Cut-To-Length Steel Coil Processing Line With Stretcher Leveler And Temper Mill

摘要

A cut-to-length steel coil processing line has an un-coiling reel, a temper mill, a stretcher leveler, a shearer, and a stacking apparatus arranged to sequentially process a continuous length of sheet metal. The line may be configured such that the continuous length of the sheet metal is directed from the uncoiling reel through the temper mill to the stacking apparatus without processing through the stretcher leveler when a determined thickness of the continuous length of sheet metal is at or below a selected measurement criteria. In the alternative, the line may be configured such that the continuous length of the sheet metal is directed from the uncoiling reel through the stretcher leveler to the stacking apparatus without processing through the temper mill when the determined thickness of the continuous length of sheet metal is greater than the selected measurement criteria.

主权项

1. In a cut-to-length steel coil processing line having an un-coiling reel, a temper mill, a stretcher leveler, a shearer, and a stacking apparatus arranged to sequentially process a continuous length of sheet metal, a method comprising:
determining a thickness of the continuous length of the sheet metal; comparing the determined thickness to a selected measurement criteria; configuring the processing line in one of first and second configurations based upon the comparison of the determined thickness to the selected measurement criteria; wherein when the comparison indicates that the determined thickness is at or below the selected measurement criteria, configuring the processing line in the first configuration comprises directing the continuous length of the sheet metal from the uncoiling reel through the temper mill to the stacking apparatus without processing through the stretcher leveler; and wherein when the comparison indicates the determined thickness is greater than the selected measurement criteria, configuring the processing line in the second configuration comprises directing the continuous length of the sheet metal from the uncoiling reel through the stretcher leveler to the stacking apparatus without processing through the temper mill.