JP2005021984A - Controlled cooling method and equipment for thick steel plate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To propose a controlled cooling method for a thick steel plate which can uniform temperature distribution on the whole face of the thick steel plate both laterally and longitudinally and which has a high cooling rate on the whole, in the controlled cooling of the thick steel plate already subjected to rolling, and equipment therefor. <P>SOLUTION: In the controlled cooling of the thick steel plate already subjected to hot rolling, a cooling process for uniforming temperature distribution across the thick steel plate is executed at a stage just before the controlled cooling and/or an initial stage of the controlled cooling. After then, the thick steel plate is cooled crosswise with substantially the same amount of cooling water. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooling method and a cooling device for a thick steel plate that has been rolled, in particular, a thick steel plate that can ensure the uniformity of the material in the width direction of the thick steel plate while cooling at a high speed and can reduce strain and residual stress during cooling. The present invention relates to a controlled cooling method and a controlled cooling apparatus, and further to a thick steel plate obtained by applying the controlled cooling method. Here, “controlled cooling” refers to a cooling means for producing a thick steel plate having desired characteristics by strictly controlling the cooling conditions after rolling the steel plate, particularly the cooling rate in the austenite-ferrite transformation region.

  In the manufacture of thick steel plates (hereinafter sometimes referred to simply as “steel plates”), controlled cooling is performed on the rolled steel plates in order to ensure the mechanical properties required for thick steel plates, particularly strength and toughness. May be. In this controlled cooling, it is generally necessary to increase the cooling rate in order to ensure the material properties required for the steel sheet, but at the same time, the uniformity of the material is ensured and the generation of distortion during cooling. In order to suppress this, it is necessary that cooling be performed uniformly over the entire surface of the steel sheet. However, with the current controlled cooling technology, cooling is not necessarily performed uniformly over the entire surface of the steel sheet, and there is a four-part supercooling phenomenon in which the temperature of the four peripheral parts of the steel sheet is lower than that of the central part during or after cooling. It is often experienced to appear.

  Such four-round supercooling phenomenon is mainly caused by the following three mechanisms: (1) caused by cooling from the side of the steel plate during rolling, (2) caused by boiling phenomenon during water cooling, and (3) It is thought to be caused by the drainage from the upper surface.

(1) What is caused by cooling from the side of the steel plate during rolling In the rolling process of the steel plate, the four peripheral parts of the steel plate are cooled from the side by cooling in addition to the cooling from the top and bottom. As a result, a temperature deviation that lowers the temperature occurs. When such a steel plate is cooled over the entire surface of the steel plate with a uniform cooling capacity, the temperature deviation between the four-circumferential part and the central part is brought as it is, and the four-circular part supercooling phenomenon appears.

(2) Caused by boiling phenomenon during water cooling When a steel sheet with a temperature deviation at the end of rolling is forced water cooled, the temperature deviation may be further expanded based on the difference in the boiling phenomenon of cooling water. FIG. 25 is a graph schematically showing the relationship between the steel sheet surface temperature and the heat flux (unit area, amount of heat removed per unit time) when cooling a high-temperature steel sheet. As shown here, film boiling occurs when the steel plate surface temperature is high, and nucleate boiling occurs when the steel plate surface temperature is low, and transition boiling occurs in these intermediate temperature regions. In film boiling that occurs when the surface temperature of the steel sheet is high, a vapor film is generated between the surface of the steel sheet and the cooling water, and heat is transferred by heat conduction in the vapor film, so that the cooling capacity is low. On the other hand, in nucleate boiling that occurs when the surface temperature of the steel sheet is low, the surface of the steel sheet and the cooling water are in direct contact with each other, and vapor bubbles generated by evaporation of a part of the cooling water from the steel sheet surface are condensed and disappeared by the cooling water immediately around it. As the cooling water is agitated with the generation and disappearance of vapor bubbles, the cooling capacity is extremely high. As shown in FIG. 25, in the nucleate boiling and film boiling regions, the heat flux increases as the steel plate temperature increases. Therefore, even if there is a temperature deviation in the steel sheet, the cooling rate increases as the temperature increases, and as a result of cooling, the temperature deviation in the steel sheet is reduced.

  In the intermediate temperature region between these nucleate boiling and film boiling regions, a transition boiling state in which film boiling and nucleate boiling are mixed is obtained. In this transition boiling region, unlike the nucleate boiling and film boiling regions, the heat flux increases as the steel plate temperature decreases (see FIG. 25). For this reason, when there is a temperature deviation in the steel sheet, the cooling rate increases as the temperature decreases, and the temperature deviation increases after cooling.

  Such fluctuations in the boiling region are affected not only by the steel plate temperature but also by the amount of cooling water. That is, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 25, when the amount of cooling water is increased, the surface temperature at which film boiling shifts to transition boiling increases, and when the amount of cooling water is further increased, cooling can be performed only by nucleate boiling during the entire cooling period. Become. On the other hand, when the amount of cooling water is reduced, the surface temperature at which film boiling shifts to transition boiling is lowered, and when the amount of cooling water is further reduced, cooling can be performed only by film boiling during the entire cooling period.

  The boiling phenomenon in the cooling process is complicated and difficult to control. Therefore, in general, cooling is often performed with the amount of cooling water that causes transition boiling, and the temperature deviation existing in the steel sheet before cooling tends to increase.

(3) What is caused by drainage on the upper surface When cooling water is applied to the upper surface of a thick steel plate that is maintained horizontally, the cooling water flows from the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the steel plate to the end of the steel plate as shown in FIG. And finally falls from the edge of the steel plate. As a result, in the vicinity of the end of the upper surface of the steel plate, cooling is performed by the cooling water flowing from the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the steel plate in addition to the cooling water sprayed from the upper surface of the thick steel plate through the nozzle. Thereby, in the vicinity of the end of the steel plate, the amount of water inevitably increases and the cooling rate increases. Such a phenomenon does not occur on the lower surface side of the steel sheet because the cooling water colliding with the steel sheet quickly falls.

  The mechanism of the four-part supercooling phenomenon at the time of controlled cooling is almost as described above. Therefore, a large temperature deviation may occur in the steel sheet surface at the time of controlled cooling. In such a case, even if the shape, for example, the flatness is very good immediately after the controlled cooling, when the steel sheet is cooled to room temperature in the air cooling process after the controlled cooling, it is caused by the temperature deviation immediately after the controlled cooling. In addition to causing thermal distortion in the steel sheet, it causes a shape defect, and also causes a so-called warping camber when the steel sheet user performs a cutting process or the like due to residual stress. Furthermore, even if these shape defects do not occur, the steel plate four-round portion is cooled to a lower temperature than the steel plate center during control cooling, and as a result, the material is different from the steel plate center, for example, strength There are also problems such as an abnormally high value.

  In order to solve the various problems associated with such non-uniform cooling during controlled cooling, Patent Document 1 discloses that a predetermined angle with respect to the conveying direction of the steel sheet and a predetermined interval with respect to the width direction of the steel sheet. A plurality of parallel high-speed water film-shaped cooling water collides against the surface of the hot steel sheet, and the cooling water after the collision is left and right in a substantially equal amount for each water film with the collision area as the boundary. It is a method of forming a flowing water area that flows along the surface of the steel sheet and cooling the steel sheet mainly in the collision area and the flowing water area, and overlaps each other when viewed from the conveying direction of the steel sheet with respect to the end of the collision area. There has been proposed a method of cooling a high-temperature steel sheet in which cooling water is supplied so as to be continuous.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a high-temperature steel plate provided on the inlet side of a control cooling device for a thick steel plate that is rolled to a predetermined size by finish rolling and corrected by a straightening machine and then cooled by a control cooling device. A means has been proposed in which a high-pressure water stream is jetted obliquely from a slit jet nozzle having a cooling capacity to a thick steel plate to shield the water flow to both ends of the thick steel plate.

  In Patent Document 3, the temperature distribution in the width direction before cooling of the rolled hot steel sheet is measured, the water amount distribution in the width direction to the hot steel sheet is calculated from the measurement result, and then the preceding hot steel sheet cooled immediately before the hot steel sheet. A method for uniformly cooling a hot steel sheet is proposed, wherein the calculated water amount distribution is corrected using temperature data after cooling, and the width direction water injection amount distribution of the hot steel sheet is adjusted based on the corrected calculated cooling water amount distribution. Has been.

  In Patent Document 4, cooling water collides with the upper and lower surfaces of a thick steel plate after hot rolling, and the end of the thick steel plate is shielded by a shielding rod, and the upper cooling water flow is directly applied to the end of the thick steel plate. In cooling the thick steel plate while preventing collision, based on the plate width of the thick steel plate, the upper and lower surface cooling water amount, and the temperature distribution in the plate width direction of the thick steel plate at the start of cooling, The shielding width of the edge of the thick steel plate by the shielding rod is calculated so that a uniform temperature distribution is obtained in the width direction of the thick steel plate, and the shielding width is obtained based on the calculation result thus obtained. A method of cooling a thick steel plate, characterized by controlling the position of the shielding rod, has been proposed.

  Patent Document 5 discloses a shut-off valve capable of controlling an arbitrary opening / closing time in headers disposed above and / or below each roll in a method of injecting and cooling while pressing a hot steel plate from above and below with a plurality of rolls. Further, a passing position detecting means for the hot steel plate, a longitudinal temperature profile detecting means before cooling start and a cooling calculation control means are provided, and the leading end and / or the trailing end of the moving hot steel plate is about to pass. There has been proposed a method for cooling a hot-steel plate, characterized by controlling the opening and closing of a header shut-off valve corresponding to the position.

  In Patent Document 6, in a method for producing a steel sheet that accelerates and cools a hot-rolled high-temperature steel sheet to produce a steel sheet, a cooling device provided between the rough rolling mill and the finish rolling mill performs rough rolling from a heating furnace. In order to compensate for the temperature drop near the plate edge that occurred until the end and the temperature drop near the plate edge that is estimated to occur during finish rolling, cooling is performed with a temperature distribution in the plate width direction, There has been proposed a method of manufacturing a thick steel plate, characterized in that after finish rolling, controlled cooling is performed under uniform cooling conditions in the width direction.

  Patent Document 7 proposes a method for controlling the flatness of a metal plate, characterized in that after hot rolling is completed, the width edge portion of the metal plate is heated, and then water cooling and / or hot correction is performed. Has been.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-58026 Japanese Patent No. 2698305 JP-A-61-219412 JP 58-32511 A Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-50369 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-267737 JP 2001-137943

  The means disclosed in the above-mentioned patent documents 1 to 4 are intended to prevent the phenomenon that the end of the steel sheet in the width direction of the steel sheet is supercooled during the controlled cooling of the steel sheet, and expect the effect to some extent. However, there is still a problem in that the entire steel sheet is cooled uniformly (see FIG. 27). Furthermore, these inventions are directed to the supercooling generated at the end of the steel sheet in the width direction before and / or during cooling, and the cooling in the width direction after cooling by slowing the cooling rate at the end in the width direction during cooling. Since it is based on the technical idea of making the distribution uniform, in order to make the temperature distribution within the plate surface uniform, the average cooling rate of the entire plate must be sacrificed to some extent. It has become an obstacle to producing a steel plate with better performance by cooling more rapidly.

  In addition, in these proposals, only ensuring temperature uniformity in the sheet width direction of the steel sheet is an issue, and it is not considered to ensure temperature uniformity reaching the leading end of the steel sheet. There is also a possibility that a cooling strain in the longitudinal direction of the steel sheet is generated. In addition, it is difficult to control the cooling rate at the edge of the steel sheet, especially when the cooling conditions change, because it does not take into account fluctuations in the heat transfer mode during cooling based on the difference in boiling phenomenon during cooling described above. It is. For example, if the cooling conditions such as the thickness of the steel sheet, the cooling start temperature, the cooling end temperature, and the amount of cooling water are specified, even if it is possible to prevent overcooling of the steel sheet edge to some extent, There is also a problem of not.

  On the other hand, although the means described in Patent Document 5 is considered useful for ensuring temperature uniformity leading to the leading end of the steel plate, temperature uniformity in the width direction of the steel plate, particularly the steel plate end portion. It is not mentioned about preventing overcooling. Therefore, only such means cannot solve the problem of cooling distortion and residual stress caused by the supercooling phenomenon at the end of the steel plate.

  In short, the means described in Patent Document 6 is a sheet width direction by a cooling device provided between the roughing mill and the finishing mill so as to compensate for the temperature drop near the edge of the sheet that occurs until the finish rolling. Then, cooling with a temperature distribution is performed, and after finish rolling, controlled cooling is performed under uniform cooling conditions in the width direction. However, it is extremely difficult to perform such cooling between the roughing mill and the finishing mill. That is, this means involves estimation of the amount of temperature drop near the edge of the plate that occurs during finish rolling, but such estimation is difficult. For example, the amount of water jet for descaling applied during rolling is not enough. The disturbance factor of the supercooling amount at the end of the steel plate that occurs during rolling, for example, depending on the surface condition and at the operator's discretion, makes the above estimation substantially impossible.

  On the other hand, the means disclosed in Patent Document 7 performs water cooling after heating the steel plate end portion after the completion of rolling to equalize the temperature distribution on the entire surface of the steel plate. As the heating means, for example, a burner is used. When used, a large-capacity burner must be used in consideration of the heating efficiency, so that there is a problem that the operating cost is increased and the heated portion is oxidized and the surface properties are impaired. On the other hand, if induction heating is used as the heating means, there is a problem that the equipment cost and the operation cost increase.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and when controlling and cooling a steel plate that has been rolled, the temperature distribution in the plate surface of the steel plate may be made uniform over the entire width and longitudinal direction. The present invention proposes a method and an apparatus for controlling and cooling a steel sheet that can be performed and that has a large cooling rate as a whole. Further, by applying the above-described control cooling method, a steel sheet that has a substantially uniform residual stress distribution in the sheet width direction and that does not cause a processing shape defect such as a cut camber is provided.

The inventor has studied in detail the problems of the prior art. As a result, what has been implemented in the prior art is basically the in-plane center of the steel plate before the start of controlled cooling (sometimes referred to as “accelerated cooling”), as seen in FIG. It is assumed that there is a temperature difference between the part and the end part, and in order to substantially eliminate this temperature difference at the end of the control cooling, the amount of cooling water applied to the steel sheet end part in the control cooling process is It was confirmed that the amount of cooling water applied to the end of the steel sheet was reduced by means such as placing a shielding member to be restricted or adjusting the amount of cooling water. And as long as relying on such a method, it was confirmed that the four-part supercooling phenomenon of the steel sheet is unavoidable, the shape defect, the slitting camber due to the residual stress, and the in-plane material fluctuation of the product steel sheet is unavoidable. . And as a new means,
(1) Uniform temperature in the width direction of the steel plate immediately before control cooling or immediately before control cooling
(2) In the controlled cooling, the inventors have obtained the knowledge that cooling at the same cooling rate from the steel plate end portion to the central portion is extremely effective, and the present invention has been completed. Specifically, the present invention comprises the following means.

  In the controlled cooling method of the thick steel plate according to the present invention, in the controlled cooling of the thick steel plate that has been hot-rolled, the width direction of the thick steel plate immediately before the controlled cooling and at one or both of the initial stages of the controlled cooling. The temperature direction uniformization cooling process is performed to equalize the temperature distribution over the width of the steel sheet, and then the same speed cooling process of cooling with the substantially same amount of cooling water is sequentially performed over the width direction of the thick steel plate.

  In the above-described invention, a passage-type control cooling device including a plurality of independently controllable cooling zones is used, and the width direction temperature distribution uniformization cooling processing is performed in one or more inlet-side cooling zones constituting the passage-type control cooling device. Can be subjected to the same speed cooling process in a cooling zone following the inlet side cooling zone. At this time, the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process is performed on the width direction side end portion of the thick steel plate using a shielding member provided at the width direction end portion of one or more inlet cooling zones constituting the pass type control cooling device. It is preferable to carry out by limiting the amount of cooling water. In this width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process, the shielding members installed on the upper and lower sides of the cooling plate where the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process is carried out are sandwiched between the thick steel plate passage lines at the end in the width direction. It is preferable to perform the control.

  Furthermore, in the above-described invention, a longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling process is performed in which the amount of cooling water of the passing type control cooling device is limited when the leading end of the thick steel plate passes and the temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction of the thick steel plate is made uniform. It is possible to limit the amount of cooling water when the thick steel plate passes through the leading end of the thick steel plate by a passage signal of the leading end of the thick steel plate for a predetermined time.

  The controlled cooling method of the thick steel plate is a method of measuring the temperature distribution in the width direction of the thick steel plate immediately before the controlled cooling when the thick steel plate that has been hot-rolled is controlled, and based on the measurement result, Calculate the amount of temperature drop and the temperature drop distance at the end of the steel sheet, and calculate the number of shielding zones that shield the cooling water and the shielding width from the thick steel sheet end by the shielding in the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process based on the calculation result Then, it is preferable that the cooling process for uniformizing the temperature distribution in the width direction is performed in the passing type control cooling device based on the calculation result.

  Instead of each of the above-described inventions, the cooling process for uniforming the temperature distribution in the width direction is performed by passing a slow cooling device on the rear surface of the rolling mill and a plurality of cooling zones that can be controlled independently following the slow cooling device. Using a thick steel plate cooling device in which mold control cooling devices are arranged, the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling processing can be performed by the slow cooling device, and the same speed cooling processing can be performed by the passing control cooling device.

  In this case, the cooling process for uniformizing the temperature distribution in the width direction uses a shielding member provided at the end in the width direction of the slow cooling device installed on the rear surface of the rolling mill, and the amount of cooling water to the end in the width direction of the thick steel plate. This is preferably done by limiting. Also in this invention, it is possible to perform the longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling process that limits the amount of cooling water in the slow cooling device when passing through the leading end of the thick steel plate and uniformizes the temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction of the thick steel plate. This can be performed for a predetermined time by a passing signal at the leading end of the thick steel plate.

  In performing the cooling process for uniforming the temperature distribution in the width direction by the slow cooling device disposed on the rear surface of the rolling mill, the thick steel plate immediately before the slow cooling is used to control and cool the hot rolled steel plate. Thick steel plate end that measures the temperature distribution in the plate width direction, calculates the steel plate end temperature drop and the steel plate end temperature drop based on the measurement result, and shields the cooling water in the slow cooling device based on the calculation result It is preferable to calculate the shielding width from the steel plate and the plate passing speed of the thick steel plate, and perform the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process in the slow cooling device based on the calculation result.

A control cooling device for a thick steel plate for carrying out the present invention is configured as a passing control cooling device having a plurality of independently controllable cooling zones, and each cooling zone has a cooling water of 1200 l / min · m ² or more. The one or more inlet-side cooling zones of the passage-type control cooling device are provided with a shielding member that limits the amount of cooling water at the end in the width direction of the thick steel plate. preferable. In this apparatus, it is preferable that the passing type control cooling device includes a water amount control means that operates for a predetermined time by a leading end passage signal of a thick steel plate, and further cooling a slit nozzle that ejects high-pressure water. It is preferable to have a band. Moreover, the shielding member installed in the inlet side cooling zone of the above-mentioned passing type control cooling device is installed up and down for each inlet side zone and sandwiching the position corresponding to the end portion in the thickness direction of the thick steel plate, It is preferable that the shielding members are configured to be independently controllable.

  The thick steel plate control cooling device comprises a thick steel plate width direction temperature distribution measuring means disposed in front of the passing type control cooling device, and a thick steel plate end temperature drop based on the measurement result of the thick steel plate width direction temperature distribution measuring means. Thick steel plate end temperature drop state calculating means for calculating the amount and the steel plate end temperature drop distance, and cooling by a shielding member installed in the slow cooling device based on the calculation result of the thick steel plate end temperature drop state calculating means A slow cooling device operating condition calculating means for calculating the amount of water shielding and the plate passing speed of the thick steel plate, and a slow cooling device control mechanism for controlling the slow cooling device based on the calculation result of the slow cooling device operating condition calculating means It is desirable to have.

Instead of the control cooling device for the steel plate, it is composed of a slow cooling device installed on the rear surface of the rolling mill and a passing type control cooling device installed following the slow cooling device, and the slow cooling device has an input water amount Can be limited to 500 l / min / m ² or less, and a shielding member is installed to limit the amount of cooling water at both ends in the width direction of the thick steel plate, and a plurality of the above-described controlled cooling devices can be controlled independently. Each cooling zone can pass cooling water of 1200 l / min · m ² or more. In this apparatus, the slow cooling device preferably has a laminar flow cooling zone.

  The steel plate controlled cooling device comprises a thick steel plate width direction temperature distribution measuring means disposed on the front surface of the slow cooling device, and a thick steel plate end temperature drop amount based on the measurement results of the thick steel plate width direction temperature distribution measuring means, and Thick steel plate end temperature drop state calculating means for calculating the thick steel plate end temperature drop distance, and cooling water by a shielding member installed in the slow cooling device based on the calculation result of the thick steel plate end temperature drop state calculating means. A shielding member control amount calculation means for calculating the number of shielding cooling zones for performing shielding and a shielding amount for the shielding, and a shielding member installed in the slow cooling device based on the calculation result of the shielding member control amount calculation means It can comprise as what has a shielding member control mechanism to control.

  Further, it is desirable that a straightening machine is installed between the slow cooling device and the passing control cooling device.

  The thick steel plate manufactured using the above-described thick steel plate controlled cooling method has a good shape, does not produce a chopping camber due to residual stress, and further has little in-plane material variation in the product thick steel plate.

  According to the present invention, when the steel plate that has been rolled is controlled and cooled, the temperature distribution in the plate surface of the steel plate can be made uniform across the entire width and longitudinal directions. As a result, the residual stress distribution in the plate width direction is substantially uniform, and it is possible to reliably manufacture a steel plate that does not cause a processing shape defect such as a cut camber. In addition, since the controlled cooling can be performed at a large cooling rate as a whole, the steel sheet can be controlled and cooled with higher productivity than in the past. Furthermore, the steel sheet manufactured using the present invention has excellent characteristics such that the residual stress distribution in the sheet width direction is substantially uniform, and there is no processing shape defect such as a cut camber.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the temperature history of the steel plate end and center when controlled cooling is performed according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In this example, when the steel sheet that has been hot-rolled is controlled and cooled, initially, as a cooling process for uniformizing the temperature distribution in the width direction, the water amount control is performed to limit the cooling water to the edge of the steel sheet by a shield. In the center, normal control cooling is performed. Subsequently, when the temperature of the steel plate center portion and the steel plate end portion becomes the same, controlled cooling is performed in which the entire plate including the steel plate end portion is cooled by the substantially same amount of cooling water as the same speed cooling process. By doing so, as shown in FIG. 1, in the same rate cooling process stage of the controlled cooling, the mismatch between the cooling rate and the cooling stop temperature between the steel plate end portion and the center portion from the beginning is eliminated, and the plate width The residual stress distribution in the direction is substantially uniform, and it is possible to reliably manufacture a steel plate that does not cause a processing shape defect such as a cut camber.

  Here, the “width direction temperature distribution uniformizing cooling process” means a process for eliminating temperature deviation existing in the width direction of the steel sheet at the end of rolling of the steel sheet and further at the start of cooling according to the present invention. “Speed cooling process” refers to a process of cooling without causing harmful temperature deviations in the steel sheet surface after completion of the “width direction temperature distribution uniformizing cooling process”. The level will be clarified later by examples and the like. The “same amount of cooling water” refers to the same amount of water necessary for subjecting the steel plate subjected to the “width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process” to the “same speed cooling process”. It does not mean that the amount of water applied is very exactly the same.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view of the temperature history of the steel plate end portion and the center portion when controlled cooling is performed according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this example, first, as the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment, the steel plate end is naturally cooled, and the central portion of the steel plate is gently cooled before the start of control cooling (hereinafter referred to as “gradual cooling width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment). Then, after the temperature in the steel plate surface is made uniform, the entire plate including the end portion of the steel plate is cooled with substantially the same amount of cooling water as the same speed cooling treatment. Also in this case, in the same speed cooling process stage of the control cooling, the mismatch between the cooling rate and the cooling stop temperature between the steel plate end and the center is eliminated. Here, “slow cooling of the central part of the steel sheet” means rapid cooling compared to natural cooling, but refers to cooling with a cooling rate lower than that of the controlled cooling referred to in the present invention.

  By the way, in the example shown in FIG. 1, as the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process, the center part of the steel sheet in the width direction is subjected to accelerated cooling to the extent of normal control cooling, while the steel sheet end part is cooled. Is delayed. In this case, it is preferable that the cooling of the central portion of the steel plate is performed in the nucleate boiling region and the cooling of the end portion of the steel plate is performed in the film boiling region. Cooling of the nucleate boiling region can be achieved by increasing the injection pressure of the cooling water or increasing the amount of cooling water to increase the momentum of the cooling water, or by using a cooling nozzle that can give a high momentum to the cooling water such as a slit nozzle or slit jet nozzle. Can be achieved by adopting.

  On the other hand, the cooling of the film boiling region will be described in detail later. From the center of the steel plate at the end of the steel plate by blocking the cooling water with high momentum sprayed from the slit nozzle, slit jet nozzle, etc. by the shielding member. This can be achieved by allowing the cooling water to be drained and cooling to proceed. That is, the cooling water drained from the end of the steel sheet does not have a momentum in the vertical direction of the steel sheet, and therefore the steam film generated on the surface of the steel sheet cannot be broken and film boiling occurs.

  Therefore, by doing in this way, cooling of the film boiling region is performed at the steel plate end, and the nucleate boiling region is performed at the central portion of the steel plate, and it is possible to have a cooling capacity difference between the steel plate end and the central portion. it can. As a result, the cooling rate between the central portion and the end portion of the steel plate can be greatly changed, and the temperature difference between the end portion and the central portion of the steel plate can be reduced in a very short time. This also eliminates the cooling in the transition boiling region that increases the temperature deviation, and makes it possible to achieve temperature uniformity in the steel sheet surface at an early stage.

  In the present invention, the same speed cooling process is performed following the width direction temperature distribution uniforming cooling process. Thus, the present invention is characterized in that the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process and the same speed cooling process are performed in combination. It is preferable to cool the nucleate boiling region for the control cooling performed as the same speed cooling process. As can be seen from FIG. 25, the temperature deviation after cooling increases when the surface temperature of the steel sheet being cooled becomes a transition boiling region, but since the cooling capability is higher at higher temperatures in the nucleate boiling region, there is a temperature deviation before cooling. Even so, the difference is reduced in the cooling process. In the present invention, as described above, the temperature deviation between the end portion and the central portion of the thick steel plate is eliminated by performing the cooling process in the width direction temperature distribution in the same speed cooling process stage in the controlled cooling as described above. At this time, by cooling the nucleate boiling region in the above process, it becomes possible to more reliably reduce the variation in the cooling rate in the same speed cooling process. Further, since the momentum of the cooling water is high in the cooling of the nucleate boiling region, the cooling water sprayed from the nozzle reaches the steel plate surface, and the influence of the cooling by the water drained from the steel plate end face can be reduced.

As described above, in the present invention, it is important to prepare conditions for reliably cooling the nucleate boiling region. In order to achieve such a nucleate boiling state, it can be achieved by increasing the momentum of the cooling water as described above. As the cooling nozzle, a spray nozzle, a mist nozzle, a circular tube or slit laminar nozzle, a circular tube or a slit jet nozzle, etc. can be used, but a circular tube or slit with a high momentum is used in order to reduce the amount of water and the injection pressure. It is preferable to employ a jet nozzle. For example, when slit jet cooling is employed, the boiling state of the nucleate boiling region can be reliably obtained if the water density is jetted to 1200 l / min / m ² or more, more preferably 1500 l / min / m ² or more. . In addition, it is desirable that the water density is 3000 l / min / m ² or less from the viewpoint of equipment cost and running cost. In addition, slit jet cooling means what injects a high-speed water flow from the nozzle which has a slit-shaped cooling water injection port.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a production line configuration of a steel plate including an example of a control cooling device for carrying out the present invention. The material slab for steel plate production is rolled to a thick steel plate 2 of a predetermined thickness by a thick plate mill 1, transferred on a roller table 3, and cooled to a cooling stop temperature at a predetermined cooling rate by a passing type control cooling device 20. It has become so. The passing type control cooling device 20 includes an upper header 21 and a lower header 22 across the pass line of the steel plate 2, and an upper slit nozzle 23 and a lower slit nozzle 24 for ejecting high-pressure water are attached to these, The steel plate 2 has a function of rapidly cooling the thick steel plate 2 by impinging on the surface of the steel plate 2 with extremely high-pressure jet water. In this example, in addition to the above, an inlet-side thermometer 31 and an outlet-side thermometer 32 are installed before and after the passing type control cooling device 20, and the temperature of the steel sheet can be measured before and after the controlled cooling.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram according to an example of the passing control cooling device 20 used in the present invention. In this example, the pass-type control cooling device 20 includes a plurality of cooling zones, and each cooling zone is partitioned by a draining roll 27. In addition, the cooling water amount can be individually adjusted in these cooling zones. These cooling zones are referred to as a first cooling zone, a second cooling zone,. The passing control cooling device 20 of this example has the ability to pass water of 1200 l / min · m ² or more, and the heat transfer state due to nucleate boiling is ensured and the object of the present invention can be reliably achieved. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the passing control cooling device 20 of this example is divided into a front stage part 25 and a rear stage part 26. The front stage 25 is provided with a shielding member 28 in each cooling zone constituting the front stage 25 so that the amount of cooling water applied to the end of the steel plate can be limited. As shown in FIG. 5, a pair of left and right upper shielding members 28 are provided at the lower portion of the upper slit nozzle 23 and corresponding to the positions passing through the both ends of the thick steel plate in the width direction. A pair of left and right lower shielding members 29 are provided at locations corresponding to the passage positions on both side edges. The upper shielding member 28 and the lower shielding member 29 are configured to be able to be taken in and out in a method perpendicular to the traveling direction of the steel plate 2 by the forward / backward moving mechanism 16. Further, the upper shielding member 28 and the lower shielding member 29 are configured to be able to enter and exit in a direction perpendicular to the steel plate pass line by the drive mechanism 16 individually or in cooperation. The upper shielding member 28 and the lower shielding member 29 are provided for each water cooling zone constituting the front stage portion 25, and the steel plate 2 can be taken in and out of the pass line right angle method individually. Is possible. For example, it is possible to put the shielding member only in a specific cooling zone, for example, the first cooling zone, and it is also possible to put it in all the cooling zones in the previous stage.

  In the first embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the above-mentioned through-type control cooling devices 20 is used, and at least one of the inlet-side cooling mechanisms is subjected to the widthwise temperature distribution uniformization cooling process in one or more inlet-side cooling zones constituting the same. The same speed cooling process is performed in the above cooling zone. Specifically, the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process is performed by an operation of putting in and out the upper shielding member 28 and the lower shielding member 29 provided in the front stage portion 25 of the pass-type control cooling device 20.

In order to perform this operation, the number of shielding zones for shielding the cooling water (hereinafter simply referred to as “shielding zone number”) and the shielding width from the edge of the steel plate by the shielding (hereinafter simply referred to as “shielding width”) are determined. Must. Therefore, in this invention, the state quantity of the steel plate edge part just before control cooling is defined as follows with reference to FIG.
(1) Steel plate edge temperature drop distance: Distance from the position where the steel sheet temperature gradient in the sheet width direction becomes 0 (zero) to the steel sheet edge
(2) Steel plate end temperature drop: Difference between the temperature at the position where the steel plate temperature gradient becomes 0 (zero) in the plate width direction and the steel plate end temperature

  These steel plate end temperature drop distances and steel plate end temperature drop amounts vary depending on the thickness of the rolled material, its heating conditions, the width and thickness of the rolled product, the rolling completion temperature, etc. The drop amount is estimated to be 40 to 50 ° C., and the steel plate end temperature drop distance is estimated to be about 100 to 300 mm. These values can be obtained by analyzing the measured values using parameters such as the thickness of the rolled material and making a table in advance, or the temperature distribution over the entire surface of the steel plate can be measured in front of the passing type control cooling device. A scanning thermometer 31 or the like can be installed, and the measurement result can be calculated by an electronic computer.

  Based on the steel plate end temperature drop distance and the steel plate end temperature drop obtained in this way, the number of shielding zones and the shielding width for performing cooling water shielding in the previous stage of the passing type control cooling device 20 are determined. The In 1st Embodiment of this invention, it cools by normal control cooling in the steel plate width direction center part, restrict | limits the amount of cooling water with a shielding member in a steel plate edge part, and it will be in the state close | similar to air cooling as much as possible, steel plate width direction The temperature at the center and the end of the thick steel plate are matched. In this width direction temperature distribution uniforming cooling process, the target value for temperature uniformity in the width direction is set to 20 ° C. or less, preferably 10 ° C. or less.

  The shielding width, that is, the width of the steel plate end covered by the upper shielding member 28 and the lower shielding member 29 is the steel plate end temperature drop distance (see FIG. 6).

On the other hand, the number of shielding zones is determined as follows with reference to FIG.
(1) The number of cooling zones constituting the pass type control cooling device 20 is N, and the temperature difference between the target cooling start temperature and the cooling end temperature is DT (target cooling amount). Set the cooling amount ΔT to ΔT = DT / N
And calculate.
(2) Uniform temperature distribution in the width direction The temperature drop required at the center of the steel sheet from the start of the cooling process to the start of the same speed cooling process is ED, and the center of the thick steel sheet is calculated from the cooling amount ΔT per zone. N = ED / ΔT is the number of cooling zones n required for cooling the temperature section for cooling the temperature distribution in the width direction.
Asking.
(3) A zone from the first cooling zone, which is the first zone of the pass-type control cooling device, to the number of cooling zones n determined in (2) is defined as a shielding zone.

  The number of shielding zones calculated in the above is not necessarily an integer. However, in the equipment example of this example, the shielding member can be used on the upper surface alone or on the lower surface alone. Regard the use of zones and adjust the number of zones used. For example, when the number of shielding zones is calculated to be 1.4, 1.5 zones approximate to this are used. Specifically, the upper and lower shielding members are used in the first cooling zone, and only the upper shielding member is used in the second cooling zone.

  In addition, the temperature controllability of the steel plate end portion is improved as the length of each cooling zone is shortened and the number of cooling zones is increased in view of the equipment configuration. Moreover, it is better to close the cooling water by the shielding member and make the condition close to air cooling at the end of the steel plate. As the cooling of the steel plate end approaches the cooling of the plate center, the time required to make the steel plate center and end uniform becomes longer, and the number of use zones of the shielding member increases. This is because the amount of cooling on the rear stage side of the controlled cooling is reduced, and it is difficult to obtain the merit that the cooling rate of the plate end portion and the center portion, which is the effect of the present invention, coincides.

  FIG. 8 is a graph showing the temperature distribution in the steel plate width direction when a steel plate having a plate thickness of 30 mm, a plate width of 3200 mm, and a plate length of 25 mm is controlled and cooled according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The temperature (cooling start temperature) at the center of the steel plate width before the start of the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process is 750 ° C., and the cooling stop temperature of the controlled cooling is 550 ° C. In this example, the steel plate end temperature drop before the start of the width direction temperature distribution uniforming cooling process was calculated to be 30 ° C., and the steel plate end temperature drop distance was 200 mm.

The control cooling device has the structure shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the cooling water is jet water from the slit jet nozzle with the number of cooling zones of 10 and the water amount of 1800 l / min · m ² (upper and lower). As a result of obtaining the number of shielding zones by the above-described method, it was calculated to be 1.5. Therefore, in the first cooling zone, the shielding member was used on the upper and lower surfaces, and the shielding member was used only on the lower surface of the second cooling zone. On the other hand, the shielding width was set to 200 mm based on the steel plate end temperature drop distance being 200 mm, and the spray water was blocked by the shielding member up to a position 200 mm from the steel plate end.

  The results are as shown as temperature distribution (a) before controlled cooling and temperature distribution (b) after controlled cooling. When controlled cooling was performed according to the present invention, the temperature drop 30 ° C. before the controlled cooling could be reduced to approximately 0 ° C. after the controlled cooling. On the other hand, when the shielding member was not used, it was revealed that the temperature drop at the end of the steel plate after controlled cooling was 60 ° C., and the temperature deviation was increased.

  The present invention achieves the intended object by sequentially performing the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process and the same speed cooling process as described above, but the present invention further includes the above in the longitudinal direction of the thick steel plate. The technical idea of the above is expanded and used so that the longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling process can be performed. As the technique, for example, the amount of cooling water of the passing type control cooling device can be limited by passing the leading end of the thick steel plate.

  As shown in FIG. 9 in the control cooling device shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the limit of the cooling water amount at the time of passing through the leading end portion of the steel sheet for this longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment is the thickness of the control cooling zone. A photocell 17 for detecting the passage of the tip of the steel plate 2 is installed, and the leading edge of the steel plate entering the divided cooling zone shown in FIG. This is done by adjusting the water cooling state of the part.

In the example shown in FIG. 9, a flow rate control device 41 including a flow meter and a flow rate adjustment valve and a timer T are installed in a cooling zone (for example, the first cooling zone), and the top passage signal from the photocell 17 is used as a reference. By controlling the supply of cooling water to the header 20 and the lower header 22, a predetermined limited amount of water can be supplied from the upper slit nozzle 23 and the lower slit nozzle 24 connected to them to the front and rear ends of the steel plate for a predetermined time. ing. The example shown in FIG. 10 is a modification of that shown in FIG. 9, and a three-way valve 42 is installed in place of the flow rate control device 41, and cooling water is discharged to the outside for a predetermined time set by a timer. A predetermined limited amount of water can be supplied from the upper slit nozzle 23 and the lower slit nozzle 24 over time.
It is supposed to be.

  In order to perform control cooling according to the present invention using the leading edge water amount control mechanism shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. 10, the number of zones of the control cooling device applied in a state where the amount of water is limited (hereinafter referred to as the number of zones) Simply referred to as “the number of water restriction zones”) and the length of the water restriction limit. Therefore, based on the same idea as adopted in the width direction temperature distribution uniformization process in the width direction of the steel sheet, the tip part temperature drop distance and tip part temperature drop amount (the same concept is also used in the tail part) Hereinafter, “the leading edge temperature drop distance” and “the leading edge temperature drop amount”) are defined as shown in FIG. Even in this case, the leading edge temperature drop amount and the leading edge temperature drop distance vary depending on the thickness of the rolled material, its heating conditions, the sheet width after completion of rolling, the product thickness, the rolling completion temperature, etc. In general, the tip end temperature drop is about 30 to 50 ° C., and the tip end degree drop is about 300 to 500 mm. These values can be obtained by analyzing the measured values using the thickness of the rolled material, etc. as a parameter and pre-tabulating them, or the temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction of the steel plate can be measured on the front surface of the passing type control cooling device. A scanning thermometer, a spot thermometer, or the like may be installed, and calculation may be performed by an electronic computer based on the measurement result.

  Based on the leading edge temperature drop distance and the leading edge temperature drop amount obtained in this way, the number of water restriction zones and the water restriction restriction leading edge length in the previous stage of the passing type control cooling device 20 are determined. The Even in this case, the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the thick steel plate is cooled by normal controlled cooling, and the amount of cooling water is limited at the tail end portion of the thick steel plate so as to be as close to air cooling as possible. It is important to match the temperatures of the thick steel plate leading ends as much as possible. In this longitudinal direction temperature distribution uniforming cooling treatment, the target value for longitudinal temperature uniformity is set to 20 ° C. or less, preferably 10 ° C. or less.

The water amount restriction front end length is the front end temperature drop distance (see FIG. 11). On the other hand, the number of water limit zones is determined by the same procedure as the number of shielding zones adopted in the cooling process for uniformizing the temperature distribution in the width direction at the end of the thick steel plate. That is,
(1) The cooling amount per zone is calculated from the total number of cooling zones, the target cooling start temperature, and the cooling end temperature of the pass-type control cooling device.
(2) The number of zones required to cool the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the steel plate by the amount corresponding to the temperature drop at the leading end before the start of cooling is obtained from the cooling amount per zone.
(3) The number of shielding zones is from the first cooling zone, which is the first zone of the control cooling device, to the cooling zone that reaches the number of cooling zones determined in (2).

  The number of shielding zones calculated in the above is not necessarily an integer. For example, when the number of cooling zones is calculated to be 1.4, the number of cooling zones is rounded to 1 which is the nearest integer. In this case, the shielding is not performed only on one of the upper and lower sides. This is because, unlike the case of cooling in the width direction uniform temperature distribution, for example, if only the upper surface is cooled, there is a risk of warping due to a temperature difference between the upper and lower surfaces of the steel sheet.

  Even in the longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling process, in order to improve the temperature controllability of the leading end, it is better to shorten the equipment length of each cooling zone as much as possible and increase the number of cooling zones. In addition, it is better to close the cooling water at the leading end of the plate to a condition close to air cooling. As in the case of the plate width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process, as the temperature of the thick steel plate leading edge approaches the temperature of the plate central portion, the temperature of the steel plate central portion and the leading edge is made uniform. The time required to adjust the flow rate is increased, and the number of water cooling zones for adjusting the flow rate is increased. As a result, the amount of cooling on the rear stage side of the control cooling is reduced. This is because it is difficult to obtain the advantage of matching the cooling rates of the parts.

  FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram of an equipment configuration for performing the longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling process at the time of passing the tip portion according to the present invention. In this example, as shown in FIG. 12 (a), the cooling water supply to each cooling header 21 of the passing type control cooling device 20 is stopped and the tip of the thick steel plate is raised by the tip temperature drop distance. When the vehicle proceeds beyond the slit nozzle 23, as shown in FIG. 12 (b), the flow rate control device 41 is operated to inject an amount of cooling water necessary for normal control cooling. For this operation control, as described above, the photocell 17 that detects the passage of the tip of the thick steel plate 2 in the control cooling zone and the timer T that gives the operation time to the flow rate control device 41 are installed, and the thickness by the photocell 17 is set. This is possible by controlling the jetting state of the cooling water by the flow rate control device 41 based on the detection time of the passage of the front end of the steel plate.

  FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of the equipment configuration for performing the longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling process at the time of tail-end passage according to the present invention. In this example, as shown in FIG. 13 (a), the cooling water reaching each cooling header 21 of the passing type control cooling device 20 is in a water-flowing state for performing normal control cooling, and the thick steel plate is When reaching the upper slit nozzle 23 leaving the tail end temperature drop distance from the tail end, as shown in FIG. 13 (b), the flow rate control device 41 is operated to stop the injection of cooling water. . In such operation control, a timer T is provided for giving an operation time to the photocell 17 and the flow rate control device 41, and the cooling water injection state is set by the flow rate control device 41 based on the detection time of the leading end of the thick steel plate by the photocell 17. It is possible by controlling.

  The longitudinal direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process is performed in combination with the above-described width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process. As a result, the in-plane temperature distribution of the steel sheet is made uniform in the width direction and the longitudinal direction of the steel sheet prior to the same speed cooling process, so that the subsequent controlled cooling process (same speed cooling process) is performed with the cooling of the nucleate boiling region. This makes it possible to reliably cool at the same cooling rate. Further, in the present invention, as described above, the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process and the longitudinal direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process are used together, but these processes can be performed without interfering with each other. For example, even when the temperature drop at the end in the width direction is 30 ° C. and the temperature drop at the leading end is 70 ° C., there is an advantage that the in-plane temperature distribution of the steel sheet can be sufficiently uniformed prior to the same speed cooling treatment. is there.

  FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a steel sheet control cooling apparatus used for carrying out the present invention according to the second embodiment. In this example, the hot-rolled thick steel plate 2 is transferred onto the roller table 3 and sequentially conveyed to the slow cooling device 10 and the passing type control cooling device 20, and is cooled to the cooling stop temperature at a predetermined cooling rate. The

  In the slow cooling device 10, an upper header 11 and a lower header 12 are arranged across a pass line of the thick steel plate 2, and water streams 13 and 14 are supplied from the nozzles (not shown) provided in these headers to the thick steel plate 2. The laminar flow cooling can be performed by hitting the front and back surfaces. The laminar flow cooling is a method of cooling by using a laminar flow generated when the water flow is slow (laminar flow) to form a water film on the surface of the steel sheet, and the cooling rate is relatively low.

  As in the case of the first embodiment of the present invention, the pass-type control cooling device 20 is provided with an upper header 21 and a lower header 22 across a pass line of the thick steel plate 2, and a slit for ejecting high-pressure water to the upper header 21 and the lower header 22 Nozzles 23 and 24 are attached, and have a function of rapidly cooling the thick steel plate with extremely high pressure jet water colliding with the surface of the thick steel plate. Further, as in the case of the first embodiment of the present invention, the passing type control cooling device 20 is composed of a plurality of cooling zones, each of which is partitioned by a draining roll 27, and the amount of cooling water is individually determined. It is adjustable. Also in this case, these cooling zones are referred to as a first cooling zone, a second cooling zone,.

The passing type control cooling device 20 of this example also has the ability to pass water of 1200 l / min · m ² or more so that the heat transfer state by nucleate boiling can be ensured and uniform cooling can be achieved across the plate width direction. It has become. Furthermore, in this example, thermometers 30, 31, 32 are installed on the front side of the slow cooling device 10 and before and after the passing type control cooling device 20, and the temperature of the steel sheet can be measured before and after passing through these cooling devices. It has become.

  As can be seen from this example, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the slow cooling device 10 using the laminar flow cooling zone and the control cooling device 20 using the slit nozzle cooling zone are used in combination. At that time, in the slow cooling device using the laminar flow cooling zone, the cooling water amount control is performed at both end portions in the width direction and the leading end portion of the thick steel plate 2. As shown in FIG. 15, the adjustment of the amount of cooling water in the thickness direction of the thick steel plate is performed by adjusting a pair of left and right at the portions corresponding to both ends of the steel plate width direction at the lower part of the upper header 11 and the upper part of the lower header 12 in the slow cooling device 10. The shielding member 15 is provided, and this is performed by moving it in and out at a right angle with respect to the traveling method of the steel plate 2 by the back and forth mechanism 16.

  In this way, the second embodiment of the present invention replaces the widthwise temperature distribution uniformization cooling processing function of the previous stage of the pass type control cooling device 20 in the first embodiment with the slow cooling device 10, and the slow cooling device. This is characterized in that the shielding member 15 is provided at a position corresponding to the end passage of the steel plate to perform the cooling process for uniforming the temperature distribution in the width direction, and then the same cooling water amount cooling process is performed by the passing type control cooling device 20. The shielding member may be configured such that the slow cooling device is divided into a front stage part and a rear stage part, and these can be controlled separately. For example, the shielding member may be provided only in the front stage part. However, when the shielding member is provided only at the front stage of the slow cooling device 10, the steel plate end may be supercooled at the rear stage of the slow cooling device. Therefore, the shielding member is preferably provided over the entire length of the slow cooling device 10.

  In this case, unlike the through-type control cooling device 20, the slow cooling device does not have a cooling zone divided by draining rolls, so the operating conditions for the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment are as follows. It is determined by the shielding width and the steel plate passing speed that the shielding member covers. These operating conditions are determined on the basis of the steel plate end temperature drop distance and the steel plate end temperature drop amount obtained in accordance with the procedures already described.

  Of these, the shielding width is determined as the temperature drop distance at the end of the steel plate. On the other hand, the sheet passing speed may be determined by obtaining the cooling time required to lower the temperature at the center of the steel sheet by the amount corresponding to the temperature drop at the end of the steel sheet and dividing the equipment length of the slow cooling device by the cooling time. . As described above, in the present embodiment, the cooling time, in other words, the width direction temperature distribution uniformization cooling process can be performed by continuously controlling the plate passing speed, so that the same speed cooling by the passing type control cooling device is possible. The surface temperature of the steel sheet can be made uniform with very high accuracy before being processed.

  In the cooling process for uniformizing the temperature distribution in the width direction, when passing the slow cooling device, the central part in the width direction is cooled according to normal operating conditions, and a shielding member is applied only to the end of the steel sheet. It is preferable that the steel plate end is cooled in a state close to air cooling so that the temperature difference between the central portion and the end of the steel plate width direction is eliminated on the outlet side of the slow cooling device. This is because, as can be inferred from the reasons already described, the sheet passing speed can be maximized in this case, which contributes to the improvement of productivity.

Further, in the slow cooling device, the amount of cooling water is preferably 500 l / min · m ² or less. This is because the heat transfer characteristics in the film boiling region can be used, and the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process can be performed without increasing the temperature deviation. In the present invention, as described above, the shielding member is installed in the slow cooling device to eliminate the temperature deviation between the end portion and the central portion of the steel plate, but the heat transfer type in the slow cooling device is due to film boiling. By doing so, cooling at the same cooling rate can be performed more reliably.

  As described above, the temperature drop at the end of the steel sheet is about 40 to 50 ° C., and the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process in the high temperature range of the second embodiment of the present invention does not determine the material of the product. Therefore, it is preferable to use the heat transfer characteristics in the film boiling region where the amount of water is low and the surface temperature is high, for cooling for that purpose, so that a uniform temperature distribution in the width direction can be achieved quickly. In order to realize such a film boiling state, it is necessary to have a stable vapor film between the steel plate and the cooling water, and it is preferable to employ a low momentum such as spray cooling, mist, or laminar cooling.

Also in the second embodiment, the longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling process can be performed. This longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling process is performed by blocking the water flow when the steel plate tip / rear end passes through the slow cooling device, as in the first embodiment. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, the upper header 11 of the laminar flow cooling zone 10 is divided (in the example of the figure, four divisions 11a to 11d), and the end of the thick steel plate 2 passes through the laminar flow cooling zone 10. For example, detection is performed by the photocell 14. Then, timers T _{1 to} T ₄ are set so that the divided upper header starts to operate on the basis of the detection time of the passage of the thick steel plate by the photocell 14 as a reference.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 16, the upper header 11 operates in accordance with the steel sheet entering stage, and the water cooling at the leading end of the thick plate is alleviated. As with the first embodiment, the cooling water injection timing by the timer is determined based on the tip temperature drop length obtained in advance or measured before the slow cooling, and the leading edge water amount restriction length is set to the leading edge temperature. The water cooling may be cut off over this section as corresponding to the descent distance. The adjustment of the cooling water amount at the rear end of the steel plate may be performed in the same manner as described above.

  However, blocking the cooling water at the leading end in the longitudinal direction of the steel plate has the same effect as limiting the amount of cooling water by installing a shielding member at a position corresponding to the width end of the steel plate. Therefore, when the steel plate end temperature drop amount and the steel plate leading end temperature drop amount are the same or similar, the steel plate surface temperature can be made substantially uniform before the same speed cooling treatment over the entire surface of the steel plate. However, if there is a large difference between them, only one of the width direction and the length direction can be made uniform. This is because the slow cooling device limits the amount of cooling water at the end in the plate width direction over the entire length in the longitudinal direction, so that the amount of water in the width direction and the longitudinal direction cannot be controlled independently.

  In order to deal with this problem, for example, only the temperature distribution in the width direction can be made uniform by the slow cooling device, and thereafter, the temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction can be made uniform by the means described in the first embodiment. In addition, the amount of water in the longitudinal direction can be restricted in the slow cooling device in the longitudinal direction, and the amount of water in the longitudinal direction can be restricted in the passage-type control cooling device, so that the temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction of the steel sheet can be made more uniform. Furthermore, it is also possible to employ a method in which a plurality of cooling zones are provided in the slow cooling device, and the amount of cooling water at the end is controlled in the previous stage of the slow cooling device.

  In the case of using the slow cooling device 10, the straightening machine 30 can be installed between the slow cooling device 10 and the control cooling device 20 as shown in FIG. Thereby, the flatness of the steel plate can be improved before the same speed cooling treatment, the distance between the nozzle and the steel plate is stabilized in the control cooling device, and the cooling is performed uniformly. This also facilitates ensuring the uniformity and flatness of the product steel plate. The straightening machine 30 can be provided immediately before the slow cooling device 10 and also on the rear side of the control cooling device 20. Further, even in the case of adopting the first embodiment described above, it is desirable to install the straightening machine 30 immediately before the passing type control cooling device 20, and thereby the uniformity and flatness of the material of the processed steel plate Ensuring is even easier. In this case as well, it can be provided on the rear side of the control cooling device 20 as a matter of course.

  The present invention has been described above by dividing it into the first embodiment and the second embodiment. These methods may be adopted in accordance with the characteristics of the steel plate production line or product. It is also possible to employ a combination of these as appropriate. For example, if slow cooling is not possible at the beginning of cooling due to material restrictions, or if there is no space for introducing a slow cooling device, the first embodiment may be used as a basis, and temperature uniformity in the width direction is longer than the longitudinal direction. If it is desired to increase the height, the second embodiment may be adopted. In addition, in a facility in which the slow cooling device and the control cooling device are installed in series, the facility may be modified according to the present invention based on the second embodiment.

  In addition, the shielding member used in the present invention may have any shape such as a block shape, a plate shape, and a bowl shape (curved shape) as long as the end portion in the width direction of the steel plate is shielded from water discharged from the nozzle. However, since this shielding member always receives high pressure and is exposed to a high temperature and high humidity environment, it is preferable that the shielding member is made of a corrosion-resistant material and has a structure with high rigidity. From the viewpoint of creating and handling the shielding member, the shape is most preferably a plate.

  When the shielding plate is employed, the length in the direction of entering and exiting is preferably slightly larger than the above-described steel plate end portion temperature drop distance. If the length is too short, the temperature drop distance at the end of the steel plate cannot be shielded. On the other hand, if the length is too long, the forward / backward movement mechanism of the shielding plate becomes too large, and the shielding plate is placed in a narrow space such as in a control cooling device. Installation itself becomes difficult. As described above, the steel plate end portion temperature drop distance is generally about 300 mm, and therefore the length of the shield plate in the exit / entry direction may be about 350 to 400 mm. In consideration of the influence of corrosive substances such as chlorine contained in the cooling water, the material is made of corrosion-resistant steel such as stainless steel, or carbon steel plated with zinc or chromium and subjected to surface anticorrosion treatment. It is preferable to use it.

  18 and 19 are conceptual diagrams showing an example of a state around the cooling zone when the plate-shaped shielding member according to the present invention is applied in one cooling zone of the passing type control cooling device. In the example shown here, a Zn—Ni plated steel sheet having a thickness of 300 mm in the traveling direction of the steel sheet, 350 mm in the direction of entering and exiting the shielding member, and a thickness of 7 mm is used as the shielding member. The plate-like shielding plate is attached to a forward / reverse mechanism (not shown) with an inclination of 15 ° with respect to the horizontal plane so that the blocked cooling water is guided to the outside of the steel plate end.

  20 and 21 are conceptual diagrams showing an example of a state in which a plate-like shielding member according to the present invention is applied to a slow cooling device. In this case, as shown in FIG. 20, the shielding member covers the entire operating area 10 m of the slow cooling device and sufficiently reduces the deflection due to its own weight. As shown in FIG. Sufficient rigidity is provided as a structure reinforced at a pitch of 500 mm. The material is a Ni—Zn plated steel plate, and the dimensions of each part are 10 m in length, 350 mm in width, 7 mm in thickness, and 50 mm in height, as shown in FIG. A pair of upper and lower parts are arranged on the left and right sides with the part interposed therebetween, and these are attached as shown in FIG. 21 so that the cooling water does not hit the end of the steel sheet.

The thick steel plates rolled by the thick plate mill were subjected to controlled cooling according to the conditions of Invention Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 5 below. The dimensions, target characteristic values, control cooling conditions, and pre-control cooling temperature distribution state of the thick steel plate subjected to this controlled cooling were as follows.
(1) Dimensions: Plate thickness 25mm, plate width 3800mm, plate length 25mm
(2) Target characteristic value: 490 MPa class (allowable range is 490 to 610 MPa)
(3) Control cooling conditions: Control cooling start temperature: 750 ° C (plate width center), Control cooling end temperature: 550 ° C
(4) Uniform temperature distribution in the width direction Pre-cooling temperature distribution state: Steel plate end temperature drop: 30 ° C, Steel plate end temperature drop: 200mm, Plate tip end temperature drop: 50 ° C Edge temperature drop distance: 500mm

(Invention Example 1: First Embodiment)
A passing type control cooling device of the type shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 was used, and the shielding member shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 was used. Equipment specifications and cooling conditions of the equipment are as follows.
(1) Equipment specifications: Number of cooling zones: 15, equipment length per zone: 1.0 m, total length of equipment: 15 m, cooling water volume: 1500 l / min · m ² , cooling rate: about 30 ° C./s, (2) Width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment condition
(a) Shield member use zone: 1st to 3rd cooling zone (however, the 3rd cooling zone is only on the lower surface)
(Calculation grounds: Cooling amount per zone: (750 ° C-550 ° C) /15=13.3°C, number of required zones in the width direction end shielding member: 30 ° C / 13.3 ° C = 2.26)
(b) Shielding amount: 200 mm (corresponding to the temperature drop at the end of the steel plate)
(3) Longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment conditions
(a) Water volume restriction zone: 1st to 4th cooling zone (Calculation basis: 50 ℃ / 13.3 ℃ = 3.8)
(b) Water volume restriction leading edge length: 500 mm (corresponding to the leading edge temperature drop distance, water cooling is not performed during this time)
(4) Same speed cooling treatment conditions: cooling rate is about 30 ° C./s, plate speed: 134 m / min (cooling time: 6.6 s)

(Invention Example 2: Second Embodiment)
A controlled cooling device with a slow cooling device of the type shown in FIG. 14 was used. The shielding members used for these are shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, and FIGS. The equipment specifications of the slow cooling device configuration, the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment condition, and the longitudinal direction temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment condition are as follows.
(1) Equipment conditions: equipment length: 10 m, cooling water volume: 100 l / min / m ² (laminar flow nozzle), cooling rate: about 4 ° C./s
(2) Uniform cooling treatment conditions in the width direction
(a) Shielding width: 200 mm (corresponding to the steel plate end temperature drop distance)
(b) Thick steel plate speed: 80 m / min (Calculation grounds: 30 (temperature drop at the end of steel plate) / 4 (cooling speed) = 7.5 s, 10 m (equipment length) /7.5/60=80 m / min)
(3) Longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment condition: leading edge water volume restriction length: 500 mm (corresponding to the leading edge temperature drop distance, during which water cooling is not performed)

The equipment specifications and cooling conditions of the control cooling device following the slow cooling device are as follows.
(1) Equipment specifications: Number of cooling zones: 15, equipment length per zone: 1.0 m, total length of equipment: 15 m, amount of cooling water: 2000 l / min · m ² , cooling rate: about 30 ° C./s (Invention Example 1 Same specifications)
(2) Uniform cooling process for temperature distribution in the width direction: Not required (implemented in a slow cooling system)
(3) Longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment conditions
(a) Water volume restriction zone: 1st and 2nd cooling zone (Calculation grounds: Temperature drop at the end of the plate tip when entering the control cooling device: 20 ° C (30 ° C is eliminated in the slow cooling device), Control cooling device Cooling amount per zone: (720 ℃ -550 ℃) /15=11.3℃, 20 ℃ / 11.3 ℃ = 1.8 zones)
(b) Water volume restriction leading edge length: 500 mm (corresponding to the leading edge temperature drop distance, water cooling is not performed during this time)
(4) Same speed cooling treatment conditions: Cooling speed is about 30 ° C./s, plate speed: 158 m / min (cooling time: 5.7 s)

(Invention Example 3, a straightening machine is installed between the slow cooling device and the control cooling device)
In the second embodiment of the present invention, a straightening machine was installed between the slow cooling device and the control cooling device, and the steel plate after the slow cooling was flattened. The cooling conditions are the same as in the case of Invention Example 2.

(Comparative Example 1)
The same equipment as that of Invention Example 1 was used and cooled at the same plate passing speed. However, neither the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process nor the longitudinal direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process was performed.

(Comparative Example 2)
The same equipment as that of Invention Example 2 was used and cooled at the same plate passing speed. However, neither the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process nor the longitudinal direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process was performed.

(Comparative Example 3)
Only the slow cooling device was used, and the operating conditions were as follows.
(1) Equipment conditions: equipment length: 10 m, cooling water volume: 500 l / min / m ² (laminar flow nozzle), cooling rate: about 14 ° C./s
(2) Uniform cooling treatment condition in the width direction: No
(3) Longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment condition: not performed
(4) Plate passing speed: 42 m / min (cooling time required for cooling by passing from 750 ° C to 550 ° C: 14.3 s, equipment length: 10 m)

(Comparative Example 4)
Only the slow cooling device was used, and the operating conditions were as follows.
(1) Equipment conditions: equipment length: 10 m, cooling water amount: 500 l / min / m ² (laminar flow nozzle), cooling rate: about 14 ° C./s (same as Comparative Example 3)
(2) Uniform cooling treatment conditions in the width direction
(a) Shielding width: 200 mm (corresponding to the steel plate end temperature drop distance)
(b) Thick steel plate passing speed: 42 m / min (cooling time required for passing cooling from 750 ° C. to 550 ° C .: 14.3 s, equipment length: 10 m)
(3) Longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment condition: leading edge water volume restriction length: 500 mm (corresponding to the leading edge temperature drop distance, during which water cooling is not performed)

(Comparative Example 5)
Similar to Example 1, the control cooling device of the type shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 was used, and the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process and the longitudinal direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process were performed under the following conditions. In this case, the cooling rate is about 30 ° C./s, and the plate passing rate is 134 m / min (cooling time: 6.6 s), which is the same as in the case of the first invention example.

(1) Uniform cooling treatment conditions in the width direction
(a) Shielding member use zone: All cooling zones of the control cooling device
(b) Shielding amount: 200 mm (corresponding to the temperature drop at the end of the steel plate)
(3) Longitudinal temperature distribution uniform cooling treatment conditions
(a) Water volume restriction zone: 1st to 4th cooling zone (Calculation basis: 50 ℃ / 13.3 ℃ = 3.8)
(b) Water volume restriction leading edge length: 500 mm (corresponding to the leading edge temperature drop distance, water cooling is not performed during this time)

  Table 1 summarizes and compares the above operating conditions and operating data. Table 2 shows the effects of the examples of the present invention in comparison with the comparative examples. Here, the amount of temperature drop described in Table 2 is a value determined based on the temperature distribution in the width direction of the steel plate immediately after the controlled cooling, and the gradient of the steel plate temperature in the steel plate width direction becomes 0 (zero). It is a value defined by the difference between the temperature at the position and the temperature at the end of the steel plate. This value takes a positive value when the end of the steel plate is lower than the central portion, but takes a negative value when the end is higher than the central portion. The steel plate leading end is similarly defined.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 22, the tensile strengths shown in Table 2 are the tip end specimen 51 and the tail end specimen 52 from a position of 150 mm from the tip end and tail end of the cooled steel plate, respectively. Cut out the side end specimen 53 from the position 100 mm from the side edge, and cut out the central specimen 54 from the center position in the width direction and the longitudinal direction of the steel sheet, and for each, the tensile strength was measured by JIS No. 5 test piece. It is the result of measurement. In Table 2, the value indicated as the leading end is the average value of the tensile strength obtained from the tip end specimen 51 and the tail end specimen 52.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 22, the cut-off camber values shown in Table 2 are for the measurement of the side-end cut-off camber having a width of 3.8 m (product width) and a length of 10 m, respectively. The test material 55 and the test material 56 for measuring the leading edge cut-off camber are cut out and represented by the maximum bending amount when the strip-shaped test material is separated therefrom as shown in FIGS. Of these, the side edge cut camber value was obtained by cutting the side edge cut camber measurement sample 55 at a position 300 mm from one side edge of the thick steel plate, as shown in FIG. The strip sample 58 is represented by the maximum amount of bending. On the other hand, the leading end edge cutting camber value was obtained by cutting the leading edge edge cutting camber measurement sample 56 at a position 300 mm from the tail edge of the thick steel plate, as shown in FIG. The maximum bend amount of the specimen 59 is represented.

  As can be seen from Table 2, when the present invention is applied, the temperature drop at the end of the steel sheet after cooling is between −10 ° C. and 10 ° C. despite the large cooling rate as a whole. It is reduced compared to the temperature drop (30 ° C.) at the end of the steel plate before cooling. Moreover, the amount of temperature drop at the leading end is also −9 ° C. to 13 ° C., which is smaller than the temperature drop before cooling (50 ° C.). As a result, the residual stress in the steel sheet surface is also reduced, and the cut camber value is 3 to 9 mm (side end) and 2 to 5 mm (front end), which is practically used for the assembly process without correction. It became a value that can be.

  Also, the tensile strength of the steel sheet is about 550 MPa at the front end and the side end of the steel sheet, which is almost the same as the value at the center, and is stable within the surface of the steel sheet. Furthermore, in the case of the invention example 3 in which the control cooling is performed after the correction is performed after the slow cooling, the steel plate shape is corrected before the control cooling. As a result, the cooling process at the same speed is further performed during the control cooling. As a result, the temperature drop amount at the end in the plate width direction and the end at the leading end after cooling became small, and the cut camber value also became extremely small.

  On the other hand, in Comparative Examples 1 to 3 in which the water amount control of the width direction end portion and the longitudinal leading end is not performed, the temperature drop amount in the width direction and the leading end after cooling is larger than that before cooling. As a result, the cut camber values were extremely large values of 157 to 202 mm (side end portion) and 32 to 36 mm (front end portion). In addition, the tensile strength values at the end in the plate width direction and the end at the leading end are larger than those at the center, and some of them exceed the upper limit of the allowable range.

  Moreover, in the case of Comparative Examples 4-5, since the temperature of the width direction edge part after cooling and the tip end became high compared with the center part, the tensile strength of a board width direction edge part and a tip end part Was smaller than the central part, and partly below the lower limit of the allowable range. In this case, the streak camber values are 91 mm, 121 mm (side end), 13 mm, and 8 mm (front end), respectively, and have reached a level that can be practically used in the assembly process without correction. Absent.

It is typical explanatory drawing of the temperature log | history of the thick steel plate edge part and center part when carrying out control cooling by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is typical explanatory drawing of the temperature log | history of the thick steel plate edge part and center part when carrying out control cooling by the modification of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the production line structure of the thick steel plate containing one example of the thick steel plate control cooling device for implementing this invention. It is a conceptual diagram concerning one example of the passing type control cooling device used for the present invention. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an attachment state of an upper shielding member and a lower shielding member, as viewed from AA in FIG. 4. It is explanatory drawing for defining the steel plate edge part temperature fall distance and the steel plate edge part temperature fall amount in the width direction edge part of a thick steel plate. It is explanatory drawing for determining the number of shielding zones which implement shielding of the cooling water in the front | former stage of a pass type | mold control cooling device, and the shielding amount for this shielding. It is a graph which shows the temperature distribution of the thick steel plate width direction when a thick steel plate is controlled-cooled according to the said 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a key map of a tip end water quantity control mechanism. It is a conceptual diagram which concerns on the modification of a tip end water quantity control mechanism. It is explanatory drawing for defining the tip end part temperature fall distance and the tip end part temperature fall amount of a thick steel plate. It is a conceptual diagram of the equipment structure for performing a longitudinal direction temperature distribution equalization cooling process at the time of a front-end | tip part plate by this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of the equipment structure for performing a longitudinal direction temperature distribution equalization cooling process by the present invention at the time of a tail end part passage plate. It is a conceptual diagram of the control cooling apparatus of the thick steel plate for implementing this invention according to 2nd Embodiment. FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an attached state of the upper shielding member and the lower shielding member, as viewed from AA in FIG. 14. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement point of the laminar flow cooling zone at the time of a steel plate rear-end part plate | board passing. It is an equipment layout figure at the time of installing a straightening machine in the present invention. It is a conceptual diagram (front view) which shows the attachment condition of the plate-shaped shielding member applied to a passage type control cooling device. It is a conceptual diagram (side view) which shows the attachment condition of the plate-shaped shielding member applied to a passage type control cooling device. It is a perspective view of the shielding member applied to a slow cooling device. It is a conceptual diagram (side view) which shows the attachment state of the shielding member to a slow cooling apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specimen cutout position after cooling. It is explanatory drawing of the measuring method of the width direction cutting camber value. It is explanatory drawing of the measuring method of a leading edge part cutting camber value. It is explanatory drawing of the relationship between the steel plate surface temperature and the amount of heat removal when a high temperature steel plate is cooled. It is explanatory drawing of the flow of the water in the steel plate upper surface at the time of cooling a steel plate. It is explanatory drawing of the temperature log | history of a plate edge part and a center part when cooling control of the steel plate width direction edge part is performed by the conventional method.

Explanation of symbols

1: Thick plate rolling machine
2: Thick steel plate
3: Roller table
10: Laminar flow cooling zone
11: Upper header
12: Lower header
13, 14: Water flow
15: Shielding member
16: Forward / reverse mechanism (of shielding member)
17: Photocell
20: Pass-through controlled cooling system
21: Upper header
22: Lower header
23: Upper slit nozzle
24: Lower slit nozzle
25: Front part
26: Rear part
27: Draining roll
28: Upper shielding member
29: Lower shielding member
30: Thermometer before slow cooling zone
31: Entry side thermometer
32: Outlet thermometer
41: Flow control device
42: Three-way valve
51: Tip tensile test material
52: Tail end tensile test sample
53: Side end tensile test material
54: Central tensile test material
55: Specimen for measuring side edge cut camber
56: Specimen for measuring the leading edge section cutting camber
58: Strip sample
59: Strip sample

Claims (21)

  In the controlled cooling of the thick steel plate that has been hot-rolled, the temperature distribution in the width direction that equalizes the temperature distribution in the width direction of the thick steel plate immediately before the controlled cooling and at one or both of the initial stages of the controlled cooling. A controlled cooling method for a thick steel plate, characterized in that the uniform cooling treatment is performed, and thereafter, the same speed cooling treatment is performed in which the cooling is performed with substantially the same amount of cooling water over the width direction of the thick steel plate.   The passage type control cooling device having a plurality of independently controllable cooling zones is used, and the width direction temperature distribution uniformization cooling process is performed in the one or more inlet side cooling zones constituting the passage type control cooling device. The controlled cooling method for a thick steel plate according to claim 1, wherein the same speed cooling process is performed in a cooling zone following the side cooling zone.   A slow cooling device is provided on the rear surface of the rolling mill, and the slow cooling device is used, followed by the slow cooling device, and the slow steel cooling device having a plurality of cooling zones that can be independently controlled. The method for controlling cooling of a thick steel plate according to claim 1, wherein the cooling process is performed by the cooling device for uniforming the temperature distribution in the width direction, and the same speed cooling process is performed by the passing control cooling device.   The cooling process for uniformizing the temperature distribution in the width direction uses a shielding member provided at the end in the width direction of one or more inlet cooling zones constituting the pass-type control cooling device, and the amount of cooling water to the end in the width direction of the thick steel plate The controlled cooling method for a thick steel plate according to claim 2, wherein the method is performed by restricting the thickness.   The width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process uses a shielding member provided at the width direction end of the slow cooling device installed on the rear surface of the rolling mill, and limits the amount of cooling water to the width direction side end of the thick steel plate. The method for controlling cooling of a thick steel plate according to claim 3, wherein the method is performed.   The cooling water amount of the passing type control cooling device is limited when passing through the leading end of the thick steel plate, and the longitudinal temperature distribution uniformizing cooling process is performed to make the temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction of the thick steel plate uniform. Item 5. A method for controlling cooling of a thick steel plate according to item 2 or 4.   4. A cooling process in which the temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction is made uniform by limiting the amount of cooling water of the slow cooling device when the thick steel sheet passes through the leading end of the steel sheet and making the temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction of the thick steel sheet uniform. Or the controlled cooling method of the thick steel plate of 5.   The controlled cooling of a thick steel plate according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the restriction of the amount of cooling water at the time of passing the leading end of the thick steel plate is performed for a predetermined time by a passing signal of the leading end of the thick steel plate. Method.   In the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process, the shielding members installed on the upper and lower sides of the cooling plate where the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process is performed across the thick steel plate passing line are independently provided at the end in the width direction of each cooling zone. The method for controlling cooling of a thick steel plate according to any one of claims 4, 6 and 8, wherein the method is performed by controlling.   In the controlled cooling of the hot-rolled thick steel plate, the temperature distribution in the width direction of the thick steel plate is measured immediately before the controlled cooling, and the steel plate end temperature drop and the steel plate end temperature drop are measured based on the measurement results. Calculate the distance, calculate the number of shielding zones that shield cooling water in the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling processing based on the calculation result, and calculate the shielding width from the end of the thick steel plate by the shielding, and pass based on the calculation result The controlled cooling method for a thick steel plate according to any one of claims 2, 4, 6, 8, and 9, wherein the cooling process for uniforming the temperature distribution in the width direction is performed in a mold-controlled cooling device.   In performing the width direction temperature distribution uniform cooling process with the slow cooling device arranged on the rear surface of the rolling mill, the temperature distribution in the width direction of the thick steel plate is measured immediately before the slow cooling device, and the steel plate edge is measured based on the measurement result. Calculate the temperature drop of the steel sheet and the temperature drop distance at the edge of the steel sheet, calculate the shielding width from the thick steel sheet edge that shields the cooling water in the slow cooling device and the plate passing speed of the thick steel sheet based on the calculation result, The controlled cooling method for a thick steel plate according to any one of claims 3, 5, and 7, wherein the cooling process in the width direction is performed in the slow cooling device based on the result. It is configured as a through-type control cooling device having a plurality of independently controllable cooling zones, each cooling zone is capable of passing cooling water of 1200 l / min · m ² or more, and the above-mentioned through-type control cooling device A control cooling device for a thick steel plate, wherein a shielding member for limiting a cooling water amount at an end portion in the width direction of the thick steel plate is installed in one or more of the inlet side cooling zones. Consists of a slow cooling device installed on the rear surface of the rolling mill and a passing-type control cooling device installed subsequent to the slow cooling device. The slow cooling device can limit the amount of input water to 500 l / min / m ² or less. And a shielding member that restricts the amount of cooling water at both ends in the width direction of the thick steel plate is installed. The passing type control cooling device has a plurality of independently controllable cooling zones, and each cooling zone has 1200 l. A controlled cooling device for thick steel plates, which is capable of passing cooling water of at least / min · m ² .   The controlled cooling device for a thick steel plate according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the passing type controlled cooling device comprises a water amount control means that operates for a predetermined time in accordance with a leading end passage signal of the thick steel plate.   The controlled cooling device for a thick steel plate according to any one of claims 12, 13, and 14, wherein the passing control cooling device has a slit nozzle cooling zone for jetting high-pressure water.   The controlled cooling device for a thick steel plate according to claim 13 or 15, wherein the slow cooling device has a laminar flow cooling zone.   The shielding members installed in the inlet-side cooling zone of the passing type control cooling device are installed on the upper and lower sides of each inlet-side zone and across the position corresponding to the end of the thick steel plate passage line in the width direction of the steel plate, and are independent of each other. The control cooling device for a thick steel plate according to any one of claims 12, 13, 14, and 15, wherein the control cooling device is configured to be controllable.   Thick steel plate width direction temperature distribution measuring means disposed in front of the passing type control cooling device, and the thick steel plate end temperature drop amount and the thick steel plate end temperature drop distance based on the measurement results of the thick steel plate width direction temperature distribution measuring means A thick steel plate end temperature drop state calculating means for calculating the cooling water, and shielding for cooling water shielding by a shielding member installed in the passing type control cooling device based on the calculation result of the thick steel plate end temperature drop state calculating means Shielding member control amount calculation means for calculating the number of cooling zones and the shielding amount for the shielding, and shielding for controlling the shielding member installed in the passing type control cooling device based on the calculation result of the shielding member control amount calculation means The control cooling device for a thick steel plate according to claim 17, further comprising a member control mechanism.   Thick steel plate width direction temperature distribution measuring means installed in front of the slow cooling device, and the thick steel plate end temperature drop amount and the thick steel plate end temperature drop distance are calculated based on the measurement results of the thick steel plate width direction temperature distribution measuring means The thick steel plate end temperature drop state calculating means, the shielding amount of the cooling water by the shielding member installed in the slow cooling device based on the calculation result of the thick steel plate end temperature drop state calculating means, and the plate speed of the thick steel plate 18. A slow cooling device operating condition calculating means for calculating the slow cooling device, and a slow cooling device control mechanism for controlling the slow cooling device based on a calculation result of the slow cooling device operating condition calculating means. Thick steel plate control cooling device.   19. The controlled cooling apparatus for thick steel plates according to claim 13, wherein a straightening machine is installed between the slow cooling apparatus and the passing control cooling apparatus. The thick steel plate obtained by carrying out control cooling by the method in any one of Claims 1-11.

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