Coiler Control in Endless Hot Strip Rolling

Authors:	Motomura Takashi, JFE steel corporation, Japan Ueda Kiyoshi, JFE steel corporation, Japan Imazeki Toshio, JFE steel corporation, Japan Fukui Yoshimitsu, JFE steel corporation, Japan Yahiro Kazuhiro, JFE steel corporation, Japan
Topic:	6.2 Mining, Mineral & Metal Processing
Session:	Hot Rolling
Keywords:	Endless Rolling, Hot Rolling, Coiling Equipment, Strip Shear, Pinch Roll, Strip Floating Carrier, Model

Abstract

JFE Steel Corporation’s East Japan Works (Chiba District) started operation of No.3 Hot Strip Mill in 1995. This line was the first in the world to achieve “endless hot strip rolling.” A new Coiler Control technology was developed.