EP2697000B1 - Dispositif de dévêtissage à cylindres et procédé - Google Patents

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EP2697000B1
EP2697000B1 EP12714684.3A EP12714684A EP2697000B1 EP 2697000 B1 EP2697000 B1 EP 2697000B1 EP 12714684 A EP12714684 A EP 12714684A EP 2697000 B1 EP2697000 B1 EP 2697000B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B39/00—Arrangements for moving, supporting, or positioning work, or controlling its movement, combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B39/14—Guiding, positioning or aligning work
    • B21B39/16—Guiding, positioning or aligning work immediately before entering or after leaving the pass
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B28/00—Maintaining rolls or rolling equipment in effective condition
    • B21B28/02—Maintaining rolls in effective condition, e.g. reconditioning
    • B21B28/04—Maintaining rolls in effective condition, e.g. reconditioning while in use, e.g. polishing or grinding while the rolls are in their stands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B3/00—Rolling materials of special alloys so far as the composition of the alloy requires or permits special rolling methods or sequences ; Rolling of aluminium, copper, zinc or other non-ferrous metals
    • B21B2003/001—Aluminium or its alloys
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B38/00—Methods or devices for measuring, detecting or monitoring specially adapted for metal-rolling mills, e.g. position detection, inspection of the product
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B39/00—Arrangements for moving, supporting, or positioning work, or controlling its movement, combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B39/02—Feeding or supporting work; Braking or tensioning arrangements, e.g. threading arrangements
    • B21B39/12—Arrangement or installation of roller tables in relation to a roll stand

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  • This invention relates to a roll stripper device and method, in particular for aluminium rolling mills, see e.g. DE 10 2007 048747 A1 .
  • the metal being rolled can stick to the surface of the roll and therefore a device known as a stripper is used to peel, or strip the metal away from the surface of the roll and guide it out of the rolling mill.
  • a stripper In some types of mills contact between the stripper and the work roll is acceptable, but in aluminium rolling for example, it is important that the stripper does not contact the roll surface otherwise it will damage the surface layer of the roll. Therefore the stripper has to be set with a small gap between the stripper and the roll surface. The gap needs to be small enough to ensure that even the thinnest material that is rolled cannot force its way between the stripper and the roll and therefore precise alignment and positioning of the stripper is required. Even on a large plate mill it is common for the gap between the stripper and the roll to be only about 2mm.
  • the strippers are fixed between the roll chocks.
  • An example is shown in US3258953 .
  • the gap between the strippers and the work roll surface is preset when the rolls and chocks are assembled.
  • Various means are used to set the position of the strippers relative to the work roll including shims, bolts and eccentrics, but, whatever the means used to adjust the stripper positions, they are fixed relative to the roll chocks and therefore the gap stays constant when the roll assembly moves in the mill. Consequently, in this type of design, the movement of the chocks relative to the housing due to the clearances does not affect the stripper to roll gap.
  • DE102007048747 discloses a design in which the strippers are mounted on the feed roller assembly and the whole stripper and feed roll assembly can be moved horizontally. By linking horizontal movement of the feed roller and stripper assembly with the vertical movement of the bottom work roll, it is possible to set the position of the stripper relative to the work roll and thus set the gap between the stripper and the roll.
  • Co-pending patent application GB1106138.9 relates to a design in which the strippers are mounted on the feed roller assembly and the whole stripper and feed roll assembly can be moved vertically, or pivoted on its support making it possible to set the entry and exit side strippers at different heights relative to the top of the work roll and also to set the gaps between the strippers and the roll.
  • This design is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 .
  • a roll stripper device comprises a stripper mounted on a stripper support; a sensor; and a processor; wherein the sensor is adapted to provide a measure of distance to a work roll; and wherein the processor is adapted to determine the position of a tip of the stripper relative to the work roll, using the distance provided by the sensor.
  • the senor is mounted at a predetermined distance from a tip of the stripper.
  • the senor is mounted on one of the stripper, stripper support, a feed roll assembly, feed roller support, mill housing or a roll chock.
  • At least one sensor is mounted at the centre of the device.
  • a sensor is mounted facing one or more roll grinding support areas of a work roll.
  • the device comprises two or more sensors, spaced apart along the length of the device.
  • a sensor is mounted at each end of the device.
  • the device comprises two or more sensors spaced apart around a circumference of the work roll.
  • the or each sensor is adapted to determine distance from a lower work roll of a pair of work rolls.
  • the senor comprises one of a contact or non-contact inductive or capacitive sensor, a mechanical distance sensor, a transducer, or an optical range finder.
  • a method of determining distance of a stripper from a work roll comprises using a sensor to determine a distance of the sensor from a point on the work roll; extracting stored data relating to the relative position of the sensor and the stripper; and calculating a position of a tip of the stripper, relative to the work roll, from the determined distance and the stored location of the sensor.
  • method of controlling a relative position of a stripper and a work roll comprises determining a gap representing the distance of the stripper from the work roll according to the method of the second aspect; comparing the gap with a required gap; determining if the result of the comparison is outside an acceptable range of tolerance and, if so, adapting the position of the stripper according to the result of the comparison.
  • the invention enables the position of the stripper to be determined, checked for compliance with preset tolerances and corrected, if required, whatever the cause of the non-compliance may be, so it is useful both at set up and during operation, if outside influences change the stripper position after set-up.
  • the method further comprises placing a sensor at each end of the work roll; and adapting the position of the stripper at each end accordingly.
  • the method comprises determining the distance for each of the sensors; calculating an average, minimum or maximum distance using each of the determined distances; and adapting the position of the stripper based on the result of the comparison between the required distance and the average, minimum or maximum distance.
  • the method comprises automatically repeating the steps of determining and comparing the distance and adapting the position of the stripper.
  • the method further comprises applying a delay between repeats when the result of the comparison is within an acceptable range of tolerance.
  • the method comprises determining when a head end of an article being rolled has passed the stripper onto the feed roll assembly on the exit side and then causing an actuator to move the stripper further from the work roll than the maximum range of tolerance of the required gap.
  • the maximum range of tolerance is the maximum gap that is acceptable during strip threading to prevent the strip forcing itself between the stripper and the roll, but once the head end has passed the stripper, i.e. strip threading is completed, then it is acceptable for the gap to be increased beyond this limit without risk of the article getting between the stripper and the work roll. This means that the risk of the stripper coming into contact with the work roll due to unexpected forces is reduced.
  • deflection of the stripper is calculated from load measurements and the position of the stripper is adjusted in response to the determined distance and the load measurement.
  • the method further comprises measuring roll load cylinder position in combination with determining distance from sensor measurement.
  • the method further comprises one or more actuators for adjusting the position of the stripper.
  • the device further comprises load sensors to calculate deflection of the stripper.
  • the load sensors comprise one of pressure transducers in the actuators or loadcells.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a millstand and feed roll assembly in which the present invention may be applied.
  • the millstand comprises a housing having top and bottom beams 33a, 33b and side posts 38a, 38b.
  • Roll chocks 41, 42 are fitted within the millstand for the back-up rolls.
  • the roll assemblies in a rolling mill have to be able to move vertically in the mill housings for the purpose of accommodating different roll diameters, setting the roll gap, controlling the thickness and setting the pass line height etc.
  • Upper and lower back-up rolls 39, 40 are mounted in chocks 41, 42 and wear plates 31a, 31 b are provided on the outside faces of the roll chocks.
  • On the inside facings of the mill housing corresponding wear plates 35a, 35b are provided and the chocks are allowed to slide on these wear plates.
  • work roll chocks 43, 44 have wear plates 36a, 36b on their outer surface and corresponding supports 45, 46 (in this example, roll bend/balance blocks) fixed to the millstand housing with wear plates 37 on their inside facing surfaces.
  • the inner faces of the housings move inwards when the rolling load is applied, i.e. top and bottom beams 33a, 33b bend and so cause the side posts 38a, 38b to bend as well and if there is insufficient clearance between the chocks and the housing then the housing will nip the chock and prevent free movement.
  • the design clearances between the chocks and the mill housings are 1 to 2mm, but if the wear plates are allowed to wear excessively the clearance can easily become more than 2mm.
  • the wear plates have a few millimetres clearance between them.
  • a stripper 27 is provided on the exit side of a bottom workroll 21.
  • the stripper to roll gap is only 2mm to satisfy the twin requirements of preventing thin materials getting between the stripper and the work roll and avoiding contact of the stripper with the work roll, which may cause damage to the surface. It can be seen that if the work roll moves by 2mm or more, then, depending upon the direction of movement, this can result in either no clearance, or 4mm clearance, both of which may cause problems.
  • Another aspect is that when roll change takes place, the wear plates after the change may be more or less worn than a previous set, so it is not possible to guarantee the correct clearance of the stripper has been maintained.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates in more detail, the example of Fig. 1 .
  • the strippers 26 and 27 are fixed to feed roller assemblies 3 and 4, supporting feed rollers 25, 28.
  • the feed roller assemblies 3 and 4 are mounted on slides 5 and 6 so that the assemblies can move relative to feed roller supports 7 and 8.
  • this movement is achieved by hydraulic cylinders 9 and 10, although other types of actuators can be used and the invention is not limited to this specific example.
  • the hydraulic cylinders 9 and 10 also contain external position transducers (although either internal or external transducers may be used) and the stroke of each of these cylinders may be independently position controlled by hydraulic servo-valves and controllers (not shown).
  • the feed roller supports 7 and 8 are pivoted about pivots 11 and 12 which are fixed to the mill housing.
  • the feed roller supports 7 and 8 can be moved about the pivots 11 and 12 by hydraulic cylinders 13 and 14.
  • Clevises 15 and 16 of the hydraulic cylinders 13 and 14 are connected to pivots which are mounted on the mill housing.
  • the hydraulic cylinders 13 and 14 also contain position transducers and the strokes of these cylinders are independently controlled by hydraulic servo-valves and controllers which are not shown.
  • the control system which controls the position of the strippers has to make certain assumptions. For the vertical position the control system assumes that this can be accurately determined from the measured roll load cylinder position, the roll diameters and the nominal dimensions of any packers etc. For the horizontal position of the roll the control system assumes that this is constant. In general these systems assume that the chock is up against one side of the mill all the time. A manual check on the stripper to roll gap is done during the initial installation, or during maintenance and an offset is incorporated into the control system, but subsequently the control system has to assume that the horizontal position does not change.
  • Another solution which has been considered for setting the stripper to roll gap is to move the stripper in until it touches the roll and then move it out by the right distance to set the gap.
  • the contact between the stripper and the roll can be detected by force measurement in the cylinders which move the stripper assembly, for example, or by a force sensor or contact sensor in the stripper.
  • This method has the disadvantage that the stripper can damage the roll surface.
  • the distance of the stripper tip from the work roll may be derived by a processor (not shown) in a control system 49 of the mill from data from a sensor 47 at a known position relative to the stripper tip 42 and the geometry of the assembly. This allows the control system to calculate the stripper to roll gap 48 much more accurately than is currently possible.
  • the sensor may be of any convenient type from which distance can be derived or obtained directly, such as a mechanical distance sensor, transducer, linear variable differential transducer (LVDT) in contacting or non-contacting configuration, an ultrasonic range meter, or optical or laser distance sensor.
  • the transducer may be a mechanical device with, for example, a roller on the end, or an optical device, but for reasons of robustness and the environment it is preferable to use either an inductive, or a capacitive type device.
  • examples of other possible transducers include eddy-current, magneto-inductive or laser sensors.
  • the distance to the roll, or a known point relative to the surface of the roll, from a known point relative to the tip of the stripper is determined.
  • the measurement of distance from the sensor does not have to be to the roll itself, but could be made to some other part of the roll assembly with a known relationship to the roll, such as the grinding surfaces.
  • the actual gap is between the tip of the stripper and the work roll
  • a sensor put on the tip may be wiped off by the passing plate, so the sensor is put in a safer position, a known distance away from the tip, rather than putting the sensor right at the tip of the stripper in order to measure the roll gap directly.
  • Another practical problem with putting the sensor at the tip is that there is not much space in this region and the sensor could easily be damaged, so it is preferred that the sensor is mounted away from the tip.
  • the sensor By combining the sensor measurement with the known geometry of the assembly and the sensor and the vertical position of the work roll, it is then possible to determine the actual stripper to roll gap at the tip with good accuracy.
  • the sensor may be mounted on the feed roller assembly 4, instead of on the stripper assembly 27, so that the stripper can be changed without disturbing the sensor.
  • An initial manual checking and setting of the stripper to roll gap may still be done, if desired, but subsequently the sensor allows the system to automatically maintain the correct stripper to roll gap distance even if the roll moves within the clearances, or the wear plates become worn, or a new roll assembly is installed with different dimensions.
  • each stripper, stripper support assembly, or feed roll assembly it is preferable to have at least two sensors on each stripper, stripper support assembly, or feed roll assembly to take account of differences across the full width of the roll- for example, one sensor at each end of whichever device the sensor is mounted on - because the horizontal movements of the rolls may be different at each end of the roll. If the sensors 47 measure different gaps 48 at each end of the stripper 27 then the control system 49 may be setup to either adjust each end independently, or to set the average, or the minimum gap. The control system may also be set up to give an alarm if there is an excessive stripper to roll gap, or an excessive difference between the two ends of the stripper, or a stripper to roll distance which is too small.
  • the senor In general, it is preferable for the sensor to measure the distance between the stripper and the roll at the edges of the roll outside of the area where the metal is normally rolled because this part of the roll is less affected by metal deposits etc.
  • the sensors can measure the distance to the roll grinding support areas.
  • Many work rolls are manufactured with areas outside of the roll barrel (i.e. outside of the working area) which are accurately ground for use as support areas during roll grinding. If the gap to these grinding support areas is measured by the sensor then it is simple to calculate the roll to stripper gap from the geometry.
  • a further enhancement of the invention is to use the loads measured in some or all of the cylinders 9, 13, 10, 14 to compensate for deflection of the stripper and stripper support assembly under load. It is possible that the stripper to roll gap is not the same in the centre of the stripper as at the edges, because the load from material being rolled on the entry side, or the exit side causes deflection of the stripper 26, 27 and stripper support assembly.
  • the calculation of the deflection for a given load and width of material may be done by the control system 49 using finite element calculations, or similar methods providing that some assumptions about the load distribution are made.
  • the system can therefore estimate how much the stripper has deflected in the centre compared to the deflection where the sensors are positioned and thereby make an adjustment to get the correct gap in the centre. In this way the system can estimate the stripper to roll gap in the centre of the roll, whilst only having sensors at the edges.
  • Using the cylinder loads is simple because the pressures can be easily measured, but it would also be possible to use loadcells, or other load measurement devices.
  • the sensor does not necessarily have to be mounted on the stripper assembly or feed roller assembly itself in order to provide information about the position of the roll.
  • the sensor may be mounted on the housing or some other point so long as the geometry between the sensor and the roll and the sensor and the stripper is known.
  • the sensor could be mounted on the roll assembly e.g. on the chock and detect the distance to the stripper or stripper support, but this solution is not ideal because the roll assembly would then have to have cables or some other method of getting the signal from the sensor to the controller.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates an example of how the device is used to determine and maintain a stripper gap.
  • the control system 49 needs to check that the stripper gap is set at an acceptable distance away from the work roll to prevent damage to the surface of the roll, or the head end of the article being rolled from getting between the stripper and the work roll on the exit side.
  • the control system 49 receives 51 a signal from sensor 47 and knowing the geometry of the device on which the sensor is mounted, this information is used to determine the distance of the sensor from the work roll 21.
  • the control system then derives the position of the tip 42 of the stripper 27 from known data about its position in relation to the sensor 47 to determine a gap 48 between the work roll 21 and the tip 42 of the stripper. This then allows the current work roll to stripper tip gap 48 to be calculated 52. This gap is compared 53 with a known maximum and minimum permitted value of the gap and if the result of the comparison is outside a preset range 54, then the controller sends a signal to an actuator to cause 55 the position of the stripper tip 42 to be modified. Typically, for this example, this involves operating cylinders 10 and/or 14 to move the tip by the required amount, either closer to or further from the work roll.
  • the steps 51 to 54 are repeated to check that the new position is acceptable. If the method is only used during set-up, then it terminates at this point. However, it is preferred that there should be checks, either in response to a specific issue, such as an adverse load being sensed as part of general roll or mill movement, or as part of a regular check. For example, when there is a change in the derived distance of the tip to the work roll, compared with the desired separation, for example when a load first comes on, then suitable adjustment of their relative positions may be applied to compensate for the change. In the case where the gap is not outside the range of tolerance tested at step 53, then the cycle may be repeated. The repeat may have a delay applied 56, or may be related to specific events such as movement of the strippers in readiness for a reverse pass of the article in a reversing mill.
  • a further enhancement is to use two or more sensors at the each end of the roll as illustrated in Fig 5 .
  • the control system 49 can determine both the horizontal and vertical position of the roll accurately.
  • Fig.6 shows an alternative view of Fig.5 from which the relative positions of the sensors 47 and 47a and other components can be seen more clearly.
  • operation of the rolling mill may be further enhanced by positioning the stripper at the minimum gap only long enough for the head end of the material to pass through the work roll gap. Once the stripper is threaded and the head end has been safely passed through the roll gap, then the stripper is backed off out of the way.
  • the sensor of the present invention enables this enhancement because the stripper can be accurately placed back near the work roll with the required gap for each subsequent pass, but moved out of the way of the work roll other than during passage of the head end. This protects the work roll against adverse loading which occurs after the head end of the article being rolled has been safely threaded.
  • the determination of the correct time to back-off the stripper may be based on tracking the article, detection of load on the mill stand or the stripper, tracking speed and time for the article to determine when the head end has passed through or some combination of these parameters. The gap is then actively opened sufficiently, once the head end has passed the stripping point, to give additional protection against roll contact in case of adverse loading.
  • the simplest is to apply a time delay after load detection on the millstand, after which the stripper is retracted.
  • a calculation is made of slab nose end position based on mill speed and time from load detect such that slab nose is determined to be past the stripper nose and thereafter, the stripper is retracted; or the option of using a sensor, such as a laser, photo-cell or hot metal detector, to detect slab nose at a safe distance from the roll bite are not essential, but may be useful.
  • the exit stripper may be reset to the correct vertical location for the next pass, once the stripper has been retracted, but this is optional.
  • final positioning ready for the next pass, particularly for the stripper on the exit side of the pass, takes place after the roll load cylinder is in 'gap set' state.
  • final positioning can take place immediately following slab exit from the roll bite (load detection lost).
  • This backoff on entry or exit side may be implemented solely by vertical movement of respective cylinders 13, 14 to move the stripper away from the work roll surface.
  • movement of cylinders 9, 10 is possible.
  • a combination of movement caused by pairs of cylinders 9, 13; 10, 14 is also practical. It is not essential for this feature to be provided at both entry and exit side, as typically the entry side can be set up to have a larger safe gap than on the exit side, so the back off is only implemented on the exit side.
  • an embodiment which implements back-off on either or both sides is not excluded.
  • the stripper is returned to the small gap position when the mill reverses for the next pass or when the mill reverses for the next but one pass when this stripper will be on the exit side again.
  • the gap is less critical so this could be set to a larger gap even before the strip threads.
  • the gap is significantly smaller than the strip exit thickness for that pass initially, but once the head end has gone past the stripper then the gap can be increased.
  • the invention provides one or more sensors, mounted in the stripper, or on the stripper support assembly or in another location whose position relative to the stripper is known, which measure the distance between the stripper, or the stripper support assembly or the known location and the roll surface, or the roll grinding area, or any other part of the roll assembly whose geometry relative to the work roll surface is known.
  • the measurement by the sensor in combination with the geometry of the arrangement may then be used to adjust the position of the stripper in order to set the optimum stripper to roll gap.
  • a sensor at each end of the roll may be used and the system may either set the gap at each end separately, or use a combination of the two measurements to set the optimum gap.
  • the sensors may be mounted at the edges of the roll outside of the normal rolling width so that they are not affected by metal build up on the roll etc. Where one or more sensors are mounted within the normal rolling width, this enables detection of roll wear, or metal build up.
  • the loads on the stripper assembly may be measured by either the pressures in the cylinders, or by loadcells and the deflection of the stripper assembly due to these loads is calculated and the stripper position is adjusted to compensate for this deflection.

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  1. Dispositif racleur de cylindre, le dispositif comprenant un racleur (26, 27) monté sur un support de racleur (4) ; un capteur (47) ; et un processeur ; caractérisé en ce que le capteur est conçu pour fournir une mesure de la distance à un cylindre de travail (21) ; et en ce que le processeur est conçu pour déterminer la position d'une pointe (42) du racleur par rapport au cylindre de travail, à l'aide de la distance fournie par le capteur (47).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le capteur (47) est monté à une distance prédéterminée d'une pointe (42) du racleur (26, 27).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel le capteur (47) est monté sur un parmi le racleur, le support de racleur, un ensemble cylindre d'alimentation, un support de cylindre d'alimentation, un logement de broyeur ou une cale de cylindre.
  4. Dispositif selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente, dans lequel au moins un capteur (47) est monté au centre du dispositif.
  5. Dispositif selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente, dans lequel un capteur (47) est monté faisant face à une ou plusieurs zones de support de meulage de cylindre d'un cylindre de travail (21).
  6. Dispositif selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente, le dispositif comprenant deux capteurs (47) ou plus, espacés dans le sens de la longueur du dispositif.
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, dans lequel un capteur (47) est monté à chaque extrémité du dispositif.
  8. Dispositif selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente, le dispositif comprenant deux capteurs (47, 47a) ou plus espacés autour d'une circonférence du cylindre de travail (21).
  9. Dispositif selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente, dans lequel le ou chaque capteur (47, 47a) est conçu pour déterminer la distance d'un cylindre de travail inférieur (21) d'une paire de cylindres de travail (21, 22).
  10. Dispositif selon n'importe quelle revendication précédente, dans lequel le capteur (47, 47a) comprend un parmi un capteur inductif ou capacitif à contact ou sans contact, un capteur de distance mécanique, un transducteur, ou un télémètre optique.
  11. Méthode de détermination de la distance d'un racleur (26, 27) d'un cylindre de travail (21), la méthode étant caractérisée par : le fait d'utiliser un capteur (47, 47a) pour déterminer une distance du capteur d'un point sur le cylindre de travail ; le fait d'extraire des données stockées concernant la position relative du capteur et du racleur ; et le fait de calculer une position d'une pointe (42) du racleur, par rapport au cylindre de travail, à partir de la distance déterminée et de l'emplacement stocké du capteur.
  12. Méthode de régulation d'une position relative d'un racleur (26, 27) et d'un cylindre de travail (21), la méthode comprenant le fait de déterminer (52) un espace représentant la distance du racleur du cylindre de travail selon la méthode de la revendication 11 ; le fait de comparer l'espace avec un espace requis (53) ; le fait de déterminer (54) si le résultat de la comparaison s'inscrit à l'extérieur d'une gamme acceptable de tolérance et, le cas échéant, le fait d'adapter (55) la position du racleur selon le résultat de la comparaison.
  13. Méthode selon la revendication 12, la méthode comprenant en outre le fait de placer un capteur (47) à chaque extrémité du cylindre de travail (21) ; et le fait d'adapter la position du racleur (26, 27) à chaque extrémité en conséquence.
  14. Méthode selon la revendication 12 ou la revendication 13, la méthode comprenant le fait de déterminer la distance pour chacun des capteurs (47) ; le fait de calculer une distance moyenne, minimale ou maximale à l'aide de chacune des distances déterminées ; et le fait d'adapter la position du racleur (26, 27) sur la base du résultat de la comparaison entre la distance requise et la distance moyenne, minimale ou maximale.
  15. Méthode selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 12 à 14, la méthode comprenant le fait de répéter automatiquement les étapes consistant à déterminer et à comparer la distance et à adapter la position du racleur (26, 27) .
  16. Méthode selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 12 à 15, la méthode comprenant en outre le fait d'appliquer un délai entre les répétitions lorsque le résultat de la comparaison s'inscrit au sein d'une gamme acceptable de tolérance.
  17. Méthode selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 12 à 16, la méthode comprenant le fait de déterminer quand une extrémité de tête d'un article qui est laminé a fait passer le racleur (26, 27) sur l'ensemble cylindre d'alimentation sur le côté sortie et ensuite le fait d'amener un actionneur à déplacer le racleur plus loin du cylindre de travail que la gamme maximale de tolérance de l'espace requis.
  18. Méthode selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 12 à 17, dans laquelle une déviation du racleur (26, 27) est calculée à partir de mesures de charge et la position du racleur est ajustée en réponse à la distance déterminée et à la mesure de charge.
  19. Méthode selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 12 à 17, comprenant en outre le fait de mesurer la position du vérin de charge du cylindre en combinaison avec le fait de déterminer la distance à partir de la mesure du capteur.
  20. Dispositif selon n'importe lesquelles des revendications 1 à 10, comprenant en outre un ou plusieurs actionneurs pour ajuster la position du racleur (26, 27).
  21. Dispositif selon la revendication 20, le dispositif comprenant en outre des capteurs de charge afin de calculer le cédage du racleur.
  22. Dispositif selon la revendication 21, dans lequel les capteurs de charge comprennent un des transducteurs de pression dans les actionneurs ou les cellules de charge.
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