Heating – Processes of heating or heater operation – Treating an article – container – batch or body as a unit
Patent
1981-03-02
1982-05-18
Camby, John J.
Heating
Processes of heating or heater operation
Treating an article, container, batch or body as a unit
266 80, F27D 300
Patent
active
043302637
ABSTRACT:
A method for controlling, in a reheat furnace of the type having a heat zone through which metal work pieces are moved over support skids and a soak zone in which slab temperature differentials are reduced, the variations in deformation resistance of the workpiece due to temperature gradients produced by the skids. This method first provides for establishing, for the furnace and the workpiece to be rolled, an initial skid mark characteristic expressing, at the time the workpiece leaves the support skids and enters the soak zone, the ratio of the deformation resistance of the workpiece in a region immediately contiguous the skids to the deformation resistance of the workpiece in a second region which is located approximately mid-way between adjacent skids. A skid mark decay characteristic defining the decay of the skid mark characteristic as a function of time elapsed after the workpiece has left the skids is then established. From the use of the decay characteristic and the initial skid mark characteristic, the time the workpiece should remain in the soak zone in order for the workpiece to achieve satisfactory properties for subsequent rolling operations is determined.
Adaptive updating of the skid mark characteristic may be achieved by observing the actual forces occuring during the rolling process. The skid mark characteristic provides an indication of the condition of the support skid insulation and may assist in planning of furnace maintenance.
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Beusse James H.
Camby John J.
General Electric Company
Renner Arnold E.
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