EP0328776B1 - Abschluss-und Regeleinrichtung für das Giessen flüssiger Metallschmelze - Google Patents

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EP0328776B1
EP0328776B1 EP88121336A EP88121336A EP0328776B1 EP 0328776 B1 EP0328776 B1 EP 0328776B1 EP 88121336 A EP88121336 A EP 88121336A EP 88121336 A EP88121336 A EP 88121336A EP 0328776 B1 EP0328776 B1 EP 0328776B1
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Raimund Brückner
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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
    • B22D11/00—Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
    • B22D11/12—Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a termination and control device for the casting of liquid molten metal contained in a metallurgical vessel, in particular in continuous casting close to the final dimensions, for example in strip casting, or in thin slab casting, the vessel having at least one elongated outlet.
  • a device for removing liquid glass from an oven which has a rotor with a slot-shaped opening, which is supported at both ends in bearing parts which consist of two assemble separate parts, the position of which relative to each other depends not only on their manufacturing tolerances, but also on their own installation position in the vessel wall receiving them.
  • DE-OS 35 08 218 describes a device for influencing the flow of metallurgical melt through spaces delimited by walls, in particular for Continuous casting known.
  • the flow of metallic melts to be adapted to the respective purpose is forced by adjusting the viscosity of the melt above the melt temperature by means of cooling and / or heating, the position of the location and the extent of the melt being dependent on the flow rate.
  • This device is said to be particularly advantageous in continuous casting when the liquid metal flow through narrow pipes or gaps, be it feed lines or sealing sections, has to be influenced.
  • An induction coil to be acted upon by high-frequency electrical currents is provided as the heater.
  • Such a device is relatively expensive both in construction and in operation and is not suitable for quickly opening and closing an outlet.
  • the molten metal is continuously fed under the metallostatic pressure of the storage container into a funnel of a crystallizer or a continuous casting mold provided at the entrance. It is therefore not possible to regulate the introduction of molten metal into the continuous casting mold, regardless of the metallostatic pressure of the storage container.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose a termination and control device for the casting of molten metal of the type mentioned at the outset, in which high casting accuracies can be achieved even with very thin strands with relatively little design effort.
  • the outlet is assigned a one-piece refractory stator and a refractory rotor arranged therein, which sealingly adjoin one another with circular cylindrical working surfaces and are provided with interacting openings for the melt passage extending in the axial direction, the rotor is rotatable and / or axially displaceable relative to the stator.
  • the one-piece stator can be produced in one piece or in several pieces, for example consisting of a plurality of pieces which are axially lined up, abutting one another on the end face and firmly connected to one another.
  • the breakthroughs can be made more or less congruent, at least by turning the rotor relative to the stator. In this way, an easily adjustable and high accuracy of the tape strand thickness can be achieved down to very low values. All that is required is a rotary drive for the rotor. Despite the tightness of the termination and control device, only low driving forces are required for this. The rotor and stator can also be easily replaced with new wear parts after wear.
  • the axially extending slot-shaped openings of the stator or of the rotor can each extend almost over the entire length of the respective closure body.
  • stator or rotor it is also possible for the stator or rotor to have a large number of radial openings distributed over its length at an axial distance, the openings being again slot-shaped, with the larger axis pointing in the longitudinal direction of the stator or rotor. If both the stator and the rotor are provided with such a large number of radial openings and in particular if the axial distance of these openings is greater than the diameter of the openings measured in the longitudinal direction of the stator or rotor, the shutoff or regulation of the molten metal flow can also be done by axially moving the rotor relative to the stator. It is useful to shut off the Metal melt flow by rotating the rotor relative to the stator.
  • the length or the distribution of the openings in the longitudinal direction of the stator or rotor preferably corresponds to the width of the strand to be cast, in particular the strip strand. In this way, no further means are required to bring the tape strand to the desired width.
  • the rotor and preferably also the stator are cylindrical.
  • the metal melt flow can also be compensated for by the longitudinal bore of the rotor.
  • the outer cross section of the stator can also be rectangular or square, while the rotor can be a solid cylinder except for the slot-shaped opening or the individual hole- or slot-shaped openings.
  • the breakthroughs are seen in the direction of flow, preferably of essentially constant width over their length.
  • the stator and rotor can be arranged on the outside of the vessel, but they are preferably arranged in the vessel and thus in the area of the molten metal, so that thermal wear on the wearing parts is as uniform as possible and the risk of freezing is as low as possible.
  • the stator and rotor can also be arranged on the bottom of the vessel or at the free end of the outlet.
  • stator and rotor are expediently part of the base and / or wall lining of the vessel.
  • stator and rotor are guided at least with one end through the side wall of the vessel and from there the rotor can be rotated and / or axially displaced relative to the stator.
  • the rotor and stator can in particular be guided at both ends through two mutually opposite side walls of the vessel.
  • the stator and rotor cross the vessel in the bottom area over its entire width.
  • the configuration can in particular be such that the rotor or parts of the rotor, if it consists of several identical individual pieces lined up axially, can be replaced by a new rotor or new rotor parts even when the vessel is filled.
  • the invention is also directed to a novel stator or rotor made of refractory material for a closure and control device of the type described above.
  • the stator or rotor are essentially characterized in that they have a slot-shaped opening for the melt passage which extends axially along their length, the inlet and / or outlet of which opens / opens into a circular cylindrical working surface, or that it has a plurality of over its Radial openings distributed in the axial distance, the inlets and / or outlets of which open into a circular cylindrical working surface.
  • the stator or the rotor can preferably be cylindrical in shape.
  • stator or rotor designed in this way are the same that have already been described in connection with the termination and control device for which they are intended.
  • the invention further proposes that the refractory material of the stator or rotor is relatively hard and wear-resistant, e.g. Contains or consists of oxide ceramics. This selection of materials is particularly suitable for the stator, since it is less necessary to replace it than the rotor.
  • the refractory material of the stator or rotor can also be relatively soft and wearable, e.g. contain or consist of ceramic fibers or ceramic fibers and fibers made of carbon or graphite. This selection of materials is particularly suitable for the rotor, which has to be replaced more frequently than the stator. The choice of materials ensures good tightness on the work surfaces between the stator and rotor.
  • the refractory material of the stator or rotor contains carbon, graphite or similar permanent lubricants at least in the surface area of the adjoining working surfaces.
  • the stator or rotor can thus consist, for example, of carbon or graphite, in particular electrode graphite.
  • stator or rotor made of carbon-containing refractory concrete.
  • the continuous casting device shown in FIG. 1 has a metallurgical vessel 1, from which the molten metal can be introduced through an outlet 2 into a continuous casting mold (not shown) or a crystallizer by means of a closing and regulating device 3 according to the invention, or a moving one, for example one Drum-formed surface can be fed.
  • the termination and control device 3 consists of two horizontal, concentrically arranged cylindrical tubes and with slot-shaped radial ones Breakthroughs 4 and 5 for the melt passage stator 6 and rotor 7 made of refractory material. Stator 6 and rotor 7 adjoin one another with circular cylindrical working surfaces 8 and 9.
  • the rotor 7 is rotatable about its longitudinal axis 10 relative to the stator 6 in such a way that both the outlets 11 and 12 and the inlets 16 and 17 of the slot-shaped openings 4 and 5 can be more or less covered.
  • the inner cylindrical tubular rotor 7 is rotatably mounted in the outer cylindrical tubular stator 6 and is shown in the fully open position.
  • the opening 4 of the fixed and on the outlet 2 outer stator 6 runs vertically, as does the opening 5 of the inner cylindrical rotor 7 in the open position.
  • the outlet 11 of the opening 4 of the stator 6 opens into the flow channel 18 of the outlet 2 arranged in the bottom of the vessel 1.
  • the upper region of the outlet 2 forms part of the bottom and wall lining 13 of the vessel 1.
  • the configuration according to FIG. 2 differs from that shown in FIG. 1 essentially in that the outer contour of the stator 6 of the termination and control device 3 is not cylindrical, but cuboid. With its lower section, the stator 6 forms part of the bottom and wall lining 13 of the vessel 1. In this case, the outlet 2 is attached to the bottom of the vessel. In this and in the other exemplary embodiments, stator 6 and outlet 2 can also form part.
  • the rotor 7 is not tubular in this case, but consists of a solid cylinder except for the slit-shaped opening 5.
  • the stator 6 is completely integrated into the base and wall lining 13 of the vessel 1. While in the exemplary embodiments according to FIGS. 1 and 2, the openings 4 and 5 have a substantially constant width over their length when viewed in the direction of flow, the two openings 4 and 5 in the embodiment according to FIG. 3 are each flared conically on the inlet side.
  • the inner surfaces of the openings 4 and 5, which come into contact with the molten metal, are formed from a layer of high-quality refractory material, while the remaining parts of the stator 6 and rotor 7 can be made of less resistant and therefore cheaper refractory material.
  • the closure bodies namely the stator 6 and the rotor 7, which are arranged concentrically one inside the other, are arranged in the transition area between the bottom and side walls of the vessel 1 and likewise form part of the bottom and wall lining 13.
  • the openings 4 and 5 are each angled in the direction of flow, wherein, in the open position of the rotor 7, the openings 4 and 5 run obliquely on the inlet side and vertically on the outlet side.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates how the closure and control device 3 according to the invention in its embodiment according to FIG. 2 can be arranged in the bottom region of the metallurgical vessel 1, the stator 6 and rotor 7 with their two ends as far as through the side walls 14 and 15 of the vessel 1 are passed through, so that, for example, the rotor 7 can be rotated or axially displaced from the outside relative to the fixed stator 6 by a drive (not shown) being arranged on the outside of one of the two side walls 14 or 15 of the vessel 1. In this case, it is also possible to replace the stator 6 and rotor 7 through the side walls 14 or 15.
  • FIGS. 6a and 6b which according to another embodiment of the invention each have a plurality of slot-shaped, radial openings 4, 5 distributed over their length at an axial distance, which through twisting or axial displacement of the rotor 7 in the stator 6 can be more or less congruent.
  • both the stator 6 and the rotor 7 can be composed of a plurality of individual pieces adjoining one another on the end face, which preferably engage in one another in a form-fitting manner and are firmly connected to one another, so that they find a secure hold in the closing and regulating device 3 and the multi-part rotor 7 by an external drive unit can be driven overall.

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  • Casting Support Devices, Ladles, And Melt Control Thereby (AREA)
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  • Examining Or Testing Airtightness (AREA)
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  • Moulds For Moulding Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Induction Machinery (AREA)
  • Iron Core Of Rotating Electric Machines (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
EP88121336A 1988-02-18 1988-12-21 Abschluss-und Regeleinrichtung für das Giessen flüssiger Metallschmelze Expired - Lifetime EP0328776B1 (de)

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GR3005007T3 (pt) 1993-05-24
KR890012724A (ko) 1989-09-19
DE3805071A1 (de) 1989-08-31
CA1340559C (en) 1999-05-25
US5121860A (en) 1992-06-16
ATE75431T1 (de) 1992-05-15
RU1834746C (ru) 1993-08-15
JPH01245949A (ja) 1989-10-02
EP0328776A1 (de) 1989-08-23
CN1035456A (zh) 1989-09-13
KR960013882B1 (ko) 1996-10-10
US5127557A (en) 1992-07-07
CN1026562C (zh) 1994-11-16
BR8900662A (pt) 1989-10-10

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