Flat Rolled Steel Processed: Advanced Technologies

Section - 1: New Concepts and Modernization of Rolling Mills A History of Minimills Producing Flat - Rolled Steel Review of Casting and Rolling Lines with Thin and Medium Slab Casters Methodology and Results of Major Hot Strip Mill Modernization Projects Plate Mill Upgrades for High Strength Products Roughing Mill Work Rolls for Hot Strip Production High Speed Steel Rolls: The Last Frontier in Hot Steel Rolling Tunnel Furnace Roll Options and Energy Considerations Descaling of Hot Rolled Strip Section - 2: Modeling of Flat Rolling Processes Modeling for Reheat Furnace Practices Improvement of Schedules for Hot Rolling of Thin Wide Strips Width Variation Behavior during Hot Rolling Parameter Optimization and Uncertainly Qualification in Rolling Simulation for the Dynamic Behavior of Strips Running on Hot Run - Out Tables Laminar Flow - Cooling of Wide Heavy - Thickness Strip in a Hot Rolling Mill Consideration of Microstructure Evolution in Hot Strip Mill Automation Novel Mathematical Models for Cold Rolling Process Elastohydrodynamics Lubrication of Cold Rolling Lubricants and Its Mechanism in Nonconformal Rolling Contacts Section - 3: Measurement, Automation and Process Control Multivariable Hot Strip Mill Control Finishing Mill Predictive Temperature Control Digital Visual Inspection of Coils Yield Improvement through Better Crop Optimization State of the Art, Noncontact Infrared, Laser and Microwave Intelligent Cold Rolling Mill Vibration and Its Impact on Productivity and Product Quality IMPOC: An Online Material Property Measurement System Technologies for the Prediction and Control of Microstructural Changes and Mechanical Properties Metallurgical, Modeling and Software Engineering Issues in the Further Development of the Steel Mill Level 2 Models Section - 4: Strip Profile and Flatness Control Methods of Describing, Assessing and Influencing Shape Deviations in Strips Local Shape Defects in Cold Rolling: Simulation, Causes Identification and Reduction Fundamentals of Online Flatness Measuring Devices Recent Developments in Strip Profile Calculation Hot Band Profile Irregularities Related to Thermal Contour of Work Rolls Analysis of the Transverse Temperature Distribution in the Hot Strip Mill of a Compact Strip Production Plant Innovations in Shape Measurement and Control for Cold Rolled Flat Strip Products Index