DEVICE FOR PREVENTING STEEL PLATE MEANDERING IN VERTICAL LOOPER, AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING MEANDERING OF STEEL PLATE

• Main Authors: KASAHARA KYOSUKE, HARAI YOSUKE, HATAKEYAMA MASAYUKI, OGATA TAKASHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 02.03.2015
• Subjects: AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKINGWITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES,OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for preventing the steel plate meandering in a vertical looper, that can prevent the meandering of a steel plate by means of simple equipment, and to provide a method for preventing the meandering of a steel plate.SOLUTION: A device for preventing the steel plate meandering in a vertical looper has: a jack mechanism that is provided to each of at least two corners of a looper carriage and that is coupled via an attachment fitting to a wire rope or a chain that applies traction to the looper carriage; an inclinometer that detects the amount of inclination of the looper carriage; a level meter that detects the height of the looper carriage; and a means that receives the detection signals from the inclinometer and the level meter, commands the jack mechanism with the elevation amount of the corner parts of the looper carriage, and controls the amount of inclination of the looper carriage resulting from the jack mechanism. 【課題】簡易な設備で鋼板の蛇行を防止できる竪型ルーパーの鋼板蛇行防止装置および鋼板の蛇行防止方法を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】ルーパーキャリッジの少なくとも二つのコーナー部にそれぞれ設けられルーパーキャリッジを牽引するチェーン又はワイヤロープに取付金具を介して連結されたジャッキ機構と、前記ルーパーキャリッジの傾斜量を検出する傾斜計と、ルーパー内の鋼板の蛇行量を検出する蛇行検出器と、前記ルーパーキャリッジの高さを検出するレベル計と、前記傾斜計、前記蛇行検出器および前記レベル計からの検出信号を受信するとともに、前記ルーパーキャリッジのコーナー部の昇降量を前記ジャッキ機構に指令し、前記ジャッキ機構による前記ルーパーキャリッジの傾斜量を制御する手段と、を有する竪型ルーパーの鋼板蛇行防止装置。【選択図】図１