Abstract:
Method and apparatus for remote, individual control of separate coolant flow through control valves (112) to spray nozzles (102-106) lying along and about a continuous metal casting path to permit a nearly infinite variation in cooling patterns, which may be adjusted along and/or about the metal casting path as the casting metal advances. Remote individual spray nozzles coolant flow in continuous casting is safer and enables production of an improved product.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a fluid cooling and lubricating system for metal rod being rolled down from a continuously cast bar and includes a multiple pressure arrangement wherein high pressure fluid is utilized to cool and descale the rod as well as the hot-forming rolls by spraying and wherein low pressure fluid is additionally utilized for cooling and lubrication by flooding roll stand entrance and exit rod-guide housings. Direct and controlled spray cooling of the hot-formed rod is obtained by wide-angled nozzles having solenoid-operated valves responsive to the exit temperature of the rod which is monitored by a photopyrometer whereby the volume of coolant is controlled to obtain a uniform finishing temperature of the rod.
Abstract:
Cooling a continuous casting machine during the preliminary stages of casting molten metal, in which coolant is sprayed at a relatively low velocity onto the external surfaces of the flexible band and casting wheel which form the mold into which the molten metal is poured. The coolant is applied at the relatively low velocity prior to and during the initial pouring of the molten metal, and when the operator of the casting machine has established a proper constant level of molten metal in the mold and the hazard of splashing and explosion of the molten metal has been reduced, the coolant is applied at increased velocities and volumes and the rate of casting the molten metal is increased.