EP1365874A2 - Procede et dispositif de fabrication de brames minces - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de fabrication de brames minces

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EP1365874A2
EP1365874A2 EP01995634A EP01995634A EP1365874A2 EP 1365874 A2 EP1365874 A2 EP 1365874A2 EP 01995634 A EP01995634 A EP 01995634A EP 01995634 A EP01995634 A EP 01995634A EP 1365874 A2 EP1365874 A2 EP 1365874A2
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strand
segment
thickness
strand guide
wedge
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Inventor
Karl Rittner
Jürgen Müller
D. Fernando Vergniory
Armando VILLAREAL GUTI RREZ
Pedro Sagasti
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SMS Siemag AG
ArcelorMittal Sestao SL
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SMS Demag AG
Aceria Compacta de Bizkaia SA
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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
    • B22D11/1206—Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for plastic shaping of strands
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing thin slabs, the cross section of which is reduced during solidification, in a continuous casting installation, the strand guide of which follows the die guide for changing the thickness of the strand or the thin slab, wedge-shaped adjustable roller sections or strand segments.
  • each roller carrier is arranged in a fixed frame and divided into several roller-bearing segments, to which adjusting devices are assigned.
  • the roller-bearing segments are articulated to one another in such a way that each segment can be adjusted and adjusted at any angle to the strand. Mechanical, hydraulic or mechanical-hydraulic adjustment devices are used for this.
  • DE 196 39 297 A1 discloses a method and a device for high-speed continuous casting plants with a reduction in strand thickness during solidification.
  • the strand cross-section is reduced linearly over a minimum length of the strand guide immediately below the mold.
  • soft reduction the remaining strand guidance
  • a continuous casting with a distribution of the Thickness reduction over the length of the strand guide has also become known from EP 0 611 610 A1, where the casting of the strand is followed by hot rolling of slabs of certain lengths previously separated from the strand.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method and a device of the type mentioned, which enable an optimized LCR (Liquid Core Reduction) and reduce the investment.
  • LCR Liquid Core Reduction
  • This object is achieved for thin slabs in the thickness range from about 40 to 120 mm with a method according to the invention in that the strand thickness only at one point of the strand guide below the first segment following the mold in a region of the strand having a liquid core by wedge adjustment of the strand guide rollers there is reduced with a smooth transition.
  • the knowledge gained through extensive operating experience is hereby implemented that, with small thickness reductions, an action on the strand at only one point in the strand guide is sufficient. It is therefore no longer necessary to provide all segments with hydraulic adjustment or adjusting means, which otherwise requires a high investment and maintenance effort.
  • the first segment immediately following the mold can be designed in a simple and maintenance-friendly manner.
  • the simple design of the first segment is of particular advantage because of the high risk of breakthrough there, especially when special steel grades, such as stainless steels, are poured.
  • the simple construction of the segments arranged between the mold and the reduction area also creates the prerequisite for modernization to maintain the existing segments for this strand guiding area, whereby the modernization effort is limited to only a partial area of the continuous casting machine or plant and thus lowers the investment costs.
  • such an operation of the continuous caster can be realized in which the The sump or the liquid core can be shifted as far down as possible and final solidification can always be achieved in the same area of the strand guide. This is independent of the width of the strand to be cast and the casting speed.
  • the thickness is reduced in the range from 1 to 25 mm, depending on the casting format and the exact location of the employed segment performing the mini reduction within the strand guide.
  • the specific location of the action of the strand is therefore decisive for the degree of thickness reduction to be carried out accordingly.
  • a device for carrying out the method has a pivot point on a segment immediately following the segment immediately downstream of the mold, and preferably force- and / or position-controlled adjusting means arranged on the inlet side and on the outlet side. At least the first segment following the mold is therefore not used for the reduction in thickness and thus remains in its parallel position from the start of the strand guide rollers, so that no hydraulic adjustments are required for this segment.
  • a simpler and less complex wedge adjustment is achieved due to the inlet-side pivot point than with an entire wedge adjustment using adjusting means.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the segment carrying out the mini reduction is subdivided and only the strand guide rollers arranged in the upper sub-segment are set against the strand.
  • this sub-segment which then has the pivot point at the top and the actuating means or actuating means on the outlet side, the wedge adjustment is in any case followed by a parallel section of the strand guide even if the wedge adjustment takes place in the last segment of the strand guide.
  • the driven rollers of the bending driver which adjoin the segments of the strand guide are assigned adjusting cylinders on the loose side. This on the loose side - the fixed side in continuous casting systems is generally in the direction of the turret providing the ladles with the molten steel melt - has the advantage that it automatically adjusts itself to the thickness of the strand.
  • FIG. 2 shows a representation corresponding to FIG. 1 with a reduction in thickness in the upper part of the last strand guide segment
  • FIG. 3 shows a representation corresponding to FIG. 2, in contrast to that for reducing the thickness of a wedge adjustment of the entire last strand guide segment.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 the oscillating mold 2, the strand guide consisting of several segments 3 or 4 and n and the bending driver 6 following this in the strand pull-out direction 5 are shown in FIGS.
  • the segments 3, 4 and n are provided with numerous guide rollers 8 supporting the strand 7.
  • the bending driver 6 has successive driven rollers 9a, 9b lying opposite one another in pairs, the respective ones on the loose side I of the continuous caster 1 hydraulic bending cylinders 10 are assigned to the bending driver rollers 9b.
  • Some of the segments of the strand guide are assigned from the fixed side II of the continuous casting plant 1 with their piston rods to roller carriers 11 or 11 a, 11 b attacking actuating cylinders 12.
  • the mini reduction in the thickness of the strand 7 in the area of the liquid core 13 is carried out directly in the segment 4 following the first segment 3, and only there by means of the roller carrier 11a of this segment 4, which is functionally divided into two.
  • the roller carrier 11a has a pivot point 14 on the inlet side and is pivoted into the wedge position shown for reducing the thickness of the strand 7 by means of the stela cylinder 12 engaging the roller carrier 11a at the bottom.
  • the actuating cylinders 12 acting on the roller carrier 11 b - or on the roller carrier 11 or of the adjoining sub-segment or the subsequent segments n - a parallel segment adjustment lasting over a very long distance and thus a large operating window are achieved.
  • the final solidification - cf. the sump tip 15 of the strand 7 takes place in the area of the last segment n, but can easily move up or down there over a large area depending on the respective casting conditions and specifications.
  • the last segment n of the strand guide is divided according to FIG. 2 and the upper roller carrier 11 a is made wedge-shaped about the pivot point 14.
  • the last segment n of the strand guide is divided according to FIG. 2 and the upper roller carrier 11 a is made wedge-shaped about the pivot point 14.
  • FIG. 3 Another variant of the reduction in thickness of the strand, while the start-up is otherwise unchanged, is shown in FIG. 3.
  • the entire roller support 11 of the last strand guide segment n is made wedge-shaped here by pivoting about the pivot point 14.
  • a targeted final solidification is more problematic, it is ensured in any case that the final solidification tion as in all other versions takes place unchanged in the same area, namely in the last segment n.
  • All versions have in common that at least the first segment 3 adjoining the mold 2 - according to FIGS. 2 and 3 furthermore also the following segment or segments 4 - do without hydraulic adjustments, as a result of which the investment and maintenance costs are decisively reduced.
  • the first segment 3 which is particularly at risk of breakthrough, a maintenance-friendly design of the continuous casting installation 1 or its strand guidance is thus achieved.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Continuous Casting (AREA)
  • Producing Shaped Articles From Materials (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
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  • Metal Rolling (AREA)
  • Silicates, Zeolites, And Molecular Sieves (AREA)
  • Surface Acoustic Wave Elements And Circuit Networks Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de fabrication de brames minces, dont la section transversale se réduit pendant la solidification, dans une installation de coulée continue. Dans cette installation, le guidage de la barre faisant suite à la lingotière comporte des segments sous forme de rouleaux et de barres réglés par cales pour modifier l'épaisseur des barres et des brames minces. Selon l'invention, l'épaisseur de la barre est réduite, par transition douce, seulement à un endroit du guidage de la barre, sous le premier segment suivant la lingotière, dans une zone de la barre présentant un noyau liquide, et par réglage par cale des rouleaux de guidage qui s'y trouvent. A cet effet, le segment suivant celui qui se trouve directement après la lingotière comprend un point de pivotement côté entrée et des éléments de réglage côté sortie.
EP01995634A 2000-11-16 2001-11-15 Procede et dispositif de fabrication de brames minces Revoked EP1365874B1 (fr)

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DE10057160 2000-11-16
DE10057160A DE10057160A1 (de) 2000-11-16 2000-11-16 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Dünnbrammen
PCT/EP2001/013229 WO2002040201A2 (fr) 2000-11-16 2001-11-15 Procede et dispositif de fabrication de brames minces

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JP (1) JP3884383B2 (fr)
KR (1) KR100819123B1 (fr)
CN (1) CN1277636C (fr)
AT (1) ATE316431T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU2002226335A1 (fr)
CA (1) CA2428528C (fr)
DE (2) DE10057160A1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2257466T3 (fr)
RU (1) RU2280532C2 (fr)
UA (1) UA76732C2 (fr)
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ZA (1) ZA200303533B (fr)

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