Title :
Strip thickness and tension modelling for the control of a steckel hot rolling mill process
Author :
Scholtz, E. ; Craig, I.K. ; Pistorius, P.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Pretoria Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
This work shows the derivation of a nonlinear plant model, reflecting the steel strip´s centerline thickness and tension, for controller design purposes. A nonlinear plant simulator is developed that is used to obtain a linear model for control system design and testing of various control laws
Keywords :
control system synthesis; hot rolling; process control; rolling mills; steel industry; steel manufacture; control law testing; control system design; controller design; linear model; nonlinear plant model; nonlinear plant simulator; process control; steckel hot rolling mill; steel strip tension modelling; steel strip thickness; Automatic control; Design engineering; Manufacturing automation; Milling machines; Nonlinear control systems; Shape control; Steel; Strips; Temperature; Thickness control;
Conference_Titel :
Africon, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5546-6
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1999.820893
