Abstract: An apparatus for producing and further processing slabs of a metal, preferably steel, comprises: a continuous casting apparatus, which is designed to produce at least one cast strand and to transport it in a transport direction; a cutting device, which is arranged behind the continuous casting apparatus, as seen in the transport direction, and is designed to cut the cast strand into slabs; at least a first route and a second route, which implement, at least in some portions, different process lines for the further processing of the slabs; and a process control system, which is designed to make a route decision on a slab-specific basis as a function of at least one measured or calculated process parameter, which route decision assigns one of the plurality of routes to the respective slab, and to initiate the further processing of the corresponding slab along the assigned route.

Abstract: An intermediate stand guide on a vertical roll stand of a rolling line for guiding the rolled material into a horizontal roll stand or out of a horizontal roll stand having at least one guide element, which is mounted on the vertical roll stand and is adjustable jointly with an adjustment movement of a vertical roll assigned thereto and which follows the adjustment movement of the vertical roll. The guide element is arranged set back transversely to the rolling direction by a predefined offset dimension to the edge of the vertical roll engaged with the rolled material. The guide element is connected to a traverse of the vertical roll stand and the offset dimension is pre-definable via an installation distance of the vertical roll to the traverse of the vertical roll stand.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for coupling a coolant supply and/or coolant drainage to a roll, especially in a continuous casting installation, wherein the roll includes a journal, which is mounted rotatably in a bearing block, and a lateral recess, extending in the axial direction, and at least one roll cooling channel, through which a coolant can pass. The device includes at least one coolant channel, which can be brought into fluidic connection with the roll cooling channel on the journal side; and a sealing unit for sealing the fluidic connection between the coolant channel and the roll cooling channel, including an inner module and an outer module. The inner module includes a hollow cylindrical element, which can be inserted into the lateral recess of the journal, and which, when viewed in the axial direction, has no flange on the outer side of the journal.

Abstract: A method for coating a metal strip by means of a metallic substrate in a strip coating system, wherein the coating is carried out according to the principle of physical vapor deposition and the layer thickness is set via the parameters of the strip speed and the vaporization rate. It is provided according to the invention that in the event of a layer thickness change and/or a width change of the metal strip, the vaporization rate and the strip speed are changed simultaneously, so that the layer thickness change can be implemented directly independently of the thermal vaporization process.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for cooling a metallic material has at least one cooling beam with a plurality of coolant application elements for applying the metallic material with a coolant. In order to be able to adapt such known cooling apparatuses even more precisely to different temperature distributions across the width of the metallic material to be cooled the density of the cross-sectional areas of the outlet openings of the coolant application elements in the width direction y of the cooling beam be distributed or dimensioned according to the amount of the slope of the distribution of the temperature T(y) of the metallic material across its width before the inlet under the cooling beam. A method for cooling a metallic material so includes determining a temperature distribution of the metallic material to be cooled and producing or selecting a cooling beam to match the temperature distribution of the metallic material.

Abstract: A hydraulic control loop controls a hydraulic adjusting cylinder. The cylinder has a cylindrical housing and a displaceable piston therein. The piston divides the housing interior into a first and a second hydraulic chamber. A first hydraulic valve supplies the first hydraulic chamber with hydraulic fluid. A hydraulic pressure of the first hydraulic chamber is adjustable by controlling the first hydraulic valve. A second hydraulic valve supplies the second hydraulic chamber with hydraulic fluid. A hydraulic pressure of the second hydraulic chamber is adjustable by controlling the second hydraulic valve. A control device controls the two hydraulic valves. In a position control state, the second hydraulic valve is controlled by a position control signal dependent on the working position of the piston and the first hydraulic valve is controlled by an adjusted position control signal, that is generated on the basis of the position control signal.

Abstract: A heat-insulating device for use in a processing line for a metal strip to be transported along a strip conveying direction, preferably for use in a rolling mill, wherein the heat-insulating device has: at least one heat-insulating carriage which has a heat-insulating hood which, in order to reduce temperature losses, can be moved over the metal strip; and a transport, which has a drive for moving the heat-insulating carriage and is configured in such a way that the heat-insulating carriage can be moved out of the processing line and into the latter horizontally, preferably along a straight line.

Abstract: An electroplating method and a system for electrolytically coating a steel strip, in particular for the automotive sector, with a coating based on zinc and/or a zinc alloy utilizes pulse technology.

Abstract: A method for tension control in a band-shaped material between two tension points, in particular between two adjacent roll stands, wherein at least one of the tension points has a rotary drive as an actuator. In order to make known tension controls of this type more effective and faster the controller output signal is varied in connection with the conversion thereof into the actuating signal for the rotary drive, at least temporarily, in dependence on a variable representing the band-shaped material.

Abstract: A heat treatment device for a thermal treatment of a workpiece is provided with a housing that houses a chamber for accommodating the workpiece for the thermal treatment. A first roller supports the workpiece and moves the workpiece in a moving direction. A first brush seal is provided, wherein the first roller and the first brush seal are arranged relative to each other such that a first side of the workpiece contacts the first roller and a second side of the workpiece that is opposed to the first side contacts the first brush seal such that the first roller and the first brush seal then seal at least a first section of the chamber from a second section of the chamber.

Abstract: A control unit for a distributor network of liquid and/or gaseous media, in particular for a roll stand, a media module, and a roll stand. The control unit has: a base plate having one or more media transport lines of the distributor network, which extend at least in sections in the plane of the base plate; and one or more functional blocks having an internal piping and one or more control elements having a functional connection thereto. The functional blocks are configured to be installable on the base plate so that the internal piping has a fluid connection to one or more of the media transport lines, and to be detachable from the base plate.

Abstract: In a method for the online determination of at least one rolling parameter when rolling a rolling material rolled along a rolling line in a rolling mill including at least two rolls on a roll stand, the rolling material is guided past or through at least one measuring device during the rolling, which interacts with a rolling material variable of the rolling material, the rolling material variable being changeable along the length of the rolling material, and outputs a measurement signal, wherein: (i) the measurement signal is transferred into the frequency space, and the rolling parameter is determined from the measurement signal transferred into the frequency space, and/or (ii) a frequency inherent in the change of the rolling material variable is determined from the measurement signal, and the rolling parameter is determined on the basis of the determined frequency.

Abstract: A device for the contactless determination of at least one property of a metal product during the metallurgical production of the metal product comprises a housing and at least one measuring device comprising a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. An electromagnetic field is generated by the transmitting unit and directed onto the metal product, thereby inducing a physical interaction in the material of the metal product, and a remaining and/or resulting part of this physical interaction is subsequently received by the receiving unit. At least one component of the measuring device comprising the transmitting unit and/or the receiving unit can be moved relative to the housing or the metal product moving therein, in order to thereby set or selectively change a predetermined distance to the metal product for the transmitting unit and/or the receiving unit.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the condition of a hydraulic system of a metal forming plant is presented. The hydraulic system is coupled to or provided with a pump drivable by a drive motor for providing a working fluid and with a heat exchanger. With the presented method, the following steps are initiated or carried out by a condition-monitoring device during the operation of the hydraulic system: Determining a current cooling power of the heat exchanger; determining a current conveying power of the pump; and determining a current maintenance urgency and/or a current ageing condition of the hydraulic system on the basis of the determined current cooling power of the heat exchanger. Furthermore, a condition-monitoring device designed to carry out the presented method is presented.

Abstract: A hydraulic extrusion press includes at least one ram, the ram being driven by hydraulic oil from a main line and a hydraulic control pressure being used to control the extrusion press. To minimize non-productive periods, the control pressure is also supplied to the main line. The main line and the pressure control system are connected with one another on the pressure side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cross-rolling mill, having a plurality of roll shafts (1), each applying a radially directed rolling force to a workpiece, wherein orientation of a roll axis (w) of at least one of the roll shafts (1) adjustably changes about a first adjustment axis (S1) and a second adjustment axis (S2), wherein an intermediate member (9, 10) is arranged between a rotary baring (4, 5) and a control element (11, 12), and wherein the intermediate member (9, 10) includes a rolling force-transmitting rocker pin (14, 15) having a spherical surface (14a, 14b, 15a, 15b) that provides for pivotal movement in a plurality of directions.

Abstract: A method and a device for producing a continuous strip-shaped composite material. The device has at least one first casting machine, using which a continuous strand is produced, in particular from steel, at least one rolling stand, which is arranged in line with the first casting machine and downstream thereof. A fully solidified slab of the strand produced using the first casting machine can be hot rolled, and at least one second casting machine, using which a further continuous strand is produced from metal. Between the casting machines, on the one hand, and the rolling stand, on the other hand, a merging unit is arranged, by means of which the slabs can be moved in the direction toward each other in the hot state. The rolling stand is designed as a roll-cladding unit, by which a composite formed from the merged slabs can be hot rolled.

Abstract: A method for fixing a strip end segment of a metal strip wound into a coil to a strip winding of the coil arranged adjacent to the strip end segment. In order to enable the production of metal strip with improved quality, the strip end segment is fixed by materially bonding on the strip winding by means of a friction welding method.

Abstract: A method for degrading organic fractions in cooling circuits in industrial plants, in particular plants in the metallurgical industry, including the following steps: adding bacteria to the cooling circuit, wherein the bacteria are suitable for degrading the organic fractions in the cooling circuit, and disinfecting the aerosol generated in a cooling tower of the cooling circuit. A cooling circuit for an industrial plant is also disclosed.

Abstract: A lubrication ring for a mechanical expander (1) for sizing large pipes comprises a conventionally manufactured ring (12) made of steel, in particular construction steel. Fluid bores are provided in the ring (12). A part (13) of the lubrication ring (6) is manufactured by an additive manufacturing technology.