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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
  • B22D11/128—Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for removing
• • 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
  • B22D11/0637—Accessories therefor
  • B22D11/0694—Accessories therefor for peeling-off or removing the cast product
• • 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
• • 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
  • B22D11/16—Controlling or regulating processes or operations
  • B22D11/20—Controlling or regulating processes or operations for removing cast stock

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• the invention relates to a continuous casting plant for the continuous casting of a thin strip, in particular a steel strip with a thickness of less than 20 mm, preferably between 1 and 12 mm, with a mold having two casting rolls, at the column bottleneck formed by the casting rolls, a strip-shaped strand composed of two half-shells emerges vertically downwards, a deflection support device for deflecting and supporting the strand emerging vertically from the mold in an approximately horizontal direction is provided below the column constriction according to the preamble of claims 1 and 2, and a method for operating this system.
• the strip cast on a continuous caster of this type must be deflected as gently as possible from the vertical to the horizontal discharge direction. It is also advantageous to support the band in order to keep the tensile load in the band which has just solidified at the gap narrow point due to its own weight small.
• the gentle deflection must be gentle on the product. This means avoiding excessive bending stresses in the edge fibers or avoiding excessive plastic deformations in the cooling strip, as well as avoiding sliding friction on hard, rough surfaces or pointed edges, in order to prevent scratches or possible sticking, especially in the area of the strip edges ,
• the deflection must also be gentle on the upstream casting process.
• a downstream regulating element e.g. a driver
• This driver usefully acts by means of a position control. This means that any changes in the casting speed that are expressed in a changed position of the strip (more or less loop formation) are corrected by the above-mentioned driver (master-slave control concept).
• These control interventions by the driver must not interfere with the casting process upstream, e.g. Induce tensile, compressive or buckling stresses in the hot strip just leaving the crevice. A tension control is not advisable due to the risk of the tape still being very hot (low tensile strength).
• the deflection In order to keep the sliding friction low and to avoid scratching or possibly snagging the belt on the deflection support device, it is known for the deflection To use skids that the tape, which is usually solidified from the mold onwards, is only linear, etc. support linearly in the longitudinal direction of the belt.
• a continuous caster of the type described in the opening paragraph is known from JP-A 63-30158.
• the strand emerging from the nip of the casting roll mold - this constriction is also called the “kissing point” - is supported on both sides by means of a support device which is formed by two conveyor devices designed in a conveyor belt-like manner and arranged parallel to one another, for example caterpillar tracks, etc. and positively guided over a predetermined vertical range.
• an arcuate guide is provided, which extends approximately over a quarter circle, which serves to deflect the strand from the vertical direction to an approximately horizontal direction.
• JP-A 63-30158 it is difficult to ensure the gentle deflection both for the product and for the casting process, especially since the conveyor belt-like support device arranged directly below the mold and also downstream drive rollers or rollers provided directly online for the conveying out of the strand To influence.
• Another serious disadvantage is the fact that no tension control can be implemented between the mold and the caterpillar tracks because of the risk of tearing for the belt and no position control due to the risk of kinking for the belt.
• constant sliding friction on the curved guide with which the strand is diverted from the vertical to the horizontal cannot be guaranteed.
• fluctuations in force act on the strand which do not have a foreseeable influence on the casting process in the mold and which can lead to malfunctions in the casting operation.
• start-up skids e.g. described in EP-A 0 726 112, or a pivoting table, as shown in EP-A 0 780 177, is required.
• This band not only has to be moved synchronously with the strand, but it is also necessary to wind this support band up and down several times in order to separate it from the strand.
• a continuous caster with such a support belt not only requires high investment costs, but also high operating costs.
• an arcuate runner is difficult to manufacture, especially if such a runner is to be provided with cooling.
• runners of this type do not offer large-area support, so that the very thin, hot cast strand band does not receive good support, which is a problem particularly in the start-up phase, in which, according to this document, the curved runners are used.
• the invention has for its object to avoid the disadvantages and difficulties mentioned above and to create a continuous casting plant of the type described above, with which it is possible to deflect the strand emerging from the mold, ie the cast hot strip, avoiding large bending stresses and avoiding large plastic deformations and further avoiding large tensile loads from the vertical direction into a horizontal direction.
• a system of this type offers, in addition to the advantages of the solution to the problem underlying the invention, the advantage that a deflection and conveying of the hot strip head to the first driver is also possible with a cold strip-free sprue, that is to say with a sprue without a starting or cold strand. It is also possible to cool the cast strip depending on the cast quality or to prevent it from cooling down too much, for which - depending on the case - a heat-conductive surface, e.g. made of copper or a copper alloy, or a heat-insulating surface, e.g. made of ceramic, is provided on the deflection support device.
• a heat-conductive surface e.g. made of copper or a copper alloy
• a heat-insulating surface e.g. made of ceramic
• a strand support device for a horizontal continuous caster with a melt receptacle, which has a melt mouth, on which a casting surface for receiving melt in a thin layer can be moved to form a strand is known from AT-B 402 266, which is known Strand support device to reduce the friction between the still very thin Strand crust and the strand support device is provided with gas passage channels which can be connected to a gas delivery line. This makes it possible to build up a gas cushion between the strand and the strand support device, so that the strand, which still has a very thin strand crust with melt thereon, is guided almost frictionlessly on the strand support device, so that the occurrence of cracks or striations etc. is avoided.
• thermocouples are provided below the surface of the deflection support device as sensors for determining the contact point of the strand on the surface.
• Another embodiment is characterized in that sensors, preferably infrared sensors, are provided on the side of the deflection support device for determining the contact point of the strand on the deflection support device.
• the deflection support device is advantageously formed by two or more plate-shaped parts arranged one behind the other in the strand pulling direction and arranged at an angle to the horizontal, expediently the inclination of the deflection support device or at least part of it in a range between 10 and 60 °, preferably 15 and 40 °, opposite the horizontal.
• the deflecting support device or at least part of it can advantageously be inclined relative to the horizontal by means of an adjusting device.
• a particularly gentle deflection is achieved if the deflection support device is concave on the side facing the strand, the deflection support device expediently having a concave and a flat part.
• a further preferred embodiment is characterized in that the deflecting support device is constructed in several parts, the parts being arranged at different angles to the horizontal, and expediently at least a single part of the deflecting support device on its own and independently of other parts of the deflecting support device can be inclined with respect to the horizontal by means of an adjusting device. Furthermore, the individual parts of the deflection support device are advantageously articulated to one another.
• the gas delivery device is designed as the device to be delivered under pressure, such as inert gas or air, to be delivered through the gas passage channels.
• the gas conveying device is designed as the device which pressurizes the gas to be conveyed through the gas passage channels.
• the deflection support device or at least part of it is to be provided with an internal cooling, in particular a liquid internal cooling.
• the surface of the deflecting support device or at least part of it is advantageously formed by a heat-insulating material, such as ceramic.
• the gas passage channels In order to keep the gas consumption low or to make do with only a low power for the gas delivery device, the gas passage channels appropriately take a total cross-sectional area of 0.01 to 20%, preferably 0, at their openings opening into the surface of the deflection support device. 1 to 5% of the surface supporting the strand of the deflection support device, the gas passage channels advantageously having a cross-sectional area of 1 to 50 mm 2 , preferably 5 to 30 mm 2 , at their openings opening into the surface of the deflection support device.
• a generation of a gas cushion which is favorable for the casting process is ensured if the mouths of the gas passage channels are directed in such a way that a gas stream which moves essentially in the direction of pulling out the strand is formed.
• a method for operating a continuous caster according to claim 1 is characterized in that a predetermined pressure between the underside of the strand and the deflecting support device is set by appropriate suction and / or gas supply via the gas passage channels. This can contribute to particularly hot-brittle casting higher angles of inclination, the friction between the belt and table surface and thus the support effect can be increased.
• FIGS. 1 and 2 each illustrating in a schematic side view a continuous casting installation according to one embodiment.
• Fig. 3 shows a detail of Figs. 1 and 2 in section.
• 4 shows a control method for the strand position below the mold in a schematic representation.
• Fig. 5 shows another continuous caster.
• the intermediate vessel 3 has a pouring tube 5 inserted at one point on the bottom, which projects into a mold 8 having two pouring rollers 6, 7.
• the casting rolls 6, 7 are provided with internal cooling, not shown, and are covered on the end faces by side plates 9, so that a liquid sump 10 made of molten steel can form between the casting rolls 6, 7, into which the pouring tube 5 projects.
• the side plates 9 arranged on the end faces of the casting rolls 6, 7 abut against the end faces of the casting rolls 6, 7 in order to prevent the melt 2 from escaping from the mold 8.
• a strand shell 12 is formed on the cylindrical surfaces 11 of the casting rolls 6, 7, which becomes increasingly thicker over the circumference of each of the casting rolls 6, 7.
• the strand shells 12 are pressed against one another at the gap throat 13 (also called the kissing point) present between the casting rolls 6, 7, so that a band-shaped strand 14 is formed.
• This strand 14 has at the column junction 13, i.e. at the kissing point, a temperature between 1200 and 1400 ° C, etc. depending on the steel quality.
• a deflection support device 16 is provided vertically below the column constriction 13, which redirects the strand 14 emerging from the mold 8 into the horizontal, the strand 14 after sliding over the deflecting support device 16, a drive roller pair 17 is fed, and after passing through this drive roller pair 17 it is continued in a conventional manner along a horizontal guide (not shown in more detail), for example online to a roller device or a reel device.
• a strand separator is also provided after the pair of driving rollers 17.
• the deflecting support device 16 is formed in one piece and in the form of a plate in the support area and has a suspension 18 arranged on the drive roller stand 15, to which a plate 19 is articulated via a joint 20.
• This plate 19 has at its free end a concave end region 21 which is bent in the direction of the emerging strand 14, the free end of the deflecting support device 16 extending beyond the column constriction 13, so that the strand 14 emerging from the mold 8 with certainty strikes the deflecting support device 16.
• the deflecting support device 16 is arranged inclined to the horizontal and can be in a certain range, advantageously in a range between 10 and 60 °, in particular in a range between 15 and 40 °, with respect to the horizontal with the aid of an adjusting device 22, which e.g. is designed as a pressure medium cylinder, are inclined. Possible strand positions above the deflecting support device 16 are shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 with dashed lines.
• the deflection support device 16 extends in the width direction of the strand 14 over its entire width, so that the strand can rest on the deflection support device 16 over a large area. However, it could also be somewhat narrower than strand 14, in which case the edges of strand 14 would cantilever.
• the deflecting support device 16 has gas passage channels 23 on the surface 25, which can be connected to at least one gas delivery device 26.
• gas such as inert gas or air, can optionally be blown between the underside 24 of the strand 14 and the surface 25 of the deflection support device 16 through the gas passage channels 23.
• the gas delivery device 26 can expediently be activated or deactivated via a control device 27, and so on. with regard to the generation of an overpressure as well as a negative pressure.
• a control device 27 By setting a predetermined friction between the underside 24 of the strand 1 and the surface 25 of the deflecting support device 16, it is possible to additionally increase the supporting effect of the deflecting member, especially at higher angles of inclination ⁇ of the deflecting supporting member 16. Higher angles of inclination ⁇ result in a shorter free-hanging strand length (and thus strand mass) due to a support point 35 positioned higher up.
• the deflection support device 16 is designed as a polygon for manufacturing reasons, that is to say it is formed from a plurality of plate-shaped elements lying one behind the other in the direction of pulling out the strand.
• the deflecting support device 16 is not mounted on the drive roller stand 15, but with its upper end on a stationary support structure 33 by means of a swivel joint 34.
• a pressure medium cylinder 22 or another actuating device, such as an adjusting spindle etc., is used to adjust the inclination of the deflecting support device 16.
• This embodiment has the advantage that the deflecting support device 16 when casting steel grades that are not susceptible to cracking only at the beginning of the casting process - at a cold bandless sprue - must be in the position shown in FIG. 2 in order to guide the start of the strand to the pair of driving rollers 17.
• the deflection support device 16 can then be pivoted away during the stable casting process; remains when casting steel grades susceptible to cracking however, it also remains in the position shown in FIG. 2 during the casting process.
• the gas passage channels 23 are also provided in the upper layer 30 in order to generate an overpressure or underpressure between the strand 14 and the surface 25 of the deflection support device 16.
• the 4 shows a control loop for the speed control of the pair of driving rollers 17. Due to changes in speed of the casting process, that is, due to changes in the speed of the casting rolls 6 and 7, which are operational, it is necessary to regulate the speeds of the driving rolls 17 in order to maintain an approximately constant position of the strand below the mold 8 and thus a uniform load, ie To achieve uniform tensile forces on the strand and avoid both a risk of tearing and a risk of kinking the strand. Changes in the speed of the casting process, that is, changes in the speed of the casting rolls 6 and 7, act as the disturbance variable Z.
• the manipulated variable Y is the drive speed of the driving rolls 17.
• the command variable W is a predefined setpoint for the position of the strand 14, the setpoint of the position of the strand 14 to be understood in such a way that the strand assumes an ideal arc line at which the radius 31 of this arc line of the strand 14 does not fall below a predetermined minimum value , and which also ensures that the strand is not subjected to excessive tensile stress or buckling.
• the control difference X d results in the actual / target value deviation, i.e. W minus X.
• MU 1 and MU 2 denote transducers, MU 1 being a measurement signal for the desired value of the position of the strand 14 and MU 2 a measurement signal corresponding to that from the sensor S deliver the detected position of the strand 14.
• the region bordered by the broken line in FIG. 4 represents the regulator R.
• sensors S are provided on the side of the deflection support device 16 according to FIG. 1 for determining the position of the strand 14. 1, these sensors S are designed, for example, as infrared sensors. The actual position of the strand 14 can be determined by means of these sensors S.
• the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiment shown in the drawing, but can be modified in various respects, for example the deflecting support device 16 can also be arranged entirely stationary on the continuous casting installation.
• the inclination setting of the deflection support device 16 serves primarily to ensure an optimal strand running curve for particularly hot-brittle steel grades.
• the deflection support device 16 can also consist of several parts, etc. comprising more than two parts, but at least one part, etc. the inclination of the first part in the casting direction can be changed.
• the individual parts of the deflecting support device 16 are furthermore advantageously articulated to one another.
• the deflection support device 16 designed according to FIG. 1 after a starting phase, e.g. after reaching steady-state operating conditions, to spend it in a rest position away from the strand, for example to fold it away.
• the deflecting support device 16 is formed by two plate-shaped parts 16 ', 16 "which are each pivotably mounted on the foundation, a part 16', which is arranged directly below the column constriction 13, articulated at a level higher on the foundation is 16 "than the other part. Both parts 16 'and 16 “can be pivoted by means of pressure medium cylinders 22, which are also mounted on the foundation, e.g. from the position I drawn with solid lines, in which the two parts 16', 16" complement one another to form a continuous surface , to position II or back with dashed lines.

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