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ORGANIZER;CN=ESTAD 2023:mailto:info@metec-estad.com
LOCATION:Room 27
SUMMARY:Towards lights-out factory: Centerline control reduces strip steering challenge in finishing mills and paves way to fully automatic flat rolling
DESCRIPTION:The target of the centerline control is to eliminate the need of manual interventions for steering of the hot strip in a finishing mill. The new system works based on the highly accurate and reliable HotCAM measuring system. It measures the lateral hot strip position between the finishing mill stands. The highly sophisticated steering control philosophy will be explained. Further, we present first results on improved head, body and tail rolling stability, productivity increase, impact on reduced work roll damages and therefore unexpected roll changes and improved strip surface defects of this latest installation. 
The results will show a tremendous improvement by this technology. These results will be presented as well as future steps to ultimately eliminate permanent human interventions for hot sheet rolling paving the path towards lights-out operation.

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