ABSTRACT

Incontemporaryhotstripmills,eachfinishingmillstandisusuallyequippedwitharollbendingsystem thatcanbeeithercrownin,crownout,orboth.Whenthestripcrowncontrolrangeofarollbending systemisnotsufficienttomeetthespecifiedrequirements,somestandscanbeequippedwithadditional staticactuatorssuchasCVCrolls,UPCrolls,orrollcrossingsystems.The"Pro-Flat"on-linecomputer modelthathasbeenproposedbyUnitedEngineeringandInternationalRollingMillConsultantsincludes amillsetupmodelanddynamiccontrolmodel.