EP0589998A1 - Busette de coulee par immersion pour brames minces - Google Patents

Busette de coulee par immersion pour brames minces

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EP0589998A1
EP0589998A1 EP92912758A EP92912758A EP0589998A1 EP 0589998 A1 EP0589998 A1 EP 0589998A1 EP 92912758 A EP92912758 A EP 92912758A EP 92912758 A EP92912758 A EP 92912758A EP 0589998 A1 EP0589998 A1 EP 0589998A1
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side walls
mold
immersion
narrow side
distance
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EP0589998B1 (fr
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Georg Hofmann
Lothar Parschat
Fritz-Peter Pleschiutschnigg
Peter Wahls
Hans Butz
Ulrich Siegers
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FEUERFESTWERK BAD HONNINGEN GmbH
Vodafone GmbH
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FEUERFESTWERK BAD HONNINGEN GmbH
Mannesmann AG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/50Pouring-nozzles

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a dip tube according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a pouring tube For the continuous casting of flat products made of steel, a pouring tube is used, which directs the melt from a storage container into a mold.
  • the mold consists of broad side walls and narrow side walls, which keep the wide side walls at a distance of 50 to 100 mm and limit the narrow sides of the strand.
  • the immersion pouring tubes have been adapted to the mold format in such a way that the immersion pouring tubes initially consist of a piece of pipe adjoining the casting container, which is enlarged in cross-section in the direction of the narrow side walls of the mold and is reduced in a direction perpendicular thereto.
  • Dipping spouts with outlet openings which point in the direction of the narrow sides (see DE 3709 188 A1) or also point more in the pouring direction are customary, as is known, for example, from EP 0403808 A1.
  • immersion spouts are also common, which have only one pouring opening in the pouring direction (see Stahl and Eisen (1991), No. 9, p. 107).
  • These immersion nozzles allow a satisfactory operation with a strand lowering speed of up to 3 m / min.
  • the melt emerging from the immersion tube has an unstable flow, such that the melt penetrating into the mold oscillates back and forth between the right and left boundary walls of the immersion nozzle.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of developing an immersion nozzle which avoids these disadvantages and allows the use of higher strand lowering speeds of up to 6 m / min with strand dimensions of 50 to 100 mm thickness and 600 mm to 2000 mm width and above.
  • Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section through the protruding into the mold
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view in the sectional plane A-A of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 shows another embodiment of an inventive
  • Dipping spout in longitudinal section Dipping spout in longitudinal section.
  • the immersion pouring tube consists of an upper tubular section 4, which is followed by a further section 4 '.
  • the section 4 'of the immersion pouring tube is flared in one plane and is with a centrally arranged wedge-shaped
  • Broad side walls 2 have a distance from each other between 50 to 100 mm, the respective angle is selected such that the angle of 10 is a distance between the narrow side walls 2 '
  • Narrow side walls of the mold of 2000 mm and more are assigned.
  • the outlet openings of the channels 7 lie in a plane perpendicular to the immersion tube axis 9.
  • the plane of the outlet openings of the channels 7 are arranged perpendicular to the axes 8 of the channels 7.
  • the position of the channels 7 of the section 4 'of the immersion pouring tube is defined by the angle o - which one of the channel axes 8 forms with the immersion pouring tube axis 9.
  • the melt or the solidification front present in the strand is included in the formation of the flow. This results in essentially downward flow and only. a small proportion of the inflowing melt against the continuous casting direction a calm undisturbed melt pool level in the mold.
  • the v / eere formation of the immersion pouring tube contributes essentially to this calm flow, such that the common cross-sectional area of the outflow openings of the channels 7 is larger than the free cross-sectional area of the inlet opening of the immersion pouring tube 4.
  • FIG. 1 This free cross-sectional area of the inlet opening of the immersion pouring tube 4 is given in FIG. 1 by the annular gap between the stopper 5 and the spout 6 of a casting container, not shown.
  • the spout 6 is embedded in a known manner in the bottom of the pouring container and the immersion tube 4 is flanged to the bottom plate of the pouring container under the pouring spout.
  • a sealing ring 12 is expediently provided on the parting line for sealing in a recess in the flange 4 of the immersion pouring tube 4.
  • the immersion pouring tube is flanged under the slide closure in a manner known per se and the cross-sectional area on the inlet side is given to one another in its respective position through the openings in the slide plates.
  • Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the immersion pouring tube 4 in the event that the immersion pouring tube 4 is inserted into the bottom of the pouring container.
  • the upper section 13 of the immersion pouring tube 4 with a conically enlarged circumference then corresponds to the spout 6 as shown in FIG. 1.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Continuous Casting (AREA)
  • Casting Support Devices, Ladles, And Melt Control Thereby (AREA)
  • Rigid Pipes And Flexible Pipes (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Nitrogen Condensed Heterocyclic Rings (AREA)
  • Macromolecular Compounds Obtained By Forming Nitrogen-Containing Linkages In General (AREA)

Abstract

Une busette de coulée par immersion sert à introduire l'acier fondu contenu dans un récipient de coulée dans une coquille formée de parois latérales larges et de parois latérales étroites afin de fabriquer des produits plats. La busette de coulée comprend une tubulure raccordée au récipient de coulée dont la section transversale s'élargit dans la direction des parois latérales étroites de la coquille et dont l'extrémité inférieure est pourvue d'un élément de base avec des orifices de sortie de l'acier fondu. Afin d'obtenir une busette de coulée par immersion n'ayant pas les inconvénients de l'état de l'art et qui permet de travailler à des vitesses de descente de la ligne pouvant aller jusqu'à 6 m/min avec des lignes ayant 50 to 100 mm d'épaisseur et 600 mm à 2000 mm de largeur, la paroi intérieure (1) de la partie (4') de la busette de coulée par immersion (4) dont la section transversale s'élargit forme avec les parties opposées (3') de la paroi de l'élément de base (3) des canaux d'écoulement (7) dont les axes (8) forment avec l'axe (9) de la busette de coulée par immersion un angle alpha compris entre 10° et 22°. Un écartement d'environ 600 mm entre les parois latérales étroites (2') de la coquille est associé au plus petit angle et un écartement de 2000 mm ou davantage entre les parois latérales étroites (2') de la coquille est associé au plus grand angle. L'écartement entre les parois latérales larges (2) de la coquille est compris entre 50 et 100 mm.
EP92912758A 1991-06-21 1992-06-22 Busette de coulee par immersion pour brames minces Expired - Lifetime EP0589998B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4120999 1991-06-21
DE4120999 1991-06-21
DE4142447 1991-12-18
DE4142447A DE4142447C3 (de) 1991-06-21 1991-12-18 Tauchgießrohr - Dünnbramme
PCT/DE1992/000517 WO1993000191A1 (fr) 1991-06-21 1992-06-22 Busette de coulee par immersion pour brames minces

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EP0589998A1 true EP0589998A1 (fr) 1994-04-06
EP0589998B1 EP0589998B1 (fr) 2000-03-15

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US (1) US5402993A (fr)
EP (1) EP0589998B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2965217B2 (fr)
KR (1) KR100226530B1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE190533T1 (fr)
CA (1) CA2111981C (fr)
DE (2) DE4142447C3 (fr)
DK (1) DK0589998T3 (fr)
ES (1) ES2147552T3 (fr)
GR (1) GR3033633T3 (fr)
UA (1) UA26335C2 (fr)
WO (1) WO1993000191A1 (fr)

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ATE190533T1 (de) 2000-04-15
KR100226530B1 (ko) 1999-10-15
KR940701312A (ko) 1994-05-28
DK0589998T3 (da) 2000-06-05
DE4142447A1 (de) 1992-12-24
DE59209821D1 (de) 2000-04-20
DE4142447C2 (de) 1993-11-11
UA26335C2 (uk) 1999-08-30
JP2965217B2 (ja) 1999-10-18
JPH06508559A (ja) 1994-09-29
GR3033633T3 (en) 2000-10-31
ES2147552T3 (es) 2000-09-16
US5402993A (en) 1995-04-04
CA2111981A1 (fr) 1993-01-07
EP0589998B1 (fr) 2000-03-15
WO1993000191A1 (fr) 1993-01-07
DE4142447C3 (de) 1999-09-09
CA2111981C (fr) 1999-04-06

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