EP0531851A1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum magnetischen Rühren der Schmelze in einer Zweirollengiessanlage - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum magnetischen Rühren der Schmelze in einer Zweirollengiessanlage Download PDF

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EP0531851A1
EP0531851A1 EP92114848A EP92114848A EP0531851A1 EP 0531851 A1 EP0531851 A1 EP 0531851A1 EP 92114848 A EP92114848 A EP 92114848A EP 92114848 A EP92114848 A EP 92114848A EP 0531851 A1 EP0531851 A1 EP 0531851A1
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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
    • B22D11/06—Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths into moulds with travelling walls, e.g. with rolls, plates, belts, caterpillars
    • B22D11/0622—Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths into moulds with travelling walls, e.g. with rolls, plates, belts, caterpillars formed by two casting wheels
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    • 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
    • B22D11/10—Supplying or treating molten metal
    • B22D11/11—Treating the molten metal
    • B22D11/114—Treating the molten metal by using agitating or vibrating means
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  • This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the electromagnetic stirring of molten metals in a twin roll caster for use in continuous sheet casting systems where the casting operation involves relatively thin cross sections.
  • Electromagnetic stirring can substantially improve the properties of continuously cast steel products, such as billets, blooms and slabs which involve relatively thick cross sections.
  • Electromagnetic stirring is quite extensively practiced in the steel industry for this purpose.
  • the sections stirred are quite large, in the order of at least 100 by 100 mm and frequently much larger, such as 300 by 300 mm blooms or 25 by 2,000 mm slabs.
  • the benefits attributed to stirring are the rapid dissipation of superheat, the promotion of equiaxed as compared to columnar structures and the minimization of segregation in alloyed materials. (See Electromagnetic Stirring During the Continuous Casting of Steel, Literature Search and Installation Survey. February, 1986, The Association of Iron and Steel Engineers. U.S.A.)
  • the stirring coils have typically been placed just outside the copper molds, in which case very low frequencies must be employed, so that the field is not intercepted by the highly conductive copper mold.
  • the specimen may be stirred upon exiting the mold ("below the mold stirring"), higher frequencies may be employed and/or the coils may be placed quite close to the billet, slab or bloom.
  • a common feature of the alternative, more recent technologies employing such casters as wheel casters, roll casters and belt casters is that the solidified product exiting the caster is either a bar, typically 50 by 60 mm or of a comparable dimension, or a plate, of approximately 10-20 mm thick and 100-1,000 mm wide.
  • Electromagnetic stirring offers many potential attractions for improving the quality of continuously cast products. More specifically, in the roll and plate casting of aluminum, segregation would be avoided, which is particularly critical for the more highly alloyed grades, and grain refining could be accomplished. Similar improvements can be realized for copper, copper alloys and steel.
  • Japanese patent SHO 62-77157 to Masahi Niioka discloses a twin roll caster, in which molten material is fed into a reservoir formed above a pair of water-cooled rolls rotating in opposite directions relative to each other. As the molten metal passes through the gap between the rolls, a thin metallic sheet is formed from the molten metal. The melt in the melt reservoir is stirred in the direction perpendicular to the casting with low frequency range of about 4-6 Hz. The low frequency range utilized in the Niioka arrangement generates, however, a low stirring force, which results in a rather poor stirring effect.
  • the coils and cores are fixed on the fixed shafts and are maintained stationary in the arrangement disclosed in the Niioka reference.
  • the molten metal is stirred using an AC current while a DC current is used to suppress the flow of the molten metal.
  • the stirring effect which normally depends on current frequency and conductivity used is, however, limited in the Niioka twin-roll caster due to excessive penetration and hence very poor gradients in the stirring force.
  • stirring may be effected by electromagnetic means or by permanent magnets.
  • twin oll casting the molten portion to be agitated is small so that the establishment of significant field gradients requires precise coil design. Furthermore, the small dimensions of the molten portion to be stirred make it quite difficult to establish the desired recirculatory flow pattern.
  • a stirring device in a twin-roll caster, which comprises electromagnetic means positioned within at least one of the rolls of the caster so as to effect stirring in a direction of casting of a molten metal portion passed between the rolls, the stirring device being operated at a frequency of from 30 to 3,000 Hz.
  • the objects of the present invention are also attained by a method of casting a molten metal into bar or sheet shapes having relatively thin cross sections, comprising the steps of feeding the molten metal to a continuous twin-roll caster, positioning magnetic stirring means within at least one roll of the twin-roll caster in the proximity of a molten metal portion located in a nip region between two rolls of the twin-roll caster, and operating said magnetic stirring means to generate a magnetic field of from 300 to 3,000 gauss so as to effect stirring in a direction of casting said metal to thereby minimize segregation and effect grain refining in a cast metal bar or sheet.
  • the molten metal to be cast may be aluminum, copper, zinc, steel or alloys thereof.
  • the stirring means are operated so as to create stirring velocities within the molten metal being cast of from 0.3 to 2.0 m/sec.
  • the electromagnetic stirring means operated at a frequency of from 30 to 3,000 Hz generate electromagnetic forces of from 500 to 5,000 N/m3.
  • the frequency is in the range of 50-1000 Hz. If the metal being cast is steel the frequency range is 30-300 Hz.
  • the stirring means are positioned within at least one roll of the twin-roll caster so that stirring of molten metal is always effected in the direction of the casting, e.g. in the direction where the metal pool of the caster of the foregoing type has its smallest dimension.
  • the stirring means may include permanent magnets or electromagnets.
  • the permanent magnets may be rotatable relative to the rolls in which they are located or be fixed thereto.
  • the means may comprise electromagnetic coils having multiphase electrical connections.
  • the rolls of the caster of the present invention may be made of non-magnetic stainless steel.
  • the stirring means electromagnetic or permanent magnets, sustain a recirculating motion within the molten metal in the direction of casting.
  • the electromagnetic stirring means may be AC coils or DC coils.
  • the stirring means is a rotating permanent magnet assembly located within at least one of the hollow rolls of the twin-roll caster.
  • the magnet assembly comprises a ring of magnets extending over the full length of the roll and having a diameter of from 0.6-0.9 of the diameter of the roll in which it is located.
  • the twin-roll caster having either permanent or electromagnetic stirring means additionally includes edge control magnets positioned near peripheral edge of at least one of the rolls.
  • the edge control magnets may be DC magnets.
  • the edge control magnets are Positioned inside the hollow roll of the caster at end faces thereof.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a typical conventional twin roll caster arrangement.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of a typical twin roll casting arrangement showing the liquid metal flow.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic representation of the liquid to solid metal transition in a twin roll casting arrangement.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of a twin-roll stirrer of the present invention located inside the rolls of a typical twin roll casting arrangement.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic representation of one roll of a twin roll caster with agitation provided by mechanical rotation of a permanent magnet assembly.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic representation of a roll of a twin roll caster showing another embodiment of the present invention with agitation provided by rotating a permanent magnetic assembly within the cavity of the roll.
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic representation of a twin-roll caster according to yet another embodiment of the present invention, in a side view.
  • Fig. 8 is a schematic top view of the twin-roll caster of Fig. 7.
  • Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the roll of the twin-roll caster with edge control magnets inserted thereinto.
  • Fig. 1 of the drawings shows a conventional twin-roll casting arrangement as discussed above.
  • molten metal (10) is fed horizontally (in some cases it may be fed vertically) between the nips of two rotating rolls (20), which are water cooled, so that solidification (30) takes place between the entry to the rolls and usually before the metal reaches the narrowest distance or nip between the rolls, as represented in Fig. 3, which depicts only one of the two rolls which rotate in opposite directions.
  • the typical sheet (or plate) thickness cast by this method is 5-10 mm.
  • the rolls (20) of the twin-roll caster may be constructed of non-magnetic stainless steel and stirrers (40) including A.C. coils are placed inside the both rolls (20), as represented in Fig. 4 showing one of two rolls, for the sake of simplicity.
  • stirrers 40
  • A.C. coils are placed inside the both rolls (20), as represented in Fig. 4 showing one of two rolls, for the sake of simplicity.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention would be to provide a linear stirrer, extending to the whole length of the roll and having a width (in the direction of the metal flow) of 100-300 mm.
  • the stirrer width may be between 1/2 to 1/3 of the roll radius.
  • the molten material processed in the twin-roll caster into a cast may be aluminum, copper, zinc, steel or alloys thereof.
  • Electromagnetic stirrers may be one or more electromagnetic coils having multiphase electrical connections to effect linear stirring within the molten metal being cast.
  • a linear stirrer is employed generating a force field in the range of 500-5,000 N/m and a magnetic field in the 300-3,000 gauss range, providing for linear stirring velocities in the 0.3-2 m/s range.
  • the preferred frequency would be 30-300 Hz for steel and 100-1,000 Hz aluminum.
  • the linear stirrer is operated to sustain recirculating motion within the molten metal in the direction of casting.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates one hollow roll (20) of the typical twin-roll caster showing an arrangement where agitation is provided by rotating a permanent magnet assembly (50), located within the roll cavity. Rotation is preferably provided to the magnet assembly by gearing the shaft of the magnet assembly to that of the roll by any suitable transmission.
  • Fig. 6 shows another preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein agitation of the molten metal is also provided by rotating a permanent magnet assembly (50).
  • the assembly (50) is positioned within at least one of the rolls of the twin-roll caster and comprises a ring of magnets (50) extending the full length of the roll and having a diameter of from 0.6-0.9 times that of the diameter of the roll in which the magnet assembly is located.
  • the speed of rotation of the permanent magnet assembly would preferably be in the order of 30-500 revolutions per minute, to provide adequate stirring velocity in the melt.
  • a total of from 50 to 200 magnets would be required in the roll.
  • Such roll may be, for example 1-2m long and about 1m in diameter.
  • a magnetic field of from 500-3,000 gauss would be generated.
  • the magnets are rotated with a higher speed than the rolls in order to move the molten metal and to stir it with high efficiency.
  • Rotating magnets may either be rotated mechanically as disclosed above or they may be electromagnets.
  • High frequencies of 50-1,000 Hz for aluminum and 30-300 Hz for steel ensure a much better gradient in the driving force than that with conventional twin-roll casters utilizing much lower frequencies.
  • improved edge control is provided by embedding a permanent magnet (90) into the outer edge of the roll (20).
  • a DC magnet may be used for edge control.
  • a twin-roll caster two rolls 60 and 70 rotating in opposite directions, similarly to the above-described embodiments have installed therein permanent magnets 72 which can be replaced by electromagnets, such as DC magnets.
  • Each magnet 72 extends the entire length of the respective roll and essentially cover a nip region between the rolls.
  • the magnets 72 are fixed to respective rolls 60, 70.
  • an electric current is supplied to the pool of the molten material through an electrode contact 74. As seen from Fig. 7, the electric current is introduced centrally of the nip region between two stirring rolls.
  • the electric current is passed through the melt so that agitation is provided by the interaction of a static magnetic field generated by two permanent or DC magnets 72 inserted into the rolls and the current induced into the melt.
  • the magnetic field strength applied to the molten metal is between 500 and 3,000 gauss and the current passing through the metal has 50-500 A/m2 range.
  • Electrode brushes 76 are used for the current takeoff.
  • Fig. 9 shows edge control magnets 80 inserted at the edges of roll 82 of the twin-roll caster.
  • Magnets 80 which may be DC magnets or permanent magnets are fixed to the inner face of the roll 80.
  • the rolls of the twin-roll caster are typically hollow.

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