VSS Control of Strip Steering for Hot Rolling Mills

Authors:	Okada Masayasu, JFE Steel Corporation, Japan Murayama Kaoru, JFE Steel Corporation, Japan Anabuki Yoshinori, JFE Steel Corporation, Japan Hayashi Yoshitaka, JFE Steel Corporation, Japan
Topic:	6.2 Mining, Mineral & Metal Processing
Session:	Rolling Mills I
Keywords:	Variable-structure systems, Sliding-mode control, Observers, Steel industry, Automatic control, metals

Abstract

Strip steering is one of the most serious problems in the finishing mill in the hot strip rolling process. To improve steering control, a strip steering control system, which is based on sliding mode control and uses a steering observer, was designed and successfully applied to an actual plant.