United States Patent 11» Okamura [54] ROLLING METHOD OF WIDE FLANG BEAM IN UNIVERSAL ROLLING MIL [75] Inventor: Isamu Okamura, Kurasbiki, Japan [73] Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Kobe, Japan [21] Appl. No.: 09/028,476 [22] Filed: Feb. 24, 1998 [30] Foreign Application Pri Feb. 25, 1997 UP] Japan 9.040244 (51) B21B 37/58. (52) [58] Field of Seareh ‘T2IM.A; T2L4.4; 72/225 TOA, 10.4, PBA, 132, 134, 141, 14.4, 225 [56] References Cited USS, PATENT DOCUMENTS. 4918964 4/1900. Engel eta. mas 5.375418 12/1906 Katayama 728 5,568,032. 10/1996 Waki 3189632 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 50-2502 6/1985 Japan rasa {60-99422 6/1985 Japan PABA A63-66608 3/1988 Japan 42 26 52~ 50- 46 USONS9015924, uy) Patent Number: 5,901,592 [45] Date of Patent: May 11, 1999 OTHER PUBLICATIONS “Theory and Practices of Plate and Sheet Rolling”, pp. 220-232, edited by the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan. ‘M. Tanaka et al, “Decoupled Automatic Gauge Control for Universal Rolling Mills," No. 317, (1985), pp. 48-58, Primary Examiner—loseph J. Hail, I Assistant Examiner—Ed Tolan ‘Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Olift & Berridge, PLC 157) ABSTRACT The metbod of rolling a wide flange beam results in an improved accuracy of the web thickness and the flange thickness in a universal rolling mill. Rolling a wide flange beam in a universal rolling mill having horizontal rolls and vertical rolls, switching over the positional control gain for each of drives for the borizontal rolls and drives for the vertical rolls by means of measured values of rolling load on the horizontal rolls and the vertical rolls during rolling, or filtering a control amount of the horizontal roll position calculated from a rolling load acting on the horizontal rolls and a control amount of the vertical roll position calculated from a rolling load acting on the vertical rolls to achieve different responses of horizontal roll rolling and vertical roll rolling, results in reducing mutual interference between horizontal roll colling and vertical roll rolling caused through the rolling material 6 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets via A 485,901,592 Sheet 1 of 8 May 11, 1999 US. Patent 62 66 26 CHES rt LI Ga }>LCh Sveskt Gyo | > Cv SvrbK2 a & Kin Fro STBIEN tat, p44 146 | 148US. Patent May 11, 1999 Sheet 2 of 8 5,901,592