Semi-automatic straightening is straightening with the use of offline and online data, basic automation equipment and at least one straightener. The offline and online data is relayed via the basic automation equipment to the straightener in order to achieve a defined and highly exact adjustment of the straightening rolls. A semi-automatic straightening system enables the reproducible adjustment of roller positions at any time.
The advantages of a semi-automatic straightener over a straightener with conventional roll adjustment are:
- defined fine adjustment of the individual straightening rolls,
- reproducibility of straightening roller positions within close tolerances,
- application of high adjustment forces,
- operation of the roll adjustment system from any location,
- use of process data (data bases),
- integration in a central control environment.
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Adapted from “"We do it straight" — Wire Straightening”, p. 141 (ISBN 3-00-005897-4).