Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tail end buckling suppression device for a tandem rolling mill rolling a material to be rolled by N (N?2) successive rolling stands. Each i-th rolling stand (1?i?N) of the tandem rolling mill includes an i-th roll bender device screwing down the material to be rolled with preset roll bender pressure. During a period after a tail end of the material to be rolled comes out of one designated j-th rolling stand (1?j?N?1) until the tail end of the material to be rolled comes out of the N-th rolling stand, the tail end buckling suppression device causes each of j+1-th to N-th roll bender devices downstream of the j-th rolling stand to continuously lower the roll bender pressure.

Abstract: A steel plant control device includes a subtractor, a PI controller, a first-order lag controller, and an adder. In a band that is lower than a first frequency f1, a gain of the PI controller is higher than a gain of the first-order lag controller; in a band from the first frequency f1 to a second frequency f2, the gain of the first-order lag controller is higher than the gain of the PI controller; and in a band that is higher than the second frequency f2, the gain of the PI controller is higher than the gain of the first-order lag controller.

Abstract: An infrared lens unit includes a lens barrel and an infrared lens supported on the lens barrel. The lens barrel includes a tubular part extending along a central axis extending in upward and downward directions and having an inner circumferential surface surrounding the central axis and a through-hole therein demarcated by the inner circumferential surface, and a protruding part disposed on the inner circumferential surface of the tubular part. The infrared lens is supported by the tubular part via the protruding part. The infrared lens is made of chalcogenide glass. The protruding part includes, in a cross section of the protruding part on a plane on which the central axis extends a linear portion extending in an upward direction from its lower end to its upper end and a sloping portion including an upper end and a lower end located at the upper end of the linear portion.

Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing facility diagnosis support apparatus that can support efficient diagnosis of a manufacturing facility even when past operation information on the manufacturing facility is not present. The diagnosis support apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store operation information in each of processes of a manufacturing facility for processing a material and information on a position of the material in association with each other, and an extraction unit configured to extract, when a range including the position of the material is designated, operation information changed at a position corresponding to the designated range, from the operation information stored in the storage unit. According to the diagnosis support apparatus, it is possible to support efficient diagnosis of the manufacturing facility even when the past operation information on the manufacturing facility is not present.

Abstract: A plate thickness control device controlling plate thickness of a hot rolling mill that includes a rolling stand. The plate thickness control device includes: a pyrometer disposed on an entry side of the rolling stand; a difference calculation part that outputs a difference temperature between a lock-on temperature of the plate-to-be-rolled measured by the pyrometer and a measurement value of a portion other than a tip portion of the plate-to-be-rolled measured by the pyrometer; a tracking part that transfers the difference temperature from the position of the pyrometer to immediately below the rolling stand based on plate speed of the plate-to-be-rolled; and a computation part that calculates a screw-down amount of the rolling stand based on the difference temperature transmitted from the tracking part.

Abstract: A rolling controller executes speed and tension control, and roll gap and plate thickness control when rolling speed is less than a boundary value, while executing roll gap and plate tension control, and speed and plate thickness control when the rolling speed is equal to or greater than the boundary value. If the rolling speed rises across the boundary value, the rolling controller sets the rolling speed to zero such that a speed correction amount in the speed and tension control before the transboundary is not reflected to a calculation executed in the speed control amount of the rolling speed after the transboundary.

Abstract: A plate thickness control device controlling plate thickness of a hot rolling mill that includes a rolling stand. The plate thickness control device includes: a pyrometer disposed on an entry side of the rolling stand; a difference calculation part that outputs a difference temperature between a lock-on temperature of the plate-to-be-rolled measured by the pyrometer and a measurement value of a portion other than a tip portion of the plate-to-be-rolled measured by the pyrometer; a tracking part that transfers the difference temperature from the position of the pyrometer to immediately below the rolling stand based on plate speed of the plate-to-be-rolled; and a computation part that calculates a screw-down amount of the rolling stand based on the difference temperature transmitted from the tracking part.

Abstract: A steel plant control device includes a subtractor, a PI controller, a first-order lag controller, and an adder. In a band that is lower than a first frequency f1, a gain of the PI controller is higher than a gain of the first-order lag controller; in a band from the first frequency f1 to a second frequency f2, the gain of the first-order lag controller is higher than the gain of the PI controller; and in a band that is higher than the second frequency f2, the gain of the PI controller is higher than the gain of the first-order lag controller.

Abstract: A control apparatus of a tandem rolling mill includes a speed command output unit configured to temporarily output a speed command value to each of a plurality of stands before a tandem rolling mill is activated while in a state where a rolled material is sandwiched between the plurality of stands, and a Droop amount setting unit configured to set a Droop amount set value of the stand smaller toward rear stage of the plurality of stands, during a period in which the speed command output unit temporarily outputs the speed command value. Including the configuration makes it possible to more surely prevent rupture of the rolled material. The control apparatus of the tandem rolling mill makes it possible to more surely prevent rupture of a rolled material.

Abstract: A rolling mill exit side temperature control system includes the following features. A second valve control unit controls a valve opening of a second valve to cause a flow rate actual value detected by a flow rate detector to coincide with a flow rate target value. A remaining coolant discharging section controls a first valve to an open state and the second valve to a closed state by setting the flow rate target value to zero, before a material to be rolled reaches a rolling mill. A flow rate target value setting section sets the flow rate target value to a value corresponding to a target temperature of the material to be rolled on the entry side and the exit side of the rolling mill after the control by the remaining coolant discharging section.

Abstract: A plate width control device capable of improving the precision of the width of a material to be rolled is provided. In a rolling system, a plate width control device includes an arithmetic unit calculating an estimated value of a deviation amount of the width of the material to be rolled in the vertical rolling mill, and calculating an estimated value of an expansion amount of the width of the material to be rolled when a head end of the material to be rolled is caught in the horizontal rolling mill, and a control unit controlling a gap amount of the vertical rolling mill such that the deviation amount of the width of the material to be rolled is eliminated, and compensating for the gap amount of the vertical rolling mill when the head end of the material to be rolled is caught in the horizontal rolling mill.

Abstract: A rolling mill exit side temperature control system includes the following features. A second valve control unit controls a valve opening of a second valve to cause a flow rate actual value detected by a flow rate detector to coincide with a flow rate target value. A remaining coolant discharging section controls a first valve to an open state and the second valve to a closed state by setting the flow rate target value to zero, before a material to be rolled reaches a rolling mill. A flow rate target value setting section sets the flow rate target value to a value corresponding to a target temperature of the material to be rolled on the entry side and the exit side of the rolling mill after the control by the remaining coolant discharging section.

Abstract: The fuel cell system is provided with the hydrogen gas circulation system that supplies hydrogen gas to the fuel cell while merging the hydrogen gas discharged from the fuel cell with the newly supplied hydrogen gas, a hydrogen gas supply valve that controls the amount of hydrogen gas supplied to the hydrogen gas circulation system, an initial pressurization unit that pressurizes the hydrogen gas circulation system by temporarily opening the hydrogen gas supply valve at the start of the fuel cell, and a re-pressurization and gas leak detection unit that re-pressurizes the hydrogen gas circulation system by opening the hydrogen gas supply valve when a given level of pressure drop is found in the pressure detected by the pressure detection unit after the pressurization by the initial pressurization unit and detects a hydrogen gas leak from the hydrogen gas circulation system based on the pressure detected by the pressure detection unit in a given timing after the pressurization.

Abstract: A plate width control device capable of improving the precision of the width of a material to be rolled is provided. In a rolling system, a plate width control device includes an arithmetic unit calculating an estimated value of a deviation amount of the width of the material to be rolled in the vertical rolling mill, and calculating an estimated value of an expansion amount of the width of the material to be rolled when a head end of the material to be rolled is caught in the horizontal rolling mill, and a control unit controlling a gap amount of the vertical rolling mill such that the deviation amount of the width of the material to be rolled is eliminated, and compensating for the gap amount of the vertical rolling mill when the head end of the material to be rolled is caught in the horizontal rolling mill.

Abstract: A take-up device includes a fluid-pressure device, a pressure detection device, a pressure calculation mechanism, and a controller. The fluid-pressure device is a device for expanding and contracting a mandrel. The pressure detection device detects a pressure of a hydraulic fluid in the fluid-pressure device. The pressure calculation mechanism calculates a tightening pressure acting on the mandrel, based on the pressure detected by the pressure detection device. The controller controls the fluid-pressure device. Also, the controller performs position control until the number of turns of a strip reaches a value. The controller performs constant-pressure control after the number of turns of the strip reaches the value.

Abstract: Provided is a dielectric filter that can be anchored in a stable manner without causing damage even when there is variation in the size of the parts. With this dielectric filter, one surface of washers has a concave part, which is equipped with an edge part formed at the perimeter of the one surface, a floor surface provided at a lower position than the edge part, and a tapered part formed between the edge part and the floor surface. The washers are arranged on the upper surface of and fastened by means of screws to dielectric bodies with the concave parts facing the dielectric bodies, with sheet metal therebetween.

Abstract: Provided is a semi-coaxial resonator that reduces the insertion loss in the pass band and that is made to be compact, lightweight, and low in cost. A resonator is formed by fastening a cylindrical first element with a square and planar second element at an open end (one end) of the first element. A plurality of these resonators are disposed such that the square edges are brought close to each other and the other ends of the first elements are secured to the bottom of a box-shaped case. The open side of the case that accommodates the plurality of resonators is closed by a lid.

Abstract: The fuel cell system is provided with the hydrogen gas circulation system that supplies hydrogen gas to the fuel cell while merging the hydrogen gas discharged from the fuel cell with the newly supplied hydrogen gas, a hydrogen gas supply valve that controls the amount of hydrogen gas supplied to the hydrogen gas circulation system, an initial pressurization unit that pressurizes the hydrogen gas circulation system by temporarily opening the hydrogen gas supply valve at the start of the fuel cell, and a re-pressurization and gas leak detection unit that re-pressurizes the hydrogen gas circulation system by opening the hydrogen gas supply valve when a given level of pressure drop is found in the pressure detected by the pressure detection unit after the pressurization by the initial pressurization unit and detects a hydrogen gas leak from the hydrogen gas circulation system based on the pressure detected by the pressure detection unit in a given timing after the pressurization.

Abstract: A take-up device includes a fluid-pressure device, a pressure detection device, a pressure calculation mechanism, and a controller. The fluid-pressure device is a device for expanding and contracting a mandrel. The pressure detection device detects a pressure of a hydraulic fluid in the fluid-pressure device. The pressure calculation mechanism calculates a tightening pressure acting on the mandrel, based on the pressure detected by the pressure detection device. The controller controls the fluid-pressure device. Also, the controller performs position control until the number of turns of a strip reaches a value. The controller performs constant-pressure control after the number of turns of the strip reaches the value.

Abstract: Provided is a dielectric filter that can be anchored in a stable manner without causing damage even when there is variation in the size of the parts. With this dielectric filter, one surface of washers has a concave part, which is equipped with an edge part formed at the perimeter of the one surface, a floor surface provided at a lower position than the edge part, and a tapered part formed between the edge part and the floor surface. The washers are arranged on the upper surface of and fastened by means of screws to dielectric bodies with the concave parts facing the dielectric bodies, with sheet metal therebetween.