Noncontact Guide Control of Traveling Seamless Steel Plate

-Fundamental Study on Traveling Characteristics-

Abstract

Steel plates are used for many products as the main material in the traveling line of the steelworks, the steel plate is contact-supported and traveled by rollers. However, the roller comes into contact with the steel plate, there occurs a problem that the surface quality deteriorates. In order to solve this problem, a noncontact guide system has been proposed which makes it possible to change the traveling direction by applying electromagnetic force from the direction of the edge of the running steel plate.In this study, we made a basic study on the difference of the damping effect that appears by changing the running shape of the steel plate.