Title

The New Philosophy in the Design of Modern Roll Shops

The New Philosophy in the Design of Modern Roll Shops

Authorship

BOSELLI (TECHINT/POMINI), GIOVANNI; LANTIERI (TECHINT/POMINI), ENRICO; MORIMOTO (TECHINT/CONFAB), EDSON

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LANTIERI (TECHINT/POMINI), ENRICO

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MORIMOTO (TECHINT/CONFAB), EDSON

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DOI

10.5151/2594-5297-LAC01879

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Abstract

The continuously increasing request for efficiency and quality in modern Mills for flat products is developing new philosophies in the design of modern Roll Shops, where the target of minimizing the overall production costs requests the optimization of the necessary manpower for Roll Shops' operation, together with the necessity to reduce roll inventory and accidental roll breakages. The design of a modern Roll Shop starts by considering the type of Mill and the relevant product, including roll features as dimensions, materials, etc. The above data together with the existing plant constraints like existing equipment, available manpower, safety regulations and available budget resources, are used for the design of a new Roll Shop, in which the roll flow and all operations like loading/unloading, grinding, inspection can be automated to various levels up to the point in which no manpower is necessary since all operations are controlled by means of a computer network integrated with the Mill. Some recent plants such as AST (Italy), CORUS (The Netherlands) and VEGA DO SUL (Brazil) have been designed considering these criteria.

The continuously increasing request for efficiency and quality in modern Mills for flat products is developing new philosophies in the design of modern Roll Shops, where the target of minimizing the overall production costs requests the optimization of the necessary manpower for Roll Shops' operation, together with the necessity to reduce roll inventory and accidental roll breakages. The design of a modern Roll Shop starts by considering the type of Mill and the relevant product, including roll features as dimensions, materials, etc. The above data together with the existing plant constraints like existing equipment, available manpower, safety regulations and available budget resources, are used for the design of a new Roll Shop, in which the roll flow and all operations like loading/unloading, grinding, inspection can be automated to various levels up to the point in which no manpower is necessary since all operations are controlled by means of a computer network integrated with the Mill. Some recent plants such as AST (Italy), CORUS (The Netherlands) and VEGA DO SUL (Brazil) have been designed considering these criteria.

Keywords

grinder, roll, loader'

grinder, roll, loader'