EP1886746A1 - Oszillierende vorrichtung für eine stranggiesskokille - Google Patents

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EP1886746A1
EP1886746A1 EP05814213A EP05814213A EP1886746A1 EP 1886746 A1 EP1886746 A1 EP 1886746A1 EP 05814213 A EP05814213 A EP 05814213A EP 05814213 A EP05814213 A EP 05814213A EP 1886746 A1 EP1886746 A1 EP 1886746A1
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Zhiheng Tian
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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
    • B22D11/04—Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths into open-ended moulds
    • B22D11/053—Means for oscillating the moulds
    • 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
    • B22D11/166—Controlling or regulating processes or operations for mould oscillation
    • 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
    • B22D11/18—Controlling or regulating processes or operations for pouring
    • B22D11/181—Controlling or regulating processes or operations for pouring responsive to molten metal level or slag level
    • B22D11/186—Controlling or regulating processes or operations for pouring responsive to molten metal level or slag level by using electric, magnetic, sonic or ultrasonic means
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    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D19/00—Casting in, on, or around objects which form part of the product
    • B22D19/0009—Cylinders, pistons

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  • the present invention relates to an oscillating apparatus for a mold of a continuous caster, especially to an improvement on a non-sinusoidal oscillating apparatus.
  • a mold of continuous caster oscillates with predetermined frequencies, waveforms and amplitudes, among which a non-sinusoidal oscillating movement with a lower speed of downward movement and a higher speed of upward movement is particularly preferred.
  • Such a non-sinusoidal oscillating movement may improve a lubrication effect of mold powders, greatly reduce frictional forces between solidification shells and the mold, reduce rips and close up rips formed on solidification shells, and substantially improve the surface quality of a casting billet and the withdrawal speed thereof.
  • Actuators for such designed oscillating apparatus may be grouped into two classes: (1) hydraulic servo systems (such as the one disclosed in EP 0468607A11 ) which comprise heavy duty electrohydraulic servo-valves, hydraulic servo-cylinders, hydraulic pumps, etc., the disadvantage of which includes a complex system, a high cost and the difficulty of maintenance; and (2) mechanical transmissions provided with crank rods (see Chinese Patent No. ZL99216172.X and ZL01205318.X ). The later employs a horizontal motor as the actuator for the system. Though the cost for such a mechanical transmission is low, it may not adjust amplitudes or waveforms on line, thus may not perform a continuous casting with high efficiency. Besides, power consumption to drive these two types of oscillating apparatus is substantially large.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an oscillating apparatus for a mold, which may reduce the power consumption to drive the oscillating apparatus as well as adjust oscillation frequencies, waveforms and amplitudes of the mold on line, and in which a motor cylinder is provided as an actuator.
  • the object of the present invention is so achieved that the rigidity of supporting spring sets is adjusted based on the moment of inertia of the motor cylinder and the vibration mass such that the natural frequency of the oscillating system may approach a desired vibration frequency and a balanced conversion between the kinetic energy and potential energy of the oscillating system may be realized. Therefore, the motor cylinder may successfully fulfill its task as an actuator, and the power thereof may be substantially reduced.
  • Hydraulic cylinders are provided below the spring sets. Therefore, the number of spring sets which physically support the oscillating table may be so changed that the natural frequency of the oscillating system may approach the vibration frequency of the mold.
  • the spring sets are divided into a plurality of segments by separators which may be secured in position via corresponding pneumatic clamps. Therefore, the length of the spring sets which physically support the oscillating table may be so changed that the natural frequency of the oscillating system may be correspondingly changed to approach the vibration frequency of the mold.
  • a control unit provides online-adjustable wave signals of frequencies, declinations and amplitudes to control an operation of the motor cylinder which drives the mold to oscillate, and to further control the operation of the hydraulic cylinders or pneumatic clamps such that the number or length of spring sets may be respectively adjusted.
  • the motor cylinder comprising a motor and a ball screw may be easily programmed to perform an axial movement according to a determined velocity diagram. Therefore, in a case that enough torques or powers are supplied, the vertically arranged motor cylinder is doubtlessly the most straightforward solution to drive the oscillating table to achieve a sinusoidal or non-sinusoidal oscillation of the mold, whose amplitude, frequency and waveform may be adjusted online. However, a reciprocal movement of a nut in the motor cylinder is realized by a back-and-forth rotation of the rotor and the screw.
  • a conventional solution is to provide spring sets below the oscillating table, and the rigidity of the spring sets is so chosen that the natural frequency of the system comprising the spring sets and the oscillating masses matches with the vibration frequency of the mold.
  • the applicant comprehensively considered effects of the moment of inertia of the motor cylinder, mass of the oscillating parts in the mold, and rigidity of the spring sets, and found out that the natural frequency f n of the system could be expressed as: f n 1 2 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ k m + 4 ⁇ ⁇ 2 ⁇ I d 2 where m is the mass of the oscillating parts in the mold, I is the moment of inertia of the motor cylinder, d is the stroke of the screw in the motor cylinder, and k is the rigidity of the spring sets.
  • the vibration frequency of the mold approaches to f n , a substantially balanced conversion between the gravitational potential energy of the oscillating parts in the mold and the elastic potential energy of the spring sets and the rotational kinetic energy of the motor cylinder and the vibrational kinetic energy of the mold may be realized to achieve an optimum compensation. Therefore, the output torque and power of the motor cylinder may be effectively reduced, and the above object to provide the motor cylinder as an actuator to drive the mold such that the system may be oscillated, with reduced power consumption, with desired frequencies, waveforms and amplitudes may be successfully realized.
  • the oscillating frequency of the mold varies according to a withdrawal speed of its billet.
  • the rigidity of the spring sets is proportional to the number of the spring sets.
  • the number of the spring sets may be changed such that the rigidity of the spring sets may match with the desired vibration frequency.
  • Hydraulic cylinders are provided below the spring sets, such that the rigidity of the spring sets may be conveniently adjusted via the control unit.
  • the rigidity of the spring sets is inversely proportional to the length thereof.
  • Each spring set is divided into several segments, such as n segments (i.e. n pieces of identical springs are stacked together to form one spring set), with separators interposed between each segment.
  • pneumatic clamps are used to secure the segments below the m th segment (the top segment being defined as the 1 st segment) in position.
  • the rigidity of the spring sets will be n / m times larger than the original one.
  • the present invention is schematically illustrated in Fig. 1 to 4 .
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a system diagram of an oscillating apparatus, with the number of spring sets thereof adjustable, for a mold according to the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of the oscillating apparatus in Fig. 1 ;
  • Fig. 3 is a left view of the oscillating apparatus in Fig. 1 ;
  • Fig. 4 illustrates a system diagram of an oscillating apparatus, with the length of spring sets thereof adjustable, for a mold according to the present invention.
  • the first embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figs. 1 to 3 .
  • a mold 101 is arranged on an oscillating table 102.
  • Four motor cylinders 104 are symmetrically arranged with respect to the centre of gravity of the mold.
  • the oscillating table 102 is supported by eight spring sets 103. These spring sets 103 are of the same length and the same rigidity and are symmetrically arranged with respect to the centre of gravity of the mold 101 and the oscillating table 102.
  • the eight spring sets 103 When compressed by the weight of the mold 101 and the oscillating table 102, the eight spring sets 103 are equally displaced downwardly by a distance ⁇ , thus achieving a force equilibrium between the elastic force and the gravity.
  • Hydraulic cylinders 106 which are mounted on a foundation 107, are provided below the spring sets 103. These hydraulic cylinders are used to vary the height of the spring sets to increase or decrease the number of spring sets which physically support the oscillating table. A decrease in the number of spring sets 103 which physically support the oscillating table 102 will correspondingly reduce the rigidity of the spring sets 103. For example, if a pair of spring sets 103 which are symmetrically arranged with respect to the centre of gravity of the mold 101 and the oscillating table 102 is removed, the rigidity of those left spring sets is reduced to 3/4 of its original value, while the compression displacement of the spring sets is correspondingly increased to 4/3 ⁇ .
  • a control unit 105 controls the corresponding hydraulic cylinders 106 such that this pair of spring sets 103 moves downwardly by a distance ⁇ + s (s is the stroke of the mold) and the other three pairs of spring sets are raised by a distance of 1/3 ⁇ .
  • two pairs or three pairs of spring sets 103 which are symmetrically arranged with respect to the centre of gravity of the mold 101 and the oscillating table 102 are adjusted such that the rigidity of those left spring sets may be reduced to 1/2 or 1/4 of its original value.
  • the control unit 105 provides online-adjustable wave signals for frequencies, declinations and amplitudes to control the operation of the motor cylinders 104 which drive the mold 101 to oscillate, and to further control the operation of the hydraulic cylinders 106 such that the number of the spring sets 103 may be suitably adjusted.
  • the second embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 4 .
  • a mold 201 is arranged on an oscillating table 202.
  • Four motor cylinders 204 are symmetrically arranged with respect to the centre of gravity of the mold.
  • the oscillating table 202 is supported by four identical spring sets 203. These spring sets 203 abut against a foundation 208, and each includes two stacked springs, i.e.
  • top spring 203a and a bottom spring 203b The effective length of the spring 203a equals to 1/3 of that of the spring 203b, and a separator 206 is interposed therebetween.
  • pneumatic clamps 207 will be activated to secure the separators 206 in position. Therefore, only the top springs 203a in the spring sets 203 operate to perform their work, which means the rigidity of the spring sets is improved by a factor of 4.
  • each spring set 203 may be divided into several segments, with separators 206 correspondingly interposed between these segments, and pneumatic clamps 207 may be provided at the equilibrium position of each separator 206, respectively.
  • a control unit 205 provides online-adjustable wave signals of frequencies, declinations and amplitudes to control an operation of the motor cylinders 204 which drive the mold 201 to oscillate, and to further control the operation of the pneumatic clamps 207 such that the length of the spring sets 203 may be respectively adjusted.

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  • Moulds For Moulding Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
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