Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for preventing inconvenient undercooling in an edge area of a cast strand. SOLUTION: The flow 10 rich in energy of a cooling medium is formed, and straightened in the water-flowing direction to the edge area 11, the flowing water 9 is changed in direction from the edge area 11, and discharged in an outflow opening 12 present in both sides of a cast strand 6 of a secondary cooling chamber 8. Spray nozzles 17 to form the flow 10 rich in the energy and arranged to an outflow outlet are provided in a row. The spray nozzles 17 are provided on the upstream working side of the cast strand 6 on a bottom opening 7 belonging to the secondary cooling chamber 8 at a relatively small distance, and the large number of spray nozzles are arranged in each row 15 in the width direction, and connected to a feed pipe 18 via reducers 1-5.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for continuously casting a steel ingot, a steel bar, a slab, particularly thin slab, with which local temperature and/or heat flow density are measured along the wall height of a mold and plural positions in the extending part in the lateral width and the heat load on the wall of the mold in contact with molten metal is calculated, particularly in a meniscus zone from the above measurements. SOLUTION: The local temperature and the heat-flow density in the meniscus zone as the important items to the surface quality of the slab are measured, and the acting temperature of the mold plate is held in a prescribed temperature range ΔT. Pairs of thermosensible elements Ym, Yn are inserted in the vertical zone of the molten metal surface M and at the almost equal interval from the contacting surface with the molten metal in the wall at the wide wall side in the mold and connected with a computer unit through a signal conductor. The surface temperature of the mold in the meniscus zone M is calculated according with the heat-flow density, and cooling water quantity, casting speed and casting powder material being the acting parameters are controlled for adjusting the suitable acting temperature of the mold wall into the prescribed temperature range ΔT.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve quality of a rolling cast slab in a direct casting apparatus provided with a strand guide segment with adjustable inner diameter at the lower part of a metallic mold. SOLUTION: A casting strand 4 is provided with a targeted bulging part 5 as the result of a static inner pressure of molten metal with the suitable opening width adjustments W of the segments 2.1-2.n in the front of a soft quality reducing section III. The building part 5 is wholly or partially pressed to the strand thickness where the residual solidification is developed by the segment guides in the soft quality reducing section.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve difficulty and problems existing in a range of combined portions between an inner plate of a mold made of copper or copper alloy, and a supporting plate made of copper or steel or a water box plate, while temperature change in a plate mold cooled by liquid is adjusted during casting operation. SOLUTION: In the plate mold, in which the plate mold is provided for continuous casting of metal, specifically steel material, having a high temperature conductive plate 1 of the mold made of copper or copper alloy, and in which the plate 1 of the mold is respectively combined with the water box or the supporting plate 4 by means of a fixing element 2, a forming member 6 forming a screw 5 is arranged in a water side of the plate 1 of the mold, and the plate mold is frictionally combined with the plate 1 of the mold by means of soldering portions 7 and 7' or a welding portion 12 as a fixing member.
Abstract:
A strip casting machine for casting liquid metals, in particular steel, comprises parallel, cooled, casting rollers (8a; 8b), arranged at a separation of the strip width and forming a feed hopper, which are rotatably mounted and driven and which, together with edge pieces (9), define the casting roller gap (10). According to the invention, the change-over time on changing worn-out casting rollers (8a; 8b), or on changing the format may be significantly reduced, whereby the casting rollers (8a, 8b) are mounted in a frame-like cassette (11) in a manner such as to be adjustable relative to each other and said cassette (11) may be rapidly exchanged into or from the casting position (34).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for continuous casting of slabs, especially thin slabs, in a continuous casting system. Said system comprises a series of strand guiding segments (1-n) disposed underneath a casting mould (6), said segments being provided with pairs of rollers (8) arranged at a distance in a perpendicular position with respect to the casting strand (A), said rollers being able to be adjusted at a specific distance to each other. For variable adaptation of the system to slabs of different thicknesses, the casting strand (A) forms protuberances (2a-2n) inside the area associated with a liquid core path (7), in order to increase the thickness format, by sequential opening or closing of the adjustment of the feed opening of successive segments (1-n) as a result of the ferrostatic inner pressure of the liquid core thereof. The segments have a positioning and force adjusting function on the side of the device.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a cooled continuous casting mold (1) for casting metal, especially steel, which has a casting format (GF) that is defined by respective two opposite broad faces (2, 3) and small faces (4, 5). The broad faces (2, 3) have a cooling area (6) which designed for the maximum casting width and comprises a plurality of cooling channels (7) extending in the direction of casting and being connected to a coolant circuit. The small faces (4, 5) can be adjusted to a predetermined casting format having a corresponding casting width. The aim of the invention is to provide a continuous casting mold for slab formats, especially thin slabs, which allows to adjust an even working end temperature of the broad sides and especially to reduce a considerable temperature drop in the neighborhood of the small faces while at the same time allowing to adjust different casting formats, especially smaller casting formats as compared to the maximum casting format. For this purpose, the cooling channels (7) and/or the inlet and/or outlet channels (8) of the mold cooling system can be at least partially blocked in the area of the adjustable small faces (4, 5).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for the production of hot-rolled steel strip comprising at least one continuous casting machine, at least one pair of scissors, at least one calibration oven, a de-scaler, optionally, a roughing train, a finishing train (multi-stand rolling mill or Steckel mill(s)), a roller path comprising a cooling area and at least one pickup reel for the thermal strip. A compact structure is achieved by virtue of the fact that the casting line and the rolling line are arranged parallel or approximately parallel to each other such that the direction of casting and direction of rolling are oriented essentially in an opposite direction to each other.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and casting roller plant for the semi-endless or endless rolling by casting of a metal, in particular a steel strip (1a), which may be transversely separated as required after solidification. The casting strip part lengths (20) are fed to a roller furnace (2) for heating and equilibration at the rolling temperature and the partial lengths (20) for rolling out are fed to a rolling train (3) for rolling, whereby the strip casting is continued uninterrupted during the rolling operation. According to the invention, a closer matching of the strip casting and the rolling can be carried out, whereby the casting speed (Vc) is reduced for a roller change such that between the end of rolling a preceding multiple length (21) and the insertion of a new partial length (20) or multiple lengths (21) into the rolling gear a sufficient buffer time for a roller exchange is provided.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for preventing undesirable intensive cooling particularly of the strip edge areas of a cast strand resulting from running water emerging from the bottom opening of a secondary cooling chamber, wherein high-energy spray jets of a deflection medium are produced and directed against the emerging running water transversely of the strip edge areas of the cast strand, such that the running water is deflected from the strip edge areas and is discharged through outlet openings of the secondary cooling chamber arranged on both sides of the cast strand.