Looper and tension control in hot rolling mills: A survey

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 509-521

  Choi, I S ^a   Rossiter, J A ^b   Fleming, P J ^b  

^a POSCO   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordinated control; Hot rolling mills; Internal model control; Looper and tension control; Model predictive control; Multivariable control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HOT ROLLING MILLS; MACHINE DESIGN; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CONTROL SCHEMES; COORDINATED CONTROL; INTERNAL MODEL CONTROL; STRIP TENSION;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 33947136964     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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