Summenwerte gebildet und mit weiteren Grenzwerten verglichen. So werden beispielsweise die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 und 9 von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet, wenn die Summe der Drücke in den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 und 9 einen Anstelleinheitgrenzwert erreicht. Ebenso werden auch die Hydraulikzylinder 10 und 11 von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet, wenn die Summe der Drücke in den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 10 und 11 den Anstelleinheitgrenzwert erreicht. Weiterhin werden alle 4 Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 gleichzeitig von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet, wenn die Summe der Drücke in den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 8 bis 11 einen Segmentgrenzwert erreicht.According to the present invention, not only are the individual pressures prevailing in the hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 compared with the hydraulic cylinder limit value, but total values are also formed and compared with further limit values. For example, the hydraulic cylinder units 8 and 9 are switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the sum of the pressures in the hydraulic cylinder units 8 and 9 reaches a setting unit limit. Likewise, the hydraulic cylinders 10 and 11 are switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the total of the pressures in the hydraulic cylinder units 10 and 11 reaches the adjusting unit limit. Furthermore, all 4 hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 are simultaneously switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the sum of the pressures in hydraulic cylinder units 8 to 11 reaches a segment limit.
Der Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert, der Anstelleinheitgrenzwert und/oder der Segmentgrenzwert sind vorzugsweise parametrierbar, um sie an die konkreten Gegebenheiten des Rollensegments anpassen zu können. Insbesondere sind die Grenzwerte derart parametriebar, daß Überlastungen der Rollenträger 1,2, der Rollen 3 sowie der nicht dargestellten Rollenzapfen der Rollen 3 und der ebenfalls nicht dargestellten Lager für die Rollenzapfen vermieden werden. The hydraulic cylinder limit value, the adjusting unit limit value and / or the segment limit value can preferably be parameterized in order to be able to adapt them to the specific circumstances of the roller segment. In particular, the limit values can be parameterized in such a way that overloading of the roller carriers 1, 2, the rollers 3 and the roller journals of the rollers 3, not shown, and the bearings for the roller journals, also not shown, are avoided.
BezugszeichenlisteReference list
1,2 Rollenträger1.2 roller carriers
3 Rollen3 rolls
4 Stützbereich4 support area
5 Metallstrang5 metal strand
6 Segmenteingangsseite6 segment entry side
7 Segmentausgangsseite7 segment output side
8 bis 11 Hydraulikzylindereinheiten 12,13 Drucksensoren8 to 11 hydraulic cylinder units 12, 13 pressure sensors
14 Positionsgeber14 position transmitter
15 Recheneinheit15 arithmetic unit
16 Regelventile 16 control valves

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Patentansprüche claims
1. Anstellverfahren für ein Rollensegment einer Stranggießanlage, das eine Segmenteingangsseite (6), eine Segmentausgangsseite (7) und ein Paar Rollenträger (1,2) aufweist, die je mindestens zwei sich über einen Stützbereich (4) erstreckende Rollen (3) tragen, wobei die Rollenträger (1,2) über eine an der Segmenteingangsseite (6) und eine an der Segmentausgangsseite (7) angeordnete Anstelleinheit gegeneinander angestellt werden, wobei jede Anstelleinheit zwei beidseits des Stützbereichs (4) angeordnete Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8 bis 11) aufweist, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8 bis 11) sowohl positions- als auch druckgeregelt anstellbar sind, daß über die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8 bis 11) die Rollen (3) positionsgeregelt an einen von den Rollen (3) geführten Metallstrang (5) angestellt werden und daß die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8 bis 11) vom positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet werden, wenn der Druck in der jeweiligen Hydraulikzylindereinheit (8 bis 11) einen Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert erreicht.1. Setting method for a roller segment of a continuous caster, which has a segment input side (6), a segment output side (7) and a pair of roller carriers (1, 2), each carrying at least two rollers (3) extending over a support area (4), wherein the roller carriers (1, 2) are positioned against one another via a positioning unit arranged on the segment input side (6) and a positioning unit on the segment output side (7), wherein each positioning unit has two hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) arranged on both sides of the support area (4) that the hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) can be adjusted both in terms of position and pressure, that the rollers (3) are adjusted in position-controlled manner on a metal strand (5) guided by the rollers (3) via the hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) and that the hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) are switched from position to pressure-controlled operation when the pressure ck in the respective hydraulic cylinder unit (8 to 11) reaches a hydraulic cylinder limit.
2. Anstellverfahren nach Anspruch 1, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß die Hydraulikzylindereinheit (z. B. 9) auch dann von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet wird, wenn der Druck in der anderen Hydraulikzylindereinheit (z. B. 8) derselben Anstelleinheit den Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert erreicht. 2. Adjustment method according to claim 1, characterized in that the hydraulic cylinder unit (z. B. 9) is also switched from position to pressure-controlled operation when the pressure in the other hydraulic cylinder unit (z. B. 8) of the same adjusting unit reaches the hydraulic cylinder limit.
3. Anstellverfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß der Hydraulikzylindergrenzwert parametrierbar ist.3. Adjustment method according to claim 1 or 2, that the hydraulic cylinder limit value can be parameterized.
4. Anstellverfahren nach Anspruch 1, 2 oder 3, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e , daß die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8,9; 10,11) einer Anstelleinheit von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet werden, wenn die Summe der Drücke in den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8,9; 10,11) der Anstelleinheit einen Anstelleinheitgrenzwert erreicht.4. Adjustment method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the hydraulic cylinder units (8,9; 10,11) are switched from a position unit to position-controlled operation when the sum of the pressures in the hydraulic cylinder units (8,9; 10 , 11) the adjusting unit reaches an adjusting unit limit.
5. Anstellverfahren nach Anspruch 4, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß der Anstelleinheitgrenzwert parametrierbar ist.5. Adjustment method according to claim 4, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the adjusting unit limit value can be parameterized.
6. Anstellverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß alle Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8 bis 11) des Rollensegments von positions- auf druckgeregelten Betrieb umgeschaltet werden, wenn die Summe der Drücke in den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8 bis 11) einen Segmentgrenzwert erreicht.6. Starting method according to one of claims 1 to 5, so that all hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) of the roller segment are switched from position-controlled to pressure-controlled operation when the sum of the pressures in the hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) reaches a segment limit value.
7. Anstellverfahren nach Anspruch 6 , d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß der Segmentgrenzwert parametrierbar ist.7. Adjustment method according to claim 6, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the segment limit value can be parameterized.
8. Anstellverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8, 9; 10, 11) der Anstelleinheiten im positionsgeregelten Betrieb synchron angesteuert werden.8. Adjustment method according to one of claims 1 to 7, that the hydraulic cylinder units (8, 9; 10, 11) of the actuating units are controlled synchronously in position-controlled operation.
9. Anstellverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8 , d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß den Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8 bis 11) im positions- gereglte Betrieb Anstellungen derart vorgegeben werden, daß kraftbedingte Auffederungen kompensiert werden.9. Hiring method according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) are given positions in position-controlled operation in such a way that spring deflections due to force are compensated.
10. Anstellverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß die Hydraulikzylindereinheiten (8 bis 11) im positionsgeregeltem Betrieb auf unabhängig voreinander ermittelte Anstellungen eingestellt werden.10. Adjusting method according to one of claims 1 to 9, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the hydraulic cylinder units (8 to 11) are adjusted in position-controlled operation to independently determined positions.
11. Anstellverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , daß die Anstelleinheit nach Umstellung von der Positionsregelung auf die Druck-/ bzw. Kraftregelung einen permanenten Formschluß zwischen dem Metallstrang (5) und den Rollen ( 3 ) bewirkt . 11. Adjusting method according to one of claims 1 to 10, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the adjusting unit causes a permanent positive connection between the metal strand (5) and the rollers (3) after switching from the position control to the pressure / or force control.
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