EP1504831B1 - Procede de moulage par coulee continue d'un acier calme a l'aluminium - Google Patents

Procede de moulage par coulee continue d'un acier calme a l'aluminium Download PDF

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EP1504831B1
EP1504831B1 EP03721000A EP03721000A EP1504831B1 EP 1504831 B1 EP1504831 B1 EP 1504831B1 EP 03721000 A EP03721000 A EP 03721000A EP 03721000 A EP03721000 A EP 03721000A EP 1504831 B1 EP1504831 B1 EP 1504831B1
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Koji KROSAKIHARIMA CORPORATION Ogata
Koichi KROSAKIHARIMA CORPORATION Shimizu
Keisuke KROSAKIHARIMA CORPORATION Asano
Toshiyuki KROSAKIHARIMA CORPORATION Hokii
Joki KROSAKIHARIMA CORPORATION Yoshitomi
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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
    • B22D11/10—Supplying or treating molten metal
    • 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
    • B22D41/50—Pouring-nozzles
    • B22D41/52—Manufacturing or repairing thereof
    • B22D41/54—Manufacturing or repairing thereof characterised by the materials used therefor
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a method of continuous casting of aluminum-killed steel using a continuous casting nozzle.
  • alumina inclusions are attached to the surface of an inner hole of a nozzle unit for use in casting (hereinafter referred to as "nozzle unit” for brevity), and agglomerated to form a large-size alumina particles.
  • the agglomerated alumina particles are mixed in the molten steel flow, and incorporated into slabs as large-size inclusions to cause defect or deteriorated quality in the slabs.
  • Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-44836 discloses a casting nozzle unit using refractories which comprise a primary component consisting of a combination of graphite, and sintered or fused calcia or another ceramic engineering material containing a CaO component.
  • a nozzle unit for use in pouring molten steel from a TD to a mold during casting of steel includes a multi-part type nozzle unit constructed by combining a plurality of segmental nozzles as shown in FIG. 1 , and a single-part type nozzle unit consisting of only a single-piece nozzle as shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the multi-part type nozzle unit is constructed by combining an upper nozzle 2 which is attached to an opening formed in the bottom wall of a tundish 1, a sliding nozzle 3, a lower nozzle 4, and a submerged or immersion nozzle 5 immersed in a mold 6.
  • the flow rate of molten steel to the mold 6 is controlled by adjusting the opening area of the sliding nozzle 3.
  • the multi-part type nozzle unit has an excellent flow-rate control function, and can stably maintain the level of molten steel.
  • the multi-part type nozzle unit is widely used in view of stable casting performance under constant conditions and excellent safety.
  • the single-part type nozzle unit is comprised of a single elongated immersion nozzle defining a flow path which extends from the bottom opening of the tundish 1 to the mold 6.
  • the flow rate of molten steel to the mold 6 is controlled by adjusting the area of the bottom opening of the tundish 1 using a long stopper 7 disposed in the tundish 1.
  • molten steel passing through the nozzle unit has substantially no contact with outside air.
  • outside air enters in the inner hole through joints between the segmental nozzles.
  • outside air inevitably inflows through the joint surface between the sliding nozzle (hereinafter referred to as "SN") and the associated segmental nozzle, because it is difficult to completely seal the joint surface with the SN to be slidingly moved during use.
  • the molten steel for aluminum-killed steel contains aluminum dissolved therein.
  • the aluminum comes into contact with air, it is oxidized to create alumina.
  • the created alumina becomes incorporated into slabs as alumina inclusions.
  • the multi-part type nozzle unit composed of the plurality of segmental nozzles, even if the CaO-containing refractories are applied to a part of segmental nozzles, alumina will be attached to the remaining segmental nozzles having no CaO-containing refractories, and then large-sized alumina due to agglomeration will be incorporated into slabs.
  • JP-A-494851 discloses a nozzle for continuous casting for stably restraining harrowing and further clogging of an inner hole caused by non-metallic inclusion.
  • the inner hole in the nozzle for pouring the molten steel consists of 50-89wt.% of calcium zirconate containing CaO ZrO 2 as the essential component as mineral composition, 10-35% graphite and 0.5-10% fluoride containing calcium fluoride.
  • JP-A-5154627 discloses a refractory composition for preventing stickness and deposition of non-metallic inclusions.
  • another composition is arranged in the inner hole surface layer contacting with the molten steel in an immersion nozzle composed of alumina-graphite composition.
  • This composition is constituted of 65-80wt.% of zirconia clinker containing calcia, magnesia and silica, graphite and silicon carbide.
  • JP-A-5032456 discloses a refractory material which is composed essentially of CaO, SiO 2 and B 2 O 3 wherein the sum of CaO, SiO 2 and B 2 O 3 in the total refractory is ⁇ 95wt.%.
  • JP-A-8039214 discloses a nozzle for continuous casting which is made of an alumina-graphite refractory, and a zirconia-graphite refractory is fitted to a slag line and a refractory layer without containing the carbon is arranged on the inner hole surface and the outer periphery at the lower part thereof through a joint filler.
  • JP-A-4158963 discloses a nozzle for continuous casting, the neighborhood of the inner hole in the nozzle is made to two or more layers of multi-layers structure.
  • the inner hole surface side is formed with a high CaO component layer composed of 15-30wt.% CaO 40-80% ZrO 2 5-40% graphite and less than 10% of other refractory components.
  • JP-A-5285612 discloses a nozzle inner hole body for continuous casting.
  • the inner hole body is composed of mixed powder of powder of 2-40wt.% in conversion into CaO and one or more alumina clinker, spinel clinker and magnesia clinker.
  • more than 50 % of the entire surface area of an inner hole of a nozzle unit to be used for pouring molten steel from a tundish to a mold is formed of refractories containing 20-60 mass% of CaO.
  • the refractories containing 20 mass% or more of CaO are applied to the inner hole of the nozzle unit for allowing molten steel to flow down therethrough, in such a manner that the CaO-containing refractories occupy 50 % or more of the entire surface area of the inner hole, the amount of large-size alumina inclusions in obtained slabs is drastically reduced.
  • This effect is derived from a synergistic effect of the actions, of which the CaO-containing refractories act to absorb alumina, a low-melting-point compound created through the reaction between CaO and alumina in the form of a liquid phase acts to smooth the inner hole surface, as well as prevention of the attachment of alumina and prevention of the agglomeration of alumina.
  • Such a synergistic effect can be obtained only if the CaO-containing refractories are applied to the surface of the inner hole of the nozzle unit, in such a manner that they occupy more than 50 % of the entire surface area of the inner hole. If the ratio is less than 50 %, the action of reducing the amount of alumina flowing into the mold is deteriorated to provide only an insufficient effect of reducing the amount of large-size alumina inclusions in the slabs.
  • the ratio should preferably be set at 60 % or more.
  • the CaO-containing refractories should be selectively applied to an appropriate region of the nozzle unit in consideration of its use conditions. For example, if a certain region has the risk of causing a problem, such as fusion damage or abrasion, in conjunction with the use of the CaO-containing refractories, suitable conventional refractories for such a region should be used.
  • the present invention can be applied to any multi-part type nozzle unit composed of either one of a combination of an upper nozzle and an immersion nozzle, a combination of a SN and an immersion nozzle, a combination of an upper nozzle, a SN and an immersion nozzle, and a combination of an upper nozzle, a SN, an lower nozzle and an immersion nozzle as shown in FIG. 1 , and to any single-part type nozzle unit composed of a single-piece immersion nozzle as shown in FIG. 2 , in such a manner that the CaO-containing refractories occupy more than 50 % of the entire surface area of the inner hole of the nozzle unit.
  • the present invention can also be applied to a multi-part type nozzle unit in which a SN is integrated with an upper or lower nozzle in a single piece. Even in case where the CaO-containing refractories are applied to only a portion of the surface of the inner hole of the single-part type nozzle unit, if they are applied to occupy or define more than 50 % of the entire surface area of the inner hole of the nozzle unit, the quality of slabs can be significantly improved.
  • the amount of CaO to be contained in the refractories for defining a surface of the inner hole is less than 20 mass%, the refractories have deteriorated abilities of absorbing alumina and preventing the attachment of alumina to provide only an insufficient effect of reducing the amount of large-size alumina inclusions in slabs.
  • the amount of CaO must be 20 mass% or more.
  • the upper limit of the amount of CaO should be appropriately adjusted depending on its use conditions. In usual casting conditions, the amount of CaO is set at about 60 mass% to obtain sufficient effects.
  • the refractories include MgO-CaO-C based refractories.
  • the CaO-containing refractories are essentially applied to at least a surface of the inner hole to be in contact with molten steel.
  • Any region of the nozzle unit other than the inner hole surface may be made of the same material as that of the inner hole surface, or may be made of any suitable refractories used in a conventional nozzle unit.
  • each of the materials A and B in Table 1 is a CaO-containing material according to the present invention, and each of the materials C and D is a comparative example containing no CaO.
  • Each of the materials A to D was shaped, burnt and machined to prepare sleeve-shaped refractories having a thickness of 10 mm.
  • the sleeve-shaped refractories were inserted into the respective inner holes of the segmental nozzles, and bonded thereto with mortar to form the segmental nozzles as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the refractories made of the material A or C were applied to the immersion nozzle, and the refractories made of the material B or D were applied to the upper nozzle, the sliding nozzle (SN) and the lower nozzle.
  • Table 2 shows a surface area of the inner hole of each of the segmental nozzles having the CaO-containing refractories applied thereto.
  • Table 2 Surface Area of Inner Hole (cm 2 ) Upper Nozzle 393 Sliding Nozzle 438 Lower Nozzle 368 Immersion Nozzle 915
  • a plurality of multi-part type continuous casting nozzle units were prepared by variously combining the prepared segmental nozzles serving as the upper nozzle 2, SN 3, lower nozzle 4 and immersion nozzle in FIG. 1 .
  • the influence of the materials used in the nozzle unit on the quality of slabs was experimentally checked to clarify effects derived from the use of the CaO-containing refractories.
  • the casting of aluminum-killed steel was performed while changing a combination of the segmental nozzles under the casting conditions of a ladle volume: 250 ton, a TD volume: 45 ton, and a drawing speed of slabs: 1.0 to 1.3 m/min, and the effects were checked in accordance with the number per area of large-size alumina inclusions having a particle size of 50 ⁇ m or more, which were contained in obtained slabs.
  • Table 3 shows the test result.
  • the number of large-size alumina inclusions in each example is shown by an index number on the basis that the number of large-size alumina inclusions in slabs obtained using the multi-part type nozzle unit in Comparative Example 1 is 100. This means that the nozzle unit having a smaller index number can provide slabs having better quality or a smaller number of large-size alumina inclusions.
  • FIG. 3 diagrammatically shows the result in Table 3 in the form of the relationship between the ratio of a surface area of the inner hole defined by the CaO-containing material to the entire surface area of the inner hole, and the number of large-size alumina inclusions.
  • Table 4 shows CaO-containing refractories having compositions E to L in addition to the compositions A and B in Table 1.
  • each of these CaO-containing refractories were shaped, burnt and machined to form sleeve-shaped refractories having a thickness of 10 mm.
  • the sleeve-shaped refractories were inserted into the respective inner holes of the segmental nozzles, and bonded thereto with mortar to form segmental nozzles for test.
  • the refractories made of the material A, E, F, G or H were applied to the immersion nozzle 5 in FIG. 1
  • the refractories made of the material B, I, J, K or L were applied to the upper nozzle 2, the SN 3, and the lower nozzle 4 in FIG. 1 .
  • a surface area of the inner hole of each of the segmental nozzles is the same as that shown in Table 2.
  • Table 5 The results in Table 5 are summarized in FIG. 4 in the form of the relationship between the average amount of CaO in the refractories applied to the inner hole of the nozzle unit, and the number of large-size alumina inclusions. As seen in FIG. 4 , when the average amount of CaO in the refractories applied to the inner hole of the nozzle unit is increased up to 20 mass% or more, the quality of slabs is significantly improved.
  • the present invention can significantly reduce the amount of large-size inclusions in slabs during casting of aluminum-killed steel, and can be applied to various nozzle units irrespective of nozzle type, such as multi-part type and single-part type.

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Claims (3)

  1. Procédé de coulée continue d'acier calmé à l'aluminium utilisant une unité de type busette de coulée continue qui est arrangée d'un matériau réfractaire contenant du CaO sur une surface d'un trou intérieur de l'unité de type busette de coulée continue,
    dans lequel ladite unité de type busette de coulée continue est caractérisée en ce que:
    un rapport d'une surface de ce trou intérieur défini par ledit matériau réfractaire contenant du CaO à toute la surface de ce trou intérieur est supérieur à 50 % ;
    et
    ledit matériau réfractaire est un produit réfractaire à base de MgO-CaO-C contenant du CaO de 10 à 60 % en poids.
  2. Procédé de coulée continue d'acier calmé à l'aluminium selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le produit réfractaire est formé en un manchon par formage et par cuisson.
  3. Procédé de coulée continue d'acier calmé à l'aluminium selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel l'unité de type busette de coulée continue est une unité de type busette constituée de plusieurs pièces combinées.
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