Patent Application
20230399716
This application claims foreign priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 202210665096.8, filed on Jun. 13, 2022 in the China National Intellectual Property Administration, the disclosures of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention belongs to the technical field of preparation of composite thin metal strips, and particularly relates to a pulse current processing apparatus and method for thin metal strips under bidirectional tension.
Due to the advantages of uniform thickness, superior surface quality, high hardness, good deep drawability, good resilience, etc., thin metal strips are widely used in industries such as manufacturing, electronics, etc. However, with the increasing demand of precision, light weight and mobility in the manufacturing, electronics and other industries, higher requirements are put forward for the dimensional accuracy of the thin metal strips.
Since strength and hardness of the thin metal strips are improved by means of solid-solution strengthening, ageing strengthening, large-deformation strengthening and other strengthening mechanism, it is difficult to avoid residual stress in all production links; and at the same time, rolling extension of the thin metal strip in a roll gap is non-uniformly distributed along a transverse direction during the rolling, which leads to non-uniform distribution of the residual stress in a rolling direction of a rolled strip along the transverse direction. When the residual compressive stress exceeds a certain limit, the thin metal strip may be destabilized and buckled, resulting in reduction of dimensional accuracy and strip shape defects such as matting lines, double-rib inclined waves, which seriously affects the appearance of finished products and the quality of subsequent processes such as blanking, etching or shaping.
In order to solve the above problems, current methods are to eliminate the residual stress in the thin metal strip by straightening, tension annealing and other processes; and at the same time, microstructures and properties of the thin metal strip are controlled to improve the strip shape quality of the thin metal strip, eliminate the strip shape flaws and improve the comprehensive properties.
The existing thin metal strip straightening equipment mostly adopts arrangement of a multi-roll system, resulting in tension deformation and plastic extension through interaction of stretching and bending so as to achieve straightening effect. At the same time, on-line annealing equipment is used for tension annealing, so as to eliminate the residual stress or control the microstructures and properties. However, the tension of the existing straightening equipment can be applied only along the rolling direction, which has limited effect on improving the strip shape and especially the strip shape perpendicular to the rolling direction. The accurate control of the strip shape by stretching and bending deformation puts forward high requirements on equipment properties and rationality of procedure specifications.
In summary, the straightening equipment and the annealing equipment have the disadvantages of low straightening efficiency, high requirements, and high operation cost, etc.
In order to solve the disadvantages of the prior art, the present invention provides a pulse current processing apparatus and method for thin metal strips under bidirectional tension, so as to solve the problems of low efficiency in straightening the thin metal strip, low accuracy in controlling a strip shape and high cost in the existing thin metal strip straightening equipment and process.
In order to realize the above purpose, the present invention provides a pulse current processing apparatus for a thin metal strip under bidirectional tension, which includes a bidirectional tension and pulse current application apparatus, a real-time thin metal strip shape detection apparatus and a supporting base; the bidirectional tension and pulse current application apparatus is fixed on an upper surface of the supporting base so as to simultaneously apply rolling and transverse tension and pulse current to a thin metal strip; a fixed column in the real-time thin metal strip shape detection apparatus is fixedly connected with the upper surface and a lower surface of the supporting base through bolts; a through hole is formed in the center of the supporting base so as to measure a strip shape of the thin metal strip by a laser ranging array in the real-time thin metal strip shape detection apparatus; a sealed cavity is sleeved outside a working region formed by the bidirectional tension and pulse current application apparatus, the real-time thin metal strip shape detection apparatus and the supporting base; and the sealed cavity is filled with nitrogen and helium so as to avoid oxidation of the thin metal strip in the working region.
As a further improvement of the above solution, the bidirectional tension and pulse current application apparatus includes a rolling tension and pulse current application apparatus and a transverse tension application apparatus; the rolling tension and pulse current application apparatus applies the rolling tension and pulse current simultaneously to the thin metal strip; the transverse tension application apparatus applies the transverse tension to the thin metal strip; and the rolling tension and pulse current application apparatus and the transverse tension application apparatus are combined to realize rapid straightening of the thin metal strip.
As a further improvement of the above solution, the rolling tension and pulse current application apparatus includes rolling tension application units that are arranged symmetrically; each rolling tension application unit includes a ball guide-way pair and a C-shaped chuck frame; a lower surface of the ball guide-way pair is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the supporting base; a bottom surface of the C-shaped chuck frame is matched with an upper surface of the ball guide-way pair to limit a movement track of the C-shaped chuck frame; an upper arm and a lower arm extending from the C-shaped chuck frame form an action cavity, and an upper top surface of the action cavity is connected with a fixed end of a hydraulic cylinder; a moving end of the hydraulic cylinder is connected with a central hole of an upper pressure plate through threads so as to push the upper pressure plate to clamp the thin metal strip through the hydraulic cylinder; a back surface of the C-shaped chuck frame is fixedly connected with one end of a columnar dynamometer, and the other end of the columnar dynamometer is connected with a moving end of a servo electric cylinder; a fixed end of the servo electric cylinder is fixed on a horizontal position through a fixed support; a bottom surface of the fixed support is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the supporting base so as to pull the C-shaped chuck frame to apply the rolling tension to the thin metal strip through the servo electric cylinder; a vertical end of the fixed support is provided with a linear through hole so as to allow the thin metal strip to pass through; a transfer roll set is fixed on an upper surface of a horizontal end of the fixed support so as to normally transfer the thin metal strip; the forefront end of the lower arm extending from the C-shaped chuck frame is provided with an electrode, and the electrode is connected with an external power supply through a lead wire so as to apply the pulse current to the thin metal strip; and an insulating lining plate is arranged between the ball guide-way pair and the C-shaped chuck frame, and an insulating connector is arranged between the columnar dynamometer and the moving end of the servo electric cylinder, so as to avoid current flowing to other areas except the metal strip.
As a further improvement of the above solution, the transverse tension application apparatus includes transverse tension application units that are arranged symmetrically; each transverse tension application unit includes a ball guide-way pair and a C-shaped chuck frame; a lower surface of the ball guide-way pair is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the supporting base; a bottom surface of the C-shaped chuck frame is matched with an upper surface of the ball guide-way pair to limit a movement track of the C-shaped chuck frame; a bottom surface of an upper arm extending from the C-shaped chuck frame is connected with a fixed end of a hydraulic cylinder; a moving end of the hydraulic cylinder is connected with a central hole of an upper pressure plate through threads so as to push the upper pressure plate to clamp the thin metal strip through the hydraulic cylinder; a back surface of the C-shaped chuck frame is fixedly connected with one end of the columnar dynamometer, and the other end of the columnar dynamometer is connected with a moving end of a servo electric cylinder; a fixed end of the servo electric cylinder is fixed on a horizontal position through a fixed support; a bottom surface of the fixed support is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the supporting base so as to pull the C-shaped chuck frame to apply the transverse tension to the thin metal strip through the servo electric cylinder; and the bottom surface of the upper pressure plate and an upper surface of a lower arm extending from the C-shaped chuck frame are respectively provided with an insulating layer so as to avoid the influence on the pulse current flowing through the thin metal strip.
As a further improvement of the above solution, the real-time thin metal strip shape detection apparatus includes detection units that are vertically arranged symmetrically; each detection unit includes a gantry-type electric high-speed sliding platform and a laser ranging array; a movement track of the gantry-type electric high-speed sliding platform is perpendicular to a movement direction of the thin metal strip; the laser ranging array is fixed on a moving beam in the gantry-type electric high-speed sliding platform and perpendicularly points to the thin metal strip so as to detect the strip shape of thin metal strip.
As a further improvement of the above solution, in the rolling direction tension and pulse current application apparatus, the bottom surface of the upper pressure plate and an upper surface of the lower arm extending from the C-shaped chuck frame are respectively provided with corrugated stripe grooves so as to prevent the slipping of the thin metal strip.
As a further improvement of the above solution, in the transverse direction tension application apparatus, contact surfaces between the insulating layers arranged on the bottom surface of the upper pressure plate and the upper surface of the lower arm extending from the C-shaped chuck frame are respectively arranged as corrugated stripe grooves so as to prevent the slipping of the thin metal strip.
The present invention provides a thin metal strip processing method using the pulse current processing apparatus for the thin metal strip under the bidirectional tension, which specifically includes the following steps:
As a further improvement of the above solution, a clamped width of the thin metal strip in the step II is not greater than 1/10 of a width of the thin metal strip.
As a further improvement of the above solution, in the step IV, the strip shape is scanned by a laser ranging probe to acquire local deflection (ωx, ωy) and a thickness (t), and calculate flatness (Δ); and according to an expected set value (Δ1) of the flatness of the strip shape, when the actual flatness (Δ) and the thickness are decreased to be less than the set value (Δ1), the tension increase and current output are stopped, and the thin metal strip is cooled under constant tension.
Compared with the prior art, the pulse current processing apparatus and method for the thin metal strip under the bidirectional tension provided by the present invention have the following advantages:
The tension is applied in the rolling direction and the transverse direction to effectively improve the strip shape flaws of the thin metal strip, and realize the rapid straightening of the thin metal strip; at the same time, the stress status of the thin metal strip is changed by applying the pulse current along the rolling direction or the transverse direction or applying different tension in two directions, so that the anisotropy of texture, microstructures and properties of the thin metal strip is controlled. Furthermore, compared with the conventional heat-preservation heating and annealing apparatus, the pulse current can realize high-efficiency control of mechanical properties of the thin metal strip, and rapidly eliminate the internal stress; and finally, the strip shape monitoring is realized by the laser ranging to ensure the strip shape consistency of the thin metal strip.
Compared with a straightening machine equipped in a conventional stretching and bending straightening process, the manufacturing cost of the present apparatus is lower; and at the same time, the rolling tension and pulse current application apparatus is simple in structure, which is conductive to the sealing operation, so that the problems such as oxidation and energy consumption caused by long-term heat preservation can be avoided effectively, and the operation cost is reduced effectively.
Specific embodiments of the present invention are further described below in detail in combination with the accompanying drawings:
The present invention provides a pulse current processing apparatus for a thin metal strip under bidirectional tension, as shown in
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Step I, the thin metal strip 6 is uncoiled through cooperation of a coiling machine and an uncoiling machine, and fed into a bidirectional stretching area 7 of the bidirectional tension and pulse current application apparatus 1.
Step II, the upper pressure plate 16 is pushed by the hydraulic cylinders 15 in the rolling tension and pulse current application apparatus 4 and the transverse tension application apparatus 5 to clamp edges of the thin metal strip 6, and a clamped width is not greater than 1/10 of a width of the thin metal strip 6; and then the C-shaped chuck frame 4 is pulled by the servo electric cylinder 8 so as to apply the rolling tension and the transverse tension to the thin metal strip 6.
Furthermore, deflection (ω) and a target thickness (t) are comprehensively considered in advance to determine an allowable value (Δ 1) of strip shape flatness. Since a main function of the apparatus is to straighten the strip shape, the flatness is used as an exclusive index to determine whether a straightening process is completed or not.
Step III, the pulse current is applied by the electrode 9 in the rolling tension and pulse current application apparatus 4 to the thin metal strip 6, so as to control microstructures and strength and toughness of the thin metal strip 6, and also eliminate the residual stress of the thin metal strip 6.
Step IV, a thickness of the thin metal strip 6 is measured in real time through cooperative movement of the laser ranging array 23 and the gantry-type electric high-speed sliding platform 22 that are vertically arranged symmetrically in the real-time thin metal strip shape detection apparatus 2 so as to monitor the strip shape of the thin metal strip 6 in real time, and the C-shaped chuck frame 4 is pulled by the servo electric cylinder 8 to adjust the strip shape of the thin metal strip 6 in real time.
Step V, the clamping of the thin metal strip 6 by the rolling tension and pulse current application apparatus 4 and the transverse tension application apparatus 5 is released, then the thin metal strip 6 is delivered out of the bidirectional stretching area 7 by the cooperation of the coiling machine and the uncoiling machine, and then the edges of the thin metal strip 6 are removed by a blanking process to obtain the thin metal strip 6 with qualified properties.
A width range of the thin metal strip 6 is greater than or equal to 20 mm, and a thickness range is 0.01 mm-0.5 mm.
The rolling tension and pulse current application apparatus 4 and the transverse tension application apparatus 5 of the bidirectional tension and pulse current application apparatus 1 can be exchanged in position according to requirements so as to realize a function of applying the pulse current along a rolling direction or a transverse direction of the thin metal strip.
In the steps II and III, initial reference values of the pulse current and tension process parameters when the pulse current assists the post-rolling processing of the thin metal strip under the bidirectional tension are determined according to simulation results.
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ωx=θ(Fx,P,T) Formula 1
ωy=θ(Fy,P,T) Formula 2
ε=θ(Fx,Fx,P,T) Formula 3
In the step III, the microstructures and properties of the thin metal strip 6 can be efficiently controlled within a short time through the pulse current processing. By taking a thin stainless steel strip with a thickness of 0.05 mm as an example, the microstructures and mechanical properties obtained by processing the thin stainless steel strip for 5 min with the pulse current with power of 45 W, peak current of 300 A and duty ratio of 30% have obvious recrystallization phenomenon compared with the conventional annealing processing for 5 min at the same temperature; the plasticity of the thin stainless steel strip is improved significantly, and the resistance to deformation is reduced significantly, as shown in
In the step III, the post-rolling processing is carried out through the pulse current, and at the same time, the stress status of the thin metal strip is changed by applying different tension in two directions, so that anisotropy of the microstructures and properties of the thin metal strip is controlled.
In the step IV, the strip shape of the thin metal strip 6 is scanned by the laser ranging array 23 to acquire the local deflection (ωx, ωy) and the thickness (t), and calculate the flatness (Δ); and according to an expected set value (Δ1) of the flatness of the strip shape, when the actual flatness (Δ) and the thickness are decreased to be less than the set value (Δ1), the tension increase and current output are stopped, and the thin metal strip is cooled under constant tension.
The above embodiments are not limited to the technical solutions of the embodiments, and various embodiments can be combined with each other to form a new embodiment. The above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than limiting the present invention. Any modifications or equivalent substitutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202210665096.8 | Jun 2022 | CN | national |
