EP0171589B1 - Collector nozzle in a device for controlling the outflow of cast steel from a ladle or from a tundish - Google Patents

Collector nozzle in a device for controlling the outflow of cast steel from a ladle or from a tundish Download PDF

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EP0171589B1
EP0171589B1 EP85108394A EP85108394A EP0171589B1 EP 0171589 B1 EP0171589 B1 EP 0171589B1 EP 85108394 A EP85108394 A EP 85108394A EP 85108394 A EP85108394 A EP 85108394A EP 0171589 B1 EP0171589 B1 EP 0171589B1
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Hans Hoffgen
Giorgio Cappelli
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00—Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/50—Pouring-nozzles
    • B22D41/58—Pouring-nozzles with gas injecting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00—Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/14—Closures
    • B22D41/22—Closures sliding-gate type, i.e. having a fixed plate and a movable plate in sliding contact with each other for selective registry of their openings
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  • This present invention concerns a collector nozzle in a divice for controlling the outflow of cast steel from a ladle or from a tundish according to the preamble of claim 1 or claim 2, respectively.
  • the steel flow is protected by a pipe along its length between exit from the nozzle and entry into the mold or into the tundish.
  • the collector nozzle for a ladle is the nozzle in a mobile part of a slide gate valve; consequently in most cases, but not necessarily, the collector nozzle is made of refractory material known in this technical field, and hereinafter it will simply be called the nozzle.
  • the GB-A-2 094 454 shows a union block, between the lower end of the collector nozzle and the upper end of the protecting tube, for leading compressed air from a source of compressed air to an annular orifice open in the lower part of the union block, through a gas manifold surrounding the union block.
  • a unitary nozzle component having a manifold space and orifices at its downstream end is provided.
  • the FR-A-2 252 157 shows a nozzle made of permeable, porous material comprising a part connecting an external duct carrying inert gas from a source of inert gas under pressure with a space inside said nozzle into which the gas penetrates and spreads through the pores in the nozzle emerging through the wall of the hole for outflow of steel.
  • Direct porosity is a conventional term indicating that certain techniques have been used to create, in a non-porous body, small ducts lying in one or more desired directions, while random porosity indicates the porosity existing throughout the whole of a refractory porous body where the pores lie in all possible directions.
  • the techniques used to create direct porosity in a piece of material are explained in the European patent publication No 0083919 in the name of ODDisch - Amerikanische Magnesit Aktien.
  • the nozzle in order to carry the inert gas into the desired area, the nozzle is made so as to indicate the necessary ducts; in the second case, to carry the inert gas to the desired area, use will be made of porous materials, or sections of materials, mounted in the mass of refractory material forming the nozzle.
  • a randomly-porous nozzle incorporates at least one main duct passing round the nozzle hole for outflow of the steel connected with a source of inert gas and with a plurality of secondary ducts leading to the lower end of the nozzle for delivering inert gas at the top of a downstream located protector pipe and a second plurality of secondary ducts connecting each of said main ducts with said hole for delivering into said hole said gas providing a protective gas jacket.
  • the nozzle comprises a conecting part between each of the above main ducts and an external duct carrying inert gas from a source of inert gas under pressure and comprises devices for controlling entry and pressure of the inert gas.
  • the nozzle may comprise a first main duct and a first plurality of secondary ducts connecting the first main duct with the above hole, and comprises a second main duct and a further second plurality of secondary ducts connecting the second main duct with the environment outside the nozzle at the latter's lower end.
  • the nozzle comprises two parts for connection to said external duct, one for each main duct, and two devices for controlling entry and pressure of the inert gas, one for each main duct.
  • a nozzle is made of non-porous material comprising an insert of randomly-porous material in the form of a circular crown coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the hole for outflow of steel, in the desired position along said longitudinal axis, a part connecting an external duct carrying inert gas from a source of inert gas under pressure there being a space inside said insert of randomly-porous material and a cavity, all round the lower portion of the nozzle, in which there is a circular aperture at the level of the lower horizontal wall of the nozzle for connecting the cavity with the environment outside the nozzle and comprises a part connecting the cavity with the above external duct, the purpose of all this being to produce a flow of inert gas inside a part of said hole through the inner wall of said insert and a flow of inert gas at the lower end of the nozzle.
  • the lower end of the nozzle made of non-porous material is formed of an insert of randomly-porous material and the above cavity is closed at the bottom as well as at the top so that inert gas also flows through the entire lower end of the nozzle.
  • the nozzle conforming to this present invention allows inert gas flowing through said nozzle under pressure to reach the area outside the nozzle where said nozzle fits into the protection pipe thus creating in that area overpressure of inert gas that prevents entry of air through the fissures where the mouth of the nozzle enters the protection pipe and allows inert gas flowing under pressure through said nozzle to enter the hole in the nozzle in the area of said hole where deposits would form, to prevent their formation.
  • Fig. 1 shows part of a ladle slide gate valve 1 comprising a nozzle 2 held withion a metal frame 3 with an interposed layer of suitable cement 4, and a hole 5 for outflow of steel from a ladle.
  • the lower end of the nozzle 2 fits into a pipe 6 placed to protect the cast steel and incorporates a main ringwise duct 7 that is taken outside the nozzle through a segment of tube 8 connected to the duct 9 carrying argon under pressure from a source 10.
  • Duct 9 is opened and closed and gas pressure regulated by a control device 11.
  • a plurality of secondary ducts 12, 13 lead off from the main duct 7.
  • Ducts 12 connect duct 7 with the area of the hole 5, where deposits form, and ducts 13 connect duct 7 with the outside of the nozzle at the top of protection tube 6.
  • the exit to ducts 13 is in the lower horizontal wall of the nozzle so that the argon is blown into the spaces 14 bounded by the nozzle's outer wall, by the inner wall of the protection tube 6 and by the wall enclosing the cast steel 15.
  • Fig. 2 shows a nozzle 22 of non-porous refractory material comprising: an insert 40 of randomly-porous refractory material in the form of a circular crown placed in the area of the hole for outflow of steel where the aluminium oxides create deposits, insert 40 comprising a space 41 that functions as a collector of the argon brought in under pressure along the duct 29 that passes through the body of the nozzle and opens into said space; a cavity 42, formed between a steel liner 43 and the outer steel frame 44 of the nozzle closed at the top and having a circular aperture 45 at the level of the horizontal lower wall of the nozzle.
  • Duct 29 has a branch 29A that penetrates into the cavity 42 and comprises an aperture 46 through which the argon enters.
  • insert 40 through the pores of its material the gas under pressure enters the hole 47, entry of gas being conventionally indicated by the arrows F1; the non-porous material adjacent to faces A, B, C, of the insert prevents the gas from spreading into the body of the nozzle.
  • cavity 42 gas under pressure arrives through aperture 45 in the region 48 bounded by the internal wall of the protection pipe 26, by the lower end of the nozzle 22 and by the surface of the cast steel, not shown in the figure, thus creating overpressure in this region that prevents air from entering through the fissure 49, entry of gas being conventionally indicated by the arrows F2.
  • Fig. 3 shows a nozzle 32 made of non-porous refractory material comprising an insert 40 of randomly-porous refractory material and a duct 29 having a branch 29A and a cavity 42 exactly the same as the corresponding parts illustrated in Fig. 2, except that the cavity 42 is completely closed round the frame 44 and at the lower end of the nozzle 32.

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A collector nozzle (2) in a device for controlling outflow of cast steel from a ladle or from a tundish, which nozzle incorporates at least one main duct (7) placed ringwise round the outlet passage of the nozzle, a first plurality of secondary ducts (12) connecting each of the above main ducts (17) with a portion of said outlet passage and a second plurality of secondary ducts (13) connecting each of said main ducts (17) with the environment outside the nozzle, at the latter's lower end. The main ducts being filled with a current of inert gas under pressure so that the inert gas reaches the area of said passage where otherwise aluminium oxides would become deposited and immediately outside said nozzle to create overpressure of inert gas, thus preventing air from penetrating through the fissures between the nozzle and the tube protecting the flow of cast steel.

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  • This present invention concerns a collector nozzle in a divice for controlling the outflow of cast steel from a ladle or from a tundish according to the preamble of claim 1 or claim 2, respectively.
  • To prevent pollution by the oxygen in the air of cast steel flowing through a collector nozzle in a ladle towards a mold or towards a tundish, the steel flow is protected by a pipe along its length between exit from the nozzle and entry into the mold or into the tundish.
  • As however the fit between nozzle and protection pipe is never airtight, the cast steel itself draws air into the pipe. In addition to the technical problems referred to above, there is another of a different nature. In most cases, but not necessarily, the collector nozzle for a ladle is the nozzle in a mobile part of a slide gate valve; consequently in most cases, but not necessarily, the collector nozzle is made of refractory material known in this technical field, and hereinafter it will simply be called the nozzle. When aluminium steels are being cast, and the nozzle is made of refractory material, it happens that the aluminium contained in the steel becomes deposited in the form of oxides on the refractory sides of the hole of the nozzle to a point where the hole through which the steel passes is completely choked. The problem therefore exists of how to prevent formation of aluminium oxides in the hole of the nozzle of a ladle or of a tundish.
  • The GB-A-2 094 454 shows a union block, between the lower end of the collector nozzle and the upper end of the protecting tube, for leading compressed air from a source of compressed air to an annular orifice open in the lower part of the union block, through a gas manifold surrounding the union block. Alternatively, a unitary nozzle component having a manifold space and orifices at its downstream end is provided. The FR-A-2 252 157 shows a nozzle made of permeable, porous material comprising a part connecting an external duct carrying inert gas from a source of inert gas under pressure with a space inside said nozzle into which the gas penetrates and spreads through the pores in the nozzle emerging through the wall of the hole for outflow of steel. In the GB-A-2094454 only the hole surface of the protecting tube is protected by the air flow whilst the hole surface of the collector nozzle is not. In the FR-A-2 252 157 only the hole surface of the collector nozzle is protected by the gas flow emerging through the wall thereof and possibly the efficacy of the gas flow all along the hole length is not so high due to the resistance of the porous material.
  • The above problems are solved by the features of claim 1 and 2, respectively.
  • Direct porosity is a conventional term indicating that certain techniques have been used to create, in a non-porous body, small ducts lying in one or more desired directions, while random porosity indicates the porosity existing throughout the whole of a refractory porous body where the pores lie in all possible directions. The techniques used to create direct porosity in a piece of material are explained in the European patent publication No 0083919 in the name of Osterreichisch - Amerikanische Magnesit Aktien. In the first case, in order to carry the inert gas into the desired area, the nozzle is made so as to indicate the necessary ducts; in the second case, to carry the inert gas to the desired area, use will be made of porous materials, or sections of materials, mounted in the mass of refractory material forming the nozzle.
  • According to one embodiment of the invention a randomly-porous nozzle incorporates at least one main duct passing round the nozzle hole for outflow of the steel connected with a source of inert gas and with a plurality of secondary ducts leading to the lower end of the nozzle for delivering inert gas at the top of a downstream located protector pipe and a second plurality of secondary ducts connecting each of said main ducts with said hole for delivering into said hole said gas providing a protective gas jacket.
  • The nozzle comprises a conecting part between each of the above main ducts and an external duct carrying inert gas from a source of inert gas under pressure and comprises devices for controlling entry and pressure of the inert gas. The nozzle may comprise a first main duct and a first plurality of secondary ducts connecting the first main duct with the above hole, and comprises a second main duct and a further second plurality of secondary ducts connecting the second main duct with the environment outside the nozzle at the latter's lower end. In this alternative the nozzle comprises two parts for connection to said external duct, one for each main duct, and two devices for controlling entry and pressure of the inert gas, one for each main duct.
  • According to an another embodiment a nozzle is made of non-porous material comprising an insert of randomly-porous material in the form of a circular crown coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the hole for outflow of steel, in the desired position along said longitudinal axis, a part connecting an external duct carrying inert gas from a source of inert gas under pressure there being a space inside said insert of randomly-porous material and a cavity, all round the lower portion of the nozzle, in which there is a circular aperture at the level of the lower horizontal wall of the nozzle for connecting the cavity with the environment outside the nozzle and comprises a part connecting the cavity with the above external duct, the purpose of all this being to produce a flow of inert gas inside a part of said hole through the inner wall of said insert and a flow of inert gas at the lower end of the nozzle.
  • Preferably, the lower end of the nozzle made of non-porous material is formed of an insert of randomly-porous material and the above cavity is closed at the bottom as well as at the top so that inert gas also flows through the entire lower end of the nozzle.
  • The nozzle conforming to this present invention allows inert gas flowing through said nozzle under pressure to reach the area outside the nozzle where said nozzle fits into the protection pipe thus creating in that area overpressure of inert gas that prevents entry of air through the fissures where the mouth of the nozzle enters the protection pipe and allows inert gas flowing under pressure through said nozzle to enter the hole in the nozzle in the area of said hole where deposits would form, to prevent their formation.
  • The invention is explained in greater detail herebelow aided by drawings showing examples of its realization, in which:
    • Fig. 1 is a side view, partially cut away, of a first execution,
    • Fig. 2 is a side view, partially cut away, of a second execution,
    • Fig. 3 is a side view, partially cut away, of a third execution.
  • Fig. 1 shows part of a ladle slide gate valve 1 comprising a nozzle 2 held withion a metal frame 3 with an interposed layer of suitable cement 4, and a hole 5 for outflow of steel from a ladle. The lower end of the nozzle 2 fits into a pipe 6 placed to protect the cast steel and incorporates a main ringwise duct 7 that is taken outside the nozzle through a segment of tube 8 connected to the duct 9 carrying argon under pressure from a source 10. Duct 9 is opened and closed and gas pressure regulated by a control device 11. A plurality of secondary ducts 12, 13 lead off from the main duct 7. Ducts 12 connect duct 7 with the area of the hole 5, where deposits form, and ducts 13 connect duct 7 with the outside of the nozzle at the top of protection tube 6. The exit to ducts 13 is in the lower horizontal wall of the nozzle so that the argon is blown into the spaces 14 bounded by the nozzle's outer wall, by the inner wall of the protection tube 6 and by the wall enclosing the cast steel 15.
  • Fig. 2 shows a nozzle 22 of non-porous refractory material comprising: an insert 40 of randomly-porous refractory material in the form of a circular crown placed in the area of the hole for outflow of steel where the aluminium oxides create deposits, insert 40 comprising a space 41 that functions as a collector of the argon brought in under pressure along the duct 29 that passes through the body of the nozzle and opens into said space; a cavity 42, formed between a steel liner 43 and the outer steel frame 44 of the nozzle closed at the top and having a circular aperture 45 at the level of the horizontal lower wall of the nozzle.
  • Duct 29 has a branch 29A that penetrates into the cavity 42 and comprises an aperture 46 through which the argon enters. As regards insert 40, through the pores of its material the gas under pressure enters the hole 47, entry of gas being conventionally indicated by the arrows F1; the non-porous material adjacent to faces A, B, C, of the insert prevents the gas from spreading into the body of the nozzle. With regard to cavity 42, gas under pressure arrives through aperture 45 in the region 48 bounded by the internal wall of the protection pipe 26, by the lower end of the nozzle 22 and by the surface of the cast steel, not shown in the figure, thus creating overpressure in this region that prevents air from entering through the fissure 49, entry of gas being conventionally indicated by the arrows F2.
  • Fig. 3 shows a nozzle 32 made of non-porous refractory material comprising an insert 40 of randomly-porous refractory material and a duct 29 having a branch 29A and a cavity 42 exactly the same as the corresponding parts illustrated in Fig. 2, except that the cavity 42 is completely closed round the frame 44 and at the lower end of the nozzle 32.
  • At the lower end of the nozzle there is an insert 50 of randomly-porous refractory material whose upper surface is adjacent to the non-porous material, the outer lateral surface being comprised within the cavity 42, the inner lateral surface forming the terminating portion of the hole 47.and the lower surface opening into the region 48 bounded as already described with reference to Fig. 2. It is therefore clear that the gas passing through duct 29 will penetrate through the insert 40 into the hole 47, as already described with reference to Fig. 2, and will penetrate through the insert 50 partly in the terminating portion of hole 47, overcoming the pressure of the steel, and partly in the said region 48 where entry of gas is conventionally indicated by the arrows F2.

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1. Collector nozzle (2) in a device for controlling the outflow of cast steel from a ladle or from a tundish fitting downstream a protector pipe (6) and connected with a separate source (10) of inert gas under pressure and incorporating at least one main duct (7), passing round the nozzle hole (5) for steel outflow, connecting with said source of inert gas and with a plurality of secondary ducts (13) leading to the lower end of the nozzle (2) for delivering said gas at the top of the protector pipe (6) characterized in that the nozzle body is a randomly porous body (2) incorporating also a further plurality of secondary ducts (12) connecting said main duct (7) with said hole (5) for delivering into said hole said gas providing a protective gas jacket for at least part of the surface of said hole (5).
2. Collector nozzle (22) made of non porous material for controlling the outflow of cast steel from a ladle or from a tundish fitting downstream a protector pipe (26) having a part connecting an external duct (29) with a separate source of inert gas under pressure, having all round its own lower portion of a cavity (42) carrying a circular opening at the level of the lower horizontal wall of the nozzle and comprising a part connecting said cavity (42) with said external duct (29) for delivering a flow of inert gas in the region (48) outside said nozzle at the top of the protector pipe, characterized in that it comprises an insert (40) of randomly-porous material in the form of a circular crown coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the hole (47) for outflow of steel in the desired position along said longitiudinal axis, a space (41) inside said insert (40) being connected with said source of inert gas by said external duct (29), in order to supply a flow of inert gas inside a part of said hole (47) through the inner wall of said insert.
3. Collector nozzle according to claim 2 characterized in that the lower end of the nozzle is in the form on an insert (50) of randomly-porous material and that said cavity (42) is closed at the bottom causing inert gas to flow through the inner cylindrical wall of the insert inside said hole (47) and through the lower horizontal wall of the insert (50) in the region (48) outside said nozzle at the top of the protector pipe (26).
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