Spindle failure during fast steel rolling is one of the major equipment failures encountered at Onesteel Whyalla Steelworks (WS). Spindle failure whilst infrequent has been occurring over a long period of time and is a significant cost impost in terms of replacement parts, repair and lost production. Previous attempts at mechanical analysis and spindle redesign have not rectified the problem. This thesis presents an in-depth investigation of the problem and uses a completely new approach, modeling and control, to obtain a solution to the problem.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/201900 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Zhang, Kun |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | EN-AUS |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Copyright Kun Zhang 2002 |
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