Title of Invention

A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A ROLL GAP

Abstract The invention relates to a method and a device for controlling a roll gap when rolling a strip (1) in a rolling mill including at least two rolls (3a-b,4a-b), and at least two roll gap actuators (6,7) that independently control the size of the roll gap. The device is adapted to receive information on the amount of wedge shape (POSactOS POSactDS) in the strip thickness profile across the strip width, and to control said actuators, based on said information on the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness profile, such that the relative reduction of the strip on both sides of the rolling mill become essentially the same.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
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A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A ROLL GAP;
ABB AB, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF SWEDEN, WHOSE ADDRESS IS KOPPARBERGSVAGEN 2, SE -721 83 VASTERAS, SWEDEN
THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATION
PPARTICULARLY DESCRIBES THE INVENTION AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS TO BE PERFORMED.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the production of substantially long and flat strips or sheets. In the following strips and sheets are used synonymous\y. For example, the strip is made of a metal such as copper, steel or aluminum. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and a device for controlling a roll gap when rolling a strip in a rolling mill including at least two rolls and at least two actuators that independently control the size of the roll gap.
The present invention is useful for hot rolling as well as for cold rolling.
PRIOR ART
During production of a metal strip it is common practice to roll the material to a desired dimension in a rolling mill. The rolling mill includes at least two rolls and a thickness control system that controls the gap between the rolls, also denoted the roll gap, and thereby the thickness of the produced strip. According to common terminology, one side of the rolling mill is denoted an operator side and the other side is denoted a drive side. Each of the operator side and the drive side is provided with actuators, for example a mechanical actuator such as hydraulic actuator, for adjusting the distance between the rolls. Thus, the roll gap on the operator side and the drive side can be adjusted independently
of each other. It is also known to use thermal actuators
for adjusting the roll gap. A thermal actuator adjusts the roll
gap by cooling or heating parts of the working rolls. Besides the thickness control, the rolling mill is also provided with a flatness control.

For control of the thickness, the thickness of the strip is measured
at, at least, one point on the strip after rolling, i.e. after the strip has passed through the work rolls. Usually, the thickness is measured at a point in the center of the strip. This measurement is used as input to the thickness control, together with a desired value of the thickness of the strip. Thus, thickness control according
to the prior art aims at a constant reduction of the strip across the width of the strip.
Sometimes it happens that a strip material, before rolling, has an asymmetric thickness profile. For example, hot rolled strips often have a thickness profile that is thickest at the center of the strip and is decreasing towards the sides of the strip. In some cases, the thickness profile of the strip material is tapering towards
one of its ends, which means that the strip material is thicker in one of its end than in the other end, also denoted a wedge shaped strip. Strips materials with tapered thickness profiles
are, for example, common in narrow cold rolling mills where a wide hot-rolled strip, having a thickness profile that is thickest at the center of the strip, is divided into two narrower strips before
cold milling.
As long as the thickness of the strip before rolling is essentially constant over the width of the strip, the thickness control system works fine. However, if the strip before rolling has an asymmetric
thickness profile, the thickness control system will create an asymmetric flatness error in the strip. This flatness error is due to the fact that the thickness reduction of the strip causes a relative elongation of the strip of the same amount as the relative
thickness reduction. If, for example, one side of the strip before
rolling is thicker than the other side, the relative elongation of the strip after rolling becomes smaller on that side than on
the other side, which leads to flatness problem. After some time, this flatness error can be detected and corrected by the flatness control system. However, during this time the flatness of the strip will not be optimal. This flatness error is created even if the roll gap is perfectly adjusted to the incoming thickness profile of the strip.
Different forms of setup models are today used in order to match the roll gap to the thickness profile of the strip. However, as soon as a thickness correction is done, mainly in the beginning and end of the strip, the thickness correction will create an asymmetric flatness error when rofft'ng a wedge shape strip. This is due to the fact that, according to prior art, thickness corrections
are always done with the same amount on both operator and drive side of the mill. Flatness error may lead to part or parts of the strip having to be rejected. Thus, flatness problem is costly for the strip producer.
OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide an attractive solution to the above problem.
According to one aspect of the invention this object is achieved with a method as defined in claim 1. Such a method comprises receiving information on the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness profile across the strip width, and based thereon controlling
the actuators such that the relative reduction of the strip on both sides of the rolling mill becomes essentially the same.
The thickness control according to the invention is performed with regard to the fact that the workpiece before rolling may have different thickness profiles across its width. According to the invention, the thickness control is made with regard to the relative reduction of the strip, instead of with regard to the absolute
reduction of the strip as in the prior art. A constant relative
reduction across the width of the strip will cause a constant relative
elongation across the width of the strip, and thus a flat strip. Thus, when rolling wedge shaped strips, i.e. strips that are thicker on one side compared to the other side, it is important that both sides have the same relative thickness reduction during
rolling.
To be able to control the actuators so that the relative reduction on both sides of the rolling mill becomes essentially the same, it is necessary to have information on the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness profile across the strip width. This information
can be obtained In different ways. The information could be given directly from measurement of the strip thickness at at least two points across the strip width, or indirectly via receiving the positions of the roll gap actuators on operator and drive side. This information is, for example, obtained from a preceding hot rolling process, or is measured, for example by means of scanning. During rolling it is normal to position the roll gap actuators
to minimize the flatness error thus making the work rolls follow the thickness profile wedge of the strip. Therefore the positions
of the actuators quite well reflect the wedge shape of the strip. It is also possible to estimate the wedge shape in the strip thickness profile. Alternatively, information on the thickness profile
is determined based on a measured flatness error together with information of the roll gap actuators positions.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the rolling mill further
includes a thickness control system, which calculates a thickness correction for the roll gap based on a desired strip thickness, and the method further comprises receiving information
on the thickness correction to be done, and controlling the actuators, based on the thickness correction and the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness, such that the relative thickness
correction on both sides of the rolling mill becomes essentially
the same. According to this embodiment, the control of the actuators, such that the relative reduction of the strip on both
sides of the rolling mill becomes essentially the same, is achieved by controlling the actuators such that the relative thickness correction on both sides of the rolling mill becomes essentially the same.
The desired strip thickness and thereby the desired thickness reduction in the roll gap are commonly controlled with an automatic
thickness control system (AGC). This system continuously calculates thickness corrections, which are fed to a roll gap actuator
control system. The thickness control system comprises a thickness correction loop that repeatedly calculates the desired thickness correction for the roll gap based on a desired strip thickness and measurements of the actual strip thickness after rolling.
The method further includes receiving information from the thickness control system about the amount of thickness correction
to be made. In order to achieve the same relative reduction on both sides of the mill, each correction output also has to give the same relative thickness correction on both sides of the mill. Applying the thickness correction symmetrically on both sides of the mill, as in the prior art, means to create a flatness error when rolling a wedge shaped strip. The relative reduction of the strip is equal to the sum of all relative thickness corrections made from the beginning of the rolling of the strip. If the roll gap is controlled such that the relative thickness correction on both sides of the rolling mill becomes essentially the same in each step of the thickness correction loop, a constant relative reduction
across the width of the strip will be achieved. According to this embodiment of the invention, the thickness correction is distributed
to the actuators on both sides of the mill so that the relative thickness corrections on both sides of the rolling mill become essentially the same, which results in the flatness error being minimized. An advantage with this embodiment is that it uses information on the thickness correction, which is already
available from the thickness control system, in order to achieve the same total relative reduction on both sides of the mill.
The relative thickness correction is commonly defined as the quotient of the thickness correction from the thickness control system and the actual thickness of the strip, either before or after
rolling.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the method comprises receiving information on the thickness of the strip before
rolling the strip at at least two points across the width of the strip, receiving information on the thickness of the strip after rolling the strip at at least one point across the width of the strip, computing a relative reduction of the strip based on the thickness of the strip before and after rolling, and controlling the actuators based on the computed relative reduction of the strip and the information on the thickness of the strip before rolling the strip at at least two points.
The relative reduction, also denoted the fractional reduction, of the strip is commonly defined as the difference between the incoming
thickness of the strip, i.e. the thickness of the strip before
rolling, and outgoing thickness of the strip, i.e. the thickness
of the strip after rolling, divided by the incoming thickness of the strip: (H-h)/H, where H is the incoming thickness and h the outgoing thickness.
The relative reduction is determined at one point across the width of the strip, for example at the center of the strip or at one of its ends, and then the size of the roll gap, i.e. the distance between the rolls, is controlled in such way that the same relative
reduction is achieved at least at another point across the width of the strip, and preferably across the whole width of the strip. The maximum number of control points across the width of the rolls depends on the number of actuators controlling the roll gap. For example, if the rolling mill has two actuators controlling

the roll gap, it is possible to control the size of the roll gap at two points across the width of the rolls.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the roll gap actuators independently control the size of the roll gap on an operator side of the mill and on a drive side of the mill and the method comprises estimating a desired roll gap on the operator side of the mill based on the computed relative reduction of the strip and the thickness of the strip of the operator side before rolling and based thereon controlling the roll gap actuator on the operator side, and estimating a desired roll gap on the drive side of the mill based on the computed relative reduction of the strip and the thickness of the strip of the drive side before rolling and based thereon controlling the roll gap actuator on the drive side.
It is easy to realize that the method according to the invention, as defined in the appended set of method claims, is suitable for execution by a computer program having instructions corresponding
to the steps in the inventive method when run on a processor unit.
According to a further aspect of the invention, the object is achieved by a computer program product directfy loadable into the internal memory of a computer or a processor, comprising software code portions for performing the steps of the method according to the appended set of method claims, when the program
is run on a computer. The computer program is provided either on a computer-readable medium or through a network.
According to another aspect of the invention, the object is achieved by a computer-readable medium having a program recorded
thereon, when the program is to make a computer perform
the steps of the method according to the appended set of method claims, and the program is run on the computer.

According to another aspect of the invention this object is achieved by a device as defined in claim 10. Such a device is adapted to receive information on the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness profile across the strip width, and the device is adapted to control the actuators, based on the information on the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness profile, such that the relative reduction of the strip on both sides of the rolling mill becomes essentially the same.
The invention is particularly useful for controlling strip thickness in a cold rolling mill. This is because of the common use of slit strip in cold rolling mills. During hot rolling it is normal to control the strip thickness profile to a symmetric shape.
The invention is particularly useful for controlling a roll gap when rolling a wedge shaped strip in a rolling mill.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be explained more closely by the description
of different embodiments of the invention and with reference to the appended figures.
Fig. 1 shows schematically a side view of a rolling mill including
a device for controlling the thickness of a strip according
to a first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 shows a front view of the rolling mill shown in figure 1.
Fig. 3 shows a top view of the rolling mill shown in figure 1.
Fig. 4 shows a block diagram of a method for controlling the thickness of a strip in a rolling mill according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 5 shows schematically a side view of a rolling mill including
a device for controlling the thickness of a strip according
to a second embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 shows a block diagram of a method for controlling the thickness of a strip in a rolling mill according to a second embodiment of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Figures 1-3 show a rolling mill, including a device 14 for controlling
the roll gap of the mill according to a first embodiment of the invention, from different views. The figures show a metal strip 1 passing through a rolling mill 2 in a direction shown by an arrow. The rolling mill includes two main rolls 3a-b and two supporting
rolls 4a-b. Two actuators 6,7, in this case hydraulic actuators,
determine the distance between the main rolls 3a-b, also denoted the roll gap. The actuator 6 determines the distance
between the rolls on an operator side 10 of the rolling mill and the actuator 7 determines the distance between the rolls on a drive side 11 of the rolling mill. The actuators 6, 7 independently
control the size of the gap between the roils on each side of the rolling mill. The rolling mill further includes a sensor 12 for measuring the thickness of the strip after the milling. The sensor 12 is located essentially at the center of the strip across the width of the strip, i.e. at essentially equal distance from both edges of the strip. The sensor 12 measures the thickness at one point 13 across the width of the strip. Figure 2 shows the size dC of the roll gap in the centre of the mill, the size dOS of the roll gap on the operator side, and the size dDS of the roll gap on the drive side.
The device 14 is adapted to control the positions of the actuators
6,7. The device 14 receives information on the thickness h of the strip before rolling. In this embodiment, the thickness in-

formation is received from a preceding hot rolling process. Alternatively,
the information may be received from a scanner scanning the strip before it enters into the rolling mill. In this embodiment, information on the thickness of the strip before milling is needed at three points 15a-c across the width of the strip, as shown in figure 3. The points should be selected at a distance from each other in a direction perpendicular to the direction
of the movement of the strip. \n this embodiment, the first point 15a is located at the operator side 10 of the rolling mill, the second point 15b is located at the center of the width of the strip, i.e. in a corresponding location as the sensor 12, and the third point 15c is located at the drive side 11 of the rolling mill.
The device 14 is adapted to compute a relative reduction of
the strip based on the thickness of the strip before and after rolling
the strip, i.e. before and after reduction of the size of the
strip. In this embodiment the relative reduction of the center
of the strip is calculated based on the strip thickness before reduction
Hc, measured at point 15b, and the strip thickness after reduction hc, measured at point 13 according to the following:

The device 14 is also adapted to compute a desired roll gap dOS on the operator side of the mill based on the computed relative
reduction of the center of strip and the thickness HOS of the
strip of the operator side before rolling, i.e. the thickness measured
at point 15a. The computation unit is also adapted to compute
a desired roll gap dDS on the drive side of the mill based on
the computed relative reduction of the center of the strip,
and the thickness HDS of the strip of the drive side before rolling i.e. the measured thickness in point 15c,

Alternatively, it is also possible to calculate the relative reduction
divided by the strip thickness before rolling this will
achieve about the same result as dividing by the strip thickness after rolling.
The computation requires the use of some Arithmetic Logical Unit, ALU, but it can be implemented in either the digital circuitry
of an FPGA, an ASIC, or a simple microprocessor. The device further comprises appropriate data processing means known in the art such as input and output means and memory means.
The device 14 is adapted to control the actuators 6,7 based on the computed desired roll gaps dOS and dDS.The actuators adjust
the distance between the rolls to the desired roll gaps on the operator and drive side. Thereby, the relative reduction across the width of the strip becomes essentially constant.
Fig. 4 is a flow chart illustration of the method and the computer program product according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It will be understood that each block of the flow chart can be implemented by computer program instructions.
Information on the strip thickness Hc, Hos, HDS before rolling the strip is received, block 20. Information on the strip thickness hc after rolling the strip is received, block 22. The relative reduction
of the center of the strip is computed, block 24, based on the thickness of the strip before and after rolling:

In order to achieve a constant relative reduction of the strip across the width of the strip the following relation shall be valid:

Thus, the relative reduction on the operator side and the
drive side shall be the same as the relative reduction
in the centre of the strip.
The desired size dos of the roll gap on the operator side is cal¬culated based on.the following equation, block 26:
(4)
The desired size dDS of the roll gap on the drive side is calculated
based on the following equation, block 28:

Thereafter, the actuator 7 on the operator side is adjusted until the roll gap on the operator side is equal to the calculated size dos, block 30, and the actuator 6 on the drive side is adjusted until the roll gap on the drive side is equal to the calculated size dDS, block 30.

Figure 5 shows schematically a side view of a rolling mill including
a device 40 for controlling the thickness of a strip according to a second embodiment of the invention. Components corresponding
to those in figure 1 have been given the same reference
numerals, and will not be described in more detail here. As can be seen in the drawing, the rolling mill further includes a thickness control system 42, which calculates a thickness correction
POSadd for the roll gap based on a desired strip thick-

ness href and a measurement of the strip thickness hc after rolling.
The thickness correction is calculated as the difference between
the actual thickness of the strip after rolling and the desired
strip thickness. The thickness correction is in the order of
μ m. The device 42 is adapted to receiving the thickness correction
POSadd from the thickness control system 42, and to generate
control signals to the actuators 6,7, based on the thickness correction and the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness, such that the relative thickness corrections on both sides of the rolling mill become essentially the same.
The thickness control system 42 continuously calculates thickness
corrections POSadd, which are fed to the device 40. In order
to achieve the same total relative reduction on both sides of the mill, each correction output also has to give the same relative
correction on both sides of the mill. When rolling wedge shaped strips i.e. strips that are thicker on one side compared to the other side, it is important that both sides have the same relative thickness reduction during rolling.
The following equations are applied in order to ensure the same relative thickness reduction across the strip:
POSadd = (POSaddOS + POSaddDS ) / 2 (6)
Where,
POSadd = thickness correction calculated from the thickness control system
POSaddOS = thickness correction to be applied to the roll gap actuator
on the operator side of the mill
POSaddDS = thickness correction to be applied to the roll gap actuator
on the drive side of the mill
W = relative strip wedge profile is defined by:
W = (HDS — HOS)/HOS
or (when using an automatic flatness control system):
W = (POSactDS - POSactOS)/POSactos (7)
where,
HDS = incoming strip thickness on operator side
HOS = incoming strip thickness on drive side
POSactDS = actual position of roll gap actuator(s) on drive side
POSactos = actual position of roll gap actuator(s) on operator
side
In order to get the same relative thickness correction on both operator side and drive side the following must apply:
P0SaddDS = P0SaddOS(1+W) (8)
Solving these equations give:
POSaddDS = POSaddOS (1+W) = (2POSadd - POSaddDS )* (1+W)
POSaddDS = (2POSadd*(1+W))/(2+W) (9)
POSaddOS = 2POSadd - POSaddDS (10)
Fig. 6 is a flow chart illustration of the method and the computer program product according to a second embodiment of the present
invention. It will be understood that each block of the flow chart can be implemented by computer program instructions.
Information on the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness profile across the strip width is received, block 52. This information
is, for example, the actual positions POSactDs. POSactos of roll gap actuators on the drive side and the operator side. The relative strip wedge profile W is calculated according to equation 7, block 54. The thickness correction POSadd is received from

the thickness control system, block 56. Thereafter, the thickness correction POSaddOSto be applied to the roll gap actuator on the operator side of the mill is calculated according to equation 10, block 58, and the thickness correction POSaddDS to be applied to the roll gap actuator on the drive side of the mill is calculated according to equation 9, block 60. Then, the actuators on the operator and drive sides are adjusted in accordance with the calculated thickness correction.
The term comprises/comprising when used in this specification is taken to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps or components. However, the term does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more additional features, integers,
steps or components or groups thereof.
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments dis¬closed but may be varied and modified within the scope of the following claims. For example, the relative strip wedge profile W can be calculated as W = (POSactDS – POSactOS)/POSactDS .

WE CLAIM :
1. A method for controlling a roll gap when rolling a strip (1)
in a rolling mill including at least two rolls (3a-b,4a-b), and at
least two roll gap actuators (6,7) that independently control the
size of the roll gap, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving information on the amount of wedge shape
(H,POSactos.POSacts) in the strip thickness profile across the strip width, and based thereon
- controlling said actuators such that the relative reduction of
the strip on both sides of the rolling mill become essentially
the same.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information on
the amount of wedge shape includes information on the thickness
profile (H) across the strip width of the strip to be rolled.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information on
the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness profile includes
actual positions (POSactos,POSactDS) of said roll gap actuators.
4. The method according to any of the previous claims, wherein
said rolling mill further includes a thickness control system (42),
which calculates a thickness correction (POSadd) for the roll
gap based on a desired strip thickness (href), and the method
comprises:
- receiving information on the thickness correction (POSadd)
to be done, and
- controlling said actuators (6,7), based on the thickness correction
and the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness
(POSactos,POSactDS) such that the relative thickness
corrections on both sides of the rolling mill become essentially the same.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said roll gap actuators
(6,7) independently control the size of the roll gap on an operator side of the mill and on a drive side of the mill, and the method comprises computing a thickness correction (POSaddos) to be applied to the roll gap actuator on the operator side and a thickness correction (POSaddos)to be applied to the roll gap actuator
on the operator side based on the thickness correction and the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness.
6. The method according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the
method comprises:
- receiving information off the thickness of the strip before
rolling the strip at at least two points (15a-c) across the width of the strip,
- receiving information on the thickness of the strip after rolling
the strip at at least one point (13) across the width of the strip,
- computing a relative reduction of the strip based on the
thickness of the strip before and after rolling, and controlling said actuators (6,7) based c)n the computed relative reduction of the strip and said information on the thickness of the strip before rolling the strip at at least two points.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said roll gap ac¬tuators independently control the size of the roll gap on an op¬erator side of the mill and on a drive side of the mill and the method comprises estimating a desired roll gap on the operator side of the mill based on the computed relative reduction of the strip and the thickness of the strip of the operator side before rolling and based thereon controlling the roll gap actuator on the operator side, and estimating a desired roll gap on the drive side of the mill based on the computed relative reduction of the strip and the thickness of the strip of the drive side before rolling and based thereon controlling the roll gap actuator on the drive side.

8. A computer program product directly loadable into the internal memory of a computer, comprising software for performing the steps of any of the claims 1-7.
9. A computer readable medium, having a program recorded thereon, where the program is to make a computer perform the steps of any of the claims 1-7, when said program is run on the computer.
10. A device for controlling a roll gap when rolling a strip (1) in
a rolling mill including at least two rolls (3a-b,4a-b), and at least
two roll gap actuators (6,7) that independently control the size
of the roll gap, characterized in that the device is adapted to
receive information on the amount of wedge shape (H, POSac-
tos,POSacts in the strip thickness profile across the strip
width, and the device is adapted to control said actuators, based
on said information on the amount of wedge shape in the strip
thickness profile, such that the relative reduction of the strip on
both sides of the rolling mill become essentially the same.
11. The device according to claim 10, wherein said information
on the amount of wedge shape includes information on the thickness
profile (H) across the strip width of the strip to be rolled.
12. The device according to claim 10, wherein said information on the amount of wedge shape includes actual positions (POSactos,POSactos) of said roll gap actuators.
13. The device according to any of claims 10-12, wherein said rolling mill further includes a thickness control system, which calculates a thickness correction for the roll gap based on a desired
strip thickness, and the device is adapted to receive information
on the thickness correction to be done, and to control said actuators, based on the thickness correction and the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness, such that the

relative thickness corrections on both sides of the rolling mill become essentially the same.
14. The device according to claim 13, wherein said roll gap actuators
independently control the size of the roll gap on an operator
side of the mill and on a drive side of the mill, and the device is adapted to compute a thickness correction to be applied
to the roil gap actuator on the operator side and a thickness
correction to be applied to the roll gap actuator on the operator
side based on the thickness correction and the amount of wedge shape in the strip thickness.
15. The device according to any of claims 10-12, wherein the
device is adapted to receive information on the thickness of the
strip before rolling the strip at at least two points across the
width of the strip, and to receive information on the thickness of
the strip after rolling the strip at at least one point across the
width of the strip, and the device is adapted to compute a relative
reduction of the strip based on the thickness of the strip before
and after rolling, and to control said actuators based on the computed relative reduction of the strip and said information on the thickness of the strip before rolling the strip at at least two points.
16. The device according to claim 15, wherein said roll gap actuators
independently control the size of the roll gap on an operator
side of the mill and on a drive side of the mill, and the device is adapted to estimate a desired roll gap on the operator side of the mill based on the computed relative reduction of the strip and the thickness of the strip of the operator side before rolling and based thereon controlling the roll gap actuator on the operator side, and estimating a desired roll gap on the drive side of the mill based on the computed relative reduction of the strip and the thickness of the strip of the drive side before rolling and based thereon controlling the actuator on the drive side.
17.
18. Use of the device according to any of the claims 10-16, for controlling strip thickness in a cold rolling mill.
19. Use of the device according to any of the claims 10-16, for controlling a roll gap when rolling a wedge-shaped strip in a roll¬ing mill.
Dated this 24th day of October, 2008
FOR ABB AB By their Agent
(UMA BHATTAD) KRISHNA &SAURASTRI

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Patent Number 262592
Indian Patent Application Number 2287/MUMNP/2008
PG Journal Number 36/2014
Publication Date 05-Sep-2014
Grant Date 28-Aug-2014
Date of Filing 24-Oct-2008
Name of Patentee ABB AB
Applicant Address KOPPARBERGSVAGEN 2, SE-VASTERAS,
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 JONSSON LARS ABBORREGATAN 14, SE-72349 VASTERAS,
PCT International Classification Number B21B37/28
PCT International Application Number PCT/SE2007/050337
PCT International Filing date 2007-05-21
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 0601457-5 2006-06-30 Sweden