Hot Rolling Mill Fig. 16 – General layout of a large capacity hot strip mill (Sollac Fos sur Mer)

Dofasco #2 Hot Strip Mill Runout Table Finishing Mill Reheat Furnaces Coilers Rougher Slab 216 mm Transfer Bar ~30 mm Strip 1.2-16 mm thick 508-1600 mm wide

Advanced Hot Mills

Gallatin Steel (CSP)

Thin Strip Casting

Figure 3.8 Walking beam furnace at SSAB, Domnarvet. Reheating Furnaces Figure 3.8 Walking beam furnace at SSAB, Domnarvet. Figure 3.9 Evaporative cooling system on walking-beam furnace at SSAB, Domnarvet.

Reheating Furnaces Figure 3.7 Sketches illustrating operation of a walking-beam furnace.

Figure 3.5 Heating time as a function of slab thickness. Slab Reheating Figure 3.5 Heating time as a function of slab thickness. Figure 3.6 Furnace heating capacity as a function of slab thickness.

Rolling Stand

Mill Housing Figure No. 2 MILL HOUSING

Mill Stand Figure No. 3 Mill Stand Elevation

Strip Edge Drop Figure 19 Elastic deformation of roll assembly under rolling condition.

Strip Shape Shape Calculation Diagram 7

Figure 12 Continuously Variable Crown (CVC) CVC Crown Control Figure 12 Continuously Variable Crown (CVC)

Pair Cross Mill Figure 7.1 Construction of PC mill (Tsukamoto and Matsumoto).

Cold Mill Layout Figure 1 Typical layout and material flow of a cold rolling mill.

Table 6.3 Design Characteristics of a Modern Pickling Line Dimensions Line speeds Strip thickness: 1 to 6 mm Strip width 1000 to 1850 mm Coil OD maximum: 2200 mm Coil ID entry: 620 to 850 mm Coil ID exit: 600 mm Coil weight: 39 tons Threading: 20 to 60 m/min. Entry speed: 600 m/min. Speed in pickling: 220 m/min. Exit speed: 350 m/min. Acceleration time: 10 seconds. Emergency stop: 5 seconds. Line length: 200 meters. Figure 6.11 Component of typical push-pull picking line (Rippin and Mattiusi).

Microstructure Evolution During Cold Rolling Deformation Work hardening

Figure 10 4-high reversing cold rolling and temper mill Cold Rolling Mill Figure 10 4-high reversing cold rolling and temper mill

Tandem Cold Mill Figure 24 Main equipment of tandem cold mill.

Cleaning Line Figure 23.1 Schematic arrangement of a typical electrolytic cleaning line.

Figure 23.12 Time-temperature cycles. Batch Annealing Figure 23.29 Single-stck coil-annealing furnace with base, fan, inner cover and fan coils with convectors (Rao et al.) Figure 23.12 Time-temperature cycles.

Figure 23.76 Layout of the continuous annealing and processing line. No. 1 payoff reel. Rinse tank. Side trimmer. No. 2 payoff reel. Entry looping tower. Oiler. Hot caustic tank. Furnace. No. 1 and No. 2 tension reels. No. 1 brush scrubber. Exit loop car. Electronic tank. Temper mill. No. 2 brush scrubber. Tension leveller.

Figure 24.3 Yield strength variation with elongation. Temper Rolling Figure 24.3 Yield strength variation with elongation. Figure 24.2 Stress-strain curves: (a) box-annealed rimmed deep-drawing steel; (b)diagram illustrating offset method for determining yield strength.

Temper Mill Figure 24.10 Layout of temper and processing line (TPL( facility (Fujiwara et al.).