2019 Volume 59 Issue 3 Pages 496-503
In the hot-rolling process, defects resulting from running instability when a thin strip runs on the Run-Out-Table (ROT) at high speed in the state of non-tension (head or tail of the strip) pose a chronic problem. As a measure to prevent unstable strip running, the maximum line speed has been limited. Consequently, this has also become an aggravating factor that impedes higher productivity. Although various methods to solve and improve this problem have been proposed from an early date, it has not been eradicated completely.
In this paper, we propose a numerical simulation method to simulate the strip running phenomenon on the ROT. It was found that the numerical results correspond to the theoretical and experimental results. Use of the proposed method has reduced both the cost and time necessary to improve the unstable strip running phenomenon.
