EP2501507B1 - Buse de coulée continue pour une tige, un fil ou un tuyau dans une coulée de métal verticale ascendante - Google Patents

Buse de coulée continue pour une tige, un fil ou un tuyau dans une coulée de métal verticale ascendante Download PDF

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EP2501507B1
EP2501507B1 EP10795408.3A EP10795408A EP2501507B1 EP 2501507 B1 EP2501507 B1 EP 2501507B1 EP 10795408 A EP10795408 A EP 10795408A EP 2501507 B1 EP2501507 B1 EP 2501507B1
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Markku Koivisto
Esko Furuholm
Juha Jaakola
Jukka LÄHTEENMÄKI
Pertti PIHLAJAMÄKI
Tuomas Rajaviita
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  • the invention relates to a continuous casting nozzle, which is suitable for the continuous upward vertical casting of a metal for uninterrupted castings, said nozzle comprising: a cooling mantle having a top section and a bottom section; a mold component consisting of a refractory material and having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end extending coaxially into the interior of said cooling mantle and being by a heat transfer joint in attachment with said cooling mantle, and said lower end protruding from the cooling mantle, and said mold component having an internal cross-sectional surface, defining an elongated, continuous casting mold cavity co-directional with a center axis and matching the presently produced casting in terms of its outer shape and outer dimensions.
  • the invention relates also to a mold component for the upward vertical casting of a metal rod, wire or pipe, said mold component having its internal surface, which defines a continuous casting mold cavity, matching with its mold cross-section area the presently produced rod/wire/pipe in terms of its outer shape and outer dimensions, and said mold component having a center axis, as well as a lower end and an upper end, said lower end being suitable for submersion in a molten metal, and being attachable at its upper end to cooling means, said mold component being constructed in at least one piece of a refractory material.
  • the invention relates further to a continuous casting method of casting a rod or wire or pipe vertically upwards, said method comprising: feeding a molten metal to a lower end of an elongated mold component containing a continuous casting mold cavity vertical in terms of its center axis; allowing the molten metal to solidify to a solid state by cooling the mold component with a cooling mantle; and pulling the solidified, solid state metal in the form of a wire or rod or pipe out of an upper end of the mold component at a casting velocity.
  • the invention relates also to the use in further processing of a casting produced with the defined method and the defined equipment.
  • Publication GB 2 168 633 describes a rotary supply apparatus for a cast-iron vertical casting installation, the question thus being about a variant of centrifugal casting.
  • the installation includes a die component cooled over its entire length and constituting a crucible type reservoir for molten cast-iron.
  • This reservoir crucible containing spheroidal graphite cast-iron is characterized in that it comprises, at least at its lower end, means for setting the mass of molten cast-iron contained in the said reservoir crucible in low rotation having a horizontal component.
  • Said slow rotation can be induced in cast-iron contained in the reservoir by hydraulic means, such as by means of one or more nozzles present in a lower section of the reservoir crucible, whereby said slow rotation can be achieved particularly by rhythmic pulses of molten cast-iron from a siphon unit.
  • most of the molten metal is supplied along an axial inlet pipe to the bottom of the reservoir crucible, but it can also be supplied along a tangential inlet pipe to the bottom of the reservoir crucible. It is also possible to use jets of an inert gas or magnetic means or mechanical means for setting the melt in the reservoir in slow rotation. This installation enables a reduction of cooling-induced temperature differences in the reservoir crucible and a solidification of an appropriately thick pipe-forming layer on the die surface.
  • a traditional arrangement for casting a wire, bar or pipe in continuous casting directed upwards from a free melt surface is disclosed for example in patent FI 46810 ( ⁇ US 3,872,913 ), which describes a method and apparatus for the upwards casting of profiled products, such as bars, plates and pipes, wherein melt is sucked by means of a nozzle, establishing a mold above its surface and having its lower end immersed in the melt, and being connected at its upper end by way of a cooler-surrounded pipe to a cooler support and to a source of vacuum.
  • the cooler consists of three concentric pipes, between which extend cylindrical channels for cooling water.
  • the innermost pipe has a cross-section larger than that of the profiled article.
  • the nozzle is constructed in a single piece of refractory material and extends by its upper end coaxially into the cooler.
  • the cooler support has an opening that matches an article to be cast and, as the mold is connected with a further cooling zone more extensive than this, said source of vacuum enables sucking melt into the cooling zone present within the nozzle.
  • a variant of the above-discussed traditional arrangement is disclosed in the application publication GB 2 080 715 , according to which a dense, homogeneous and long metal rod can be continuously cast by establishing an elongated, upwardly-extending alternating electromagnetic field, by introducing molten metal into the lower portion of this field, solidifying the metal while moving upwardly through the field, and removing solidified metal rod product from the upper portion of said field.
  • the continuous casting apparatus of the publication comprises an elongated tubular casting vessel disposed in upright position to receive molten metal for solidification, means for delivering molten metal into a lower portion of the vessel, heat exchange means associated with the vessel for cooling and solidifying molten metal therein, means for removing solidified metal from an upper portion of the vessel and electromagnetic levitation means disposed around the vessel along a portion of its length to produce an upward lifting effect in a column of molten metal in the vessel.
  • the employed electromagnetic field is capable of levitating the weight of an upwardly-moving metal column, advancing the metal column upward, maintaining the metal column under control and out of contact with the surrounding tube, as well as establishing a stirring effect for the homogenization of solidifying metal. This stirring of molten metal is produced in response to electrical eddy currents induced in molten metal.
  • the rod, wire or pipe cast by means of such traditional upwards casting nozzles can be good and dimensionally precise in visual examination, but the wire may have an internal composition which is unfit for further shaping.
  • the grain size within a wire can be excessive.
  • a large grain rod, wire or pipe ruptures in further shaping at grain boundaries and the product is useless.
  • the most traditional pipe manufacturing process involves first melting and casting a block, preheating and extruding the block, followed by Pilger rolling.
  • An alternative is a Cast & Roll process, which involves melting of metal and horizontal casting a thick-walled pipe, followed by machining the pipe surface and planetary milling. These are highly complicated and hard-to-control processes.
  • a continuous casting nozzle 1 which is suitable for the continuous upward vertical casting of a metal M and which enables producing uninterrupted rod type, wire type or tubular castings P.
  • Such a continuous casting nozzle 1 comprises first of all a cooling mantle 30 having a top section 1y and a bottom section 1a.
  • the continuous casting nozzle 1 is attached at the top section 1y of its cooling mantle 30 by some appropriate means to fixed support structures, not shown in the figures.
  • the bottom section 1a of the continuous casting nozzle's 1 cooling mantle 30 is in a configuration that enables the attachment of a mold component 2 thereto by a heat transfer joint 9.
  • the cooling mantle may have concentrically disposed a first outermost tube portion 31, a second middle tube portion 32, and a third inner tube portion 33, and therebetween two cylindrical passages 34a, 34b co-directional with the tube portions and suitable for a flow-through of cooling water W, i.e. for inducing a flow of water through the passages or allowing a flow through the passages.
  • the cooling water W is induced to flow first along one passage 34a between the tube portions, which passage is usually, but not necessarily, the outer one of these two passages, from the top section 1y of the cooling mantle towards its bottom section 1 a and then from the bottom section 1 a back towards the top section 1 y along the other passage 34b, and finally out of the cooling mantle.
  • the cooling water W flows within the cooling mantle along a U-shaped path, thus circling around a lower edge of the middle tube portion 32 as presented in figs. 1 and 2 .
  • the cooling mantle 10 has its top section provided with water connections, not shown in the figures.
  • the cooling mantle 30 has its top section provided at least with fastening elements for the continuous casting nozzle 1 as well as with a penetration opening 23 for pulling the uninterrupted casting P out as it is produced.
  • a continuous casting nozzle 1 also comprises a mold component 2, which consists of a refractory material and which has an upper end 2y and a lower end 2a, said upper end extending for example coaxially into the interior of a cooling mantle 30 and being in attachment with the cooling mantle by a heat transfer joint 9.
  • the mold component 2 has its lower end 2a protruding from the cooling mantle 30 to enable its immersion in molten metal M contained for example in a furnace or crucible, as visualized in figs. 1 and 2 .
  • the mold component 2 has an inner cross-sectional surface 12, which defines an elongated continuous casting mold cavity 20 co-directional with a center axis 10 and which has a cross-sectional mold area A2 and which matches an outer shape and outer dimensions 11 of the presently produced casting P.
  • the junction area between the mold component 2 and the cooling mantle 30 is coated or wrapped with an appropriate heat insulation 19 in order to not damage the cooling mantle 30 as the lower end 2a of the mold component 2, and possibly that lower part 18 of the cooling mantle with which the mold component 2 is in attachment, is immersed in molten metal.
  • the mold component 2 is constructed in at least one piece of an appropriate refractory - i.e. said molten metal resistant - material.
  • the mold component according to the invention comprises one or a plurality of tangential melt feed holes 3 at a hole distance R1 from the mold component's 2 and hence also of the casting's P center axis 10.
  • the hole distance R1 is greater than a surface distance R2 of the continuous casting mold cavity's 20 internal surface 12 from the center axis 10.
  • "Tangential" in this context refers to a direction which at least has a tangentially directed main component, but sometimes also a radially directed component.
  • the tangential melt feed holes 3 produce their number-matching, i.e. one or a plurality of tangential molten metal jets S1, S2, which has/have a jet velocity.
  • the jet velocity/jet velocities has/have a peripheral velocity component or peripheral jet velocity V T , and often also a radially directed velocity component, which points towards the center axis and which is usually much smaller than the peripheral jet component and which is therefore not shown in the figures.
  • the melt feed holes 3 are directed in such a way that the radially directed velocity component is as small as possible or does not exist at all, whereby the peripheral jet velocity V T becomes relatively large.
  • Each melt feed hole 3 has a hole cross-section A3, which may be unequal or equal with respect to each other and whose total combined cross-sectional area is marked with ⁇ A3.
  • the number of melt feed holes is two or more.
  • the size of melt feed holes depends on the size and cross-sectional area of the casting P, but it is often within the diameter range of 1 mm to 10 mm.
  • the mold component comprises also an annular flow gap 4, connecting said one or more tangential melt feed holes 3 with the continuous casting mold cavity 20.
  • this annular flow gap 4 is in a radial direction - here the radius corresponds to directions of the distances R1, R2 from the center axis 10, as obvious for a skilled person - converging from an outer circumferential edge 4u closer to the tangential melt feed holes towards an inner inside edge 4s closer to the mold component's center axis 10.
  • the annular flow gap 4 has its inner edge 4s, which is closer to the center line 10, provided with a circumferential gap cross-section area A4, whose height is the gap's dimension parallel to the center axis 10 and whose width is a circumferential length perpendicular to the gap's radius.
  • the flow gap 4 has its size determined by the casting P and by the size and number of the tangential melt feed holes 3, but the above-mentioned height of the gap is generally in the order of 1 mm to 10 mm.
  • the sum ⁇ A3 of cross-sectional hole areas A3 of the tangential melt feed holes 3 is substantially smaller than a cross-sectional mold area A2 of the mold component's 2 internal surface 12, which is thus an area perpendicular to the center axis 10 defined by the mold cavity's 20 walls.
  • the wall In the process of manufacturing a rod or strand, the wall is only formed by an inner face 12' of the cross-sectional internal surface 12 open towards the center axis and, in the process of manufacturing a pipe, the wall is formed by the inner face 12' of the cross-sectional internal surface 12 open towards the center line and by an outer face 12" of a mandrel's 7 core 5.
  • the cross-sectional mold area A2 is defined either by the inner face 12' alone or by both the inner face 12' and the core's outer face 12".
  • the sum ⁇ A3 of cross-sectional hole areas is typically not more than 20% of the cross-sectional mold area A2 of the mold component's 2 internal surface 12, and it is possibly/probably preferred that the sum ⁇ A3 of cross-sectional hole areas be not more than 12% of the cross-sectional mold area A2 of the mold component's internal surface 12.
  • the inner edge 4s of the annular flow gap 4, which edge is thus closer to the center axis than the outer edge 4u of the flow gap 4, has its circumferential gap cross-section area A4 less than 80% of the cross-sectional mold area A2 of the mold component's internal surface 12.
  • the annular flow gap 4 can be tapered upwards, i.e. in the direction of a casting velocity V M , as shown in figs. 1 and 2 , or tapered downwards, i.e. in a direction reverse to the casting velocity, as schematically marked in fig. 2 with dotted lines, or are perpendicular to the center axis 10 and the casting velocity V M .
  • the annular flow gap 4 forms an average cone angle K relative to the center axis 10, which angle can be within the range of 10° to 170°, but likely most preferably within the range of 60° to 120°.
  • the mold component's 2 jacket 6 and mandrel 7 can be made of different materials or the same material.
  • the mold component 2 has its upper end 2y provided with an outer diameter d Y , which is typically smaller than an outer diameter d A of the lower end 2a at least by the extent of a heat transfer joint 9.
  • the cooling mantle 30 provides an enhanced cooling effect on metal contained in the continuous casting mold cavity 20 as a result of the upper end's small outer diameter d Y .
  • this enables fitting a mandrel 7 inside or outside the large diameter lower end 2a.
  • the mold component 2 comprises a jacket 6 and the mandrel 7.
  • the jacket 6 makes up the mold component's 2 lower end 2a and the upper end 2y, and inside the jacket's upper end 2y the mold component's elongated continuous casting mold cavity 20 extends co-directionally with the center axis 10 and opens upwards to enable a continuously cast rod, wire or pipe, i.e. the casting P, to be produced and to egress upwards in a direction opposite to the direction of gravity.
  • the tangential melt feed holes 3 exist in this jacket, but is should be appreciated that, by designing the jacket and mandrel in some other way, the tangential melt feed holes 3 could alternatively exist also in the mandrel 7.
  • the mandrel 7 is present inside or outside the mold component's 2 lower end 2a and constitutes there a plug closing the continuous casting mold cavity 20 downward.
  • the annular flow gap 4 is present between an inward face 16 of the jacket 6 and an upper face 17 of the mandrel 7.
  • the mandrel 7 included in the mold component extends, in a first option, co-directionally with the center axis 10 from below only to the bottom side level of the flow gap 4, whereby the question is about a mold component 2 useful in the continuous casting of a rod or wire, as depicted in figs. 1 , 3, 4 and 6 .
  • the mandrel 7 included in the mold component extends in the form of a core 5 co-directionally with the center axis 10 from below into an interior of the mold cavity 20 to a location between its internal surfaces 12 upward of the flow gap 4 to a mandrel length L, whereby the question is about a mold component 2 useful in the continuous casting of a pipe, as depicted in figs. 2 and 5 .
  • the continuous casting method of casting a rod or strand or pipe vertically upward comprises feeding molten metal M to a lower end 2a of an elongated mold component 2 containing a continuous casting mold cavity 20 vertical in terms of its center axis 10, allowing the molten metal to solidify to a solid state by cooling the mold component 2 with a cooling mantle 30, and pulling the solidified, solid state metal in the form of a wire or rod or pipe out of an upper end 2y of the mold component 2 at a casting velocity V M .
  • the molten metal M present inside the continuous casting mold cavity 20 is set in a rotating flow motion proceeding around the center axis 10 by using one or more tangential molten metal jets S1, S2, which have been created by molten metal flowing through the melt feed holes 3.
  • This rotating flow motion such as turbulence, typically incorporates both a velocity component proceeding around the center axis 10, i.e. a peripheral mold velocity V D , and velocity components proceeding around other axes co-directional with the center axis, as can be appreciated from fig. 6 .
  • the molten metal jets S1, S2 have the peripheral jet velocity V T , and these jets S1, S2 are of course at the hole distance R1 of the tangential melt feed holes 3 from the center axis 10.
  • the continuous casting mold cavity 20 has its internal surface 12, against which the subsequent casting P solidifies, at the surface distance R2 from the center axis 10, this distance being smaller than the hole distance R1. Consequently, the molten metal M progresses from a rotary flow motion, which proceeds at the larger hole distance R1 and hence has the peripheral jet velocity V T , into a rotary flow motion proceeding at the smaller surface distance R2 and having the peripheral mold velocity V D .
  • the rotary flow motion proceeding around the center axis 10 has a peripheral mold velocity V D which is higher than the peripheral jet velocity V T , thus enabling a decisive enhancement in the turbulence of solidifying metal in the continuous casting mold cavity 20.
  • the larger a difference ⁇ R is made between the surface distance R2 and the hole distance R1, wherein ⁇ R R1-R2, by widening in a radial direction, i.e. in the direction of the above-mentioned distances, the flow gap 4 connecting the same, the higher a peripheral mold velocity V D will be obtained with respect to the peripheral jet velocity V T .
  • the tangential peripheral jet velocity V T is typically higher than said casting velocity V M or typically at least eight times higher than said casting velocity V M .
  • This improved continuous casting nozzle, mold component, and continuous casting method enable achieving a small grain size in the casting P as the molten metal present within the mold component 2 - i.e. within the continuous casting mold cavity 20 - is set in rotation or turbulence, said rotation or turbulence being further accelerated by a specially design of the nozzle 1, in which use is made of a sustained quality of the spinning energy existing in rotation.
  • the melt's rotation/turbulence disturbs nucleation at a boundary surface between molten and solid matter, i.e. on a solidification front S, and in a possible two phase region of metal solidification.
  • a disturbance of the solidification front S enables achieving a small grain size, which is beneficial e.g. in further shaping.
  • This improved continuous casting nozzle, mold component, and continuous casting method can be used particularly for the continuous casting of DHP copper, but also pure oxygen-free copper, copper alloys, aluminum and aluminum alloys.
  • the continuous casting nozzle, mold component, and continuous casting method according to the invention enable the use of a continuous vertical casting process so as to directly produce by casting a desired type of wire, rod and pipe, the further shaping of which for a thinner and/or thinner-walled rod, wire or pipe is easier than that of a traditional preform having a large grain size.
  • Preforms manufactured from certain copper alloys, such as for example brass, with a high zinc concentration lend themselves relatively easily to further shaping according to the invention, even though the further shaping of traditionally manufactured preforms is almost impossible. All that is performed according to the invention is melting and vertical casting and the obtained casting is without further processing suitable for further shaping e.g. at a pipe manufacturing plant, the end product being for example a sanitary or ACR pipe.

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  1. Buse de coulée continue apte à la coulée verticale ascendante continue de métal (M) pour des coulées ininterrompues (P), ladite buse (1) comprenant :
    - une enveloppe de refroidissement (30) dotée d'une section supérieure (1 y) et d'une section inférieure (1 a) ;
    - un composant de moule (2) fait de matériau réfractaire et doté d'une extrémité supérieure (2y) et d'une extrémité inférieure (2a), ladite extrémité supérieure s'étendant coaxialement dans l'intérieur de ladite enveloppe de refroidissement (30) et étant par un joint de transfert thermique (9) rattachée à ladite enveloppe de refroidissement et ladite extrémité inférieure (2a) saillant de l'enveloppe de refroidissement (30) pour submersion dans le métal fondu (M), et ledit composant de moule (2) ayant une surface de section transversale interne (12) définissant une cavité de moule de coulée continue allongée (20) co-directionnelle avec un axe central (10) et correspondant à la coulée (P) à réaliser au niveau de sa forme extérieure et de ses dimensions extérieures (11),
    caractérisée en ce que ledit composant de moule (2) comprend un ou plusieurs trous d'alimentation de coulée tangentiels (3) à une distance du trou (R1) par rapport à l'axe central (10), ladite distance étant supérieure à une distance de surface (R2) de la surface interne (12) de la cavité de moule de coulée continue (20) par rapport audit axe central, de même qu'un intervalle d'écoulement annulaire (4) connectant lesdits un ou plusieurs trous alimentation de coulée tangentiels (3) à la cavité de moulage de coulée continue (20), l'intervalle d'écoulement (4) ayant son bord interne (4s) pourvu d'une superficie de section transversale d'intervalle (A4) qui est inférieure à une somme (∑A3) des superficies de section transversale de trou (A3) des trous d'alimentation de coulée (3).
  2. Buse de coulée continue selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'extrémité supérieure (2y) du composant de moule (2) a un diamètre extérieur (dy) qui est inférieur au diamètre extérieur (dA) de l'extrémité inférieure (2a) au moins sur la longueur dudit joint de transfert thermique (9), ce qui a pour effet que l'enveloppe de refroidissement (30) a un effet de refroidissement accru sur le métal présent dans la cavité de moule de coulée continue (20).
  3. Buse de coulée continue selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que ledit composant de moule (2) comprend une chemise (6) et un mandrin (7) :
    - la chemise (6) définissant la cavité de moule de coulée continue allongée (20) pour le composant de moule (2) ;
    - lesdites trous d'alimentations de coulée tangentiels (3) étant présents dans la chemise (6) ;
    - le mandrin (7) se trouvant à l'intérieur ou à l'extérieur de l'extrémité inférieure (2a) du composant de moule (2) et constituant un bouchon fermant la cavité de moule de coulée continue (20) vers le bas pour la coulée de tiges/fils, ou en plus un noyau (17) dans la cavité de moule de coulée continue pour la coulée de tuyaux ; et
    - la somme (∑A3) des superficies de section transversale de trou (A3) des trous d'alimentation de coulée tangentiels (3) étant inférieure à ladite superficie de section transversale de moule (A2).
  4. Composant de moule pour la coulée verticale ascendante de tiges, fils ou tuyaux métalliques, ledit composant de moule (2) ayant sa surface interne (12), qui définit une cavité de moule de coulée continue (20), correspondant avec sa superficie de section transversale de moule (A2), une tige/un fil/un tuyau (P) à réaliser au niveau de sa forme extérieure et de ses dimensions extérieures (11), et ledit composant de moule ayant un axe central (10), de même qu'une extrémité inférieure (2a) et une extrémité supérieure (2y), ladite extrémité inférieure étant apte à submersion dans un métal fondu (M) et pouvant être fixée par son extrémité supérieure à des dispositifs de refroidissement, ledit composant de moule (2) étant constitué d'au moins un morceau de matériau réfractaire, caractérisé en ce que ledit composant de moule (2) comprend :
    - au moins un trou d'alimentation de coulée tangentiel (3), ladite tangente (13) ayant son point tangentiel (T) à une distance radiale du au trou (R1) par rapport à l'axe central du composant de moule (2), laquelle distance du trou étant supérieure à une distance de la surface (R2) par rapport audit axe central (10), laquelle distance de la surface étant co-directionnelle avec un rayon de la surface interne (12) du composant de moule, une somme (∑A3) des superficies de section transversale du trou (A3) desdits trous d'alimentation de coulée tangentiels étant inférieure à ladite superficie de section transversale de moule (A2) ; et
    - un intervalle d'écoulement annulaire (4), qui connecte l'au moins un trou d'alimentation de coulée tangentiel (3) et la cavité de moule de coulée continue (20) du composant de moule (2) entre eux et qui a son bord interne (4s), en direction de l'axe central (10), pourvu d'une superficie de section transversale d'intervalle circonférentiel (A4) qui est inférieure à ladite somme (∑A3) des superficies de section transversale du trou.
  5. Composant de moule selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité inférieure (2a) dudit composant de moule (2) a un diamètre extérieur (dA) qui est supérieur à un diamètre extérieur (dY) de l'extrémité supérieure (2y) du composant de moule.
  6. Composant de moule selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que ledit intervalle d'écoulement annulaire (4) converge depuis un bord périphérique radialement extérieur (4u), qui est plus proche des trous d'alimentation de coulée tangentiels, en direction d'un bord périphérique radialement intérieur (4s), qui est plus proche de l'axe central (10).
  7. Composant de moule selon la revendication 4 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que ladite superficie de section transversale d'intervalle circonférentiel (A4) du bord interne (4s) de l'intervalle d'écoulement annulaire (4) est au maximum égale à la superficie de section transversale de moule (A2) de la surface interne (12) du composant de moule (2) et que ladite superficie de section transversale d'intervalle circonférentiel (A4) représente moins de 80 % de la superficie de section transversale de moule (A2) de la surface interne du composant de moule (12).
  8. Composant de moule selon la revendication 4 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que ladite somme (∑A3) des superficies de section transversale de trou des trous d'alimentation de coulée tangentiels (3) ne représente pas plus de 20 % de la superficie de section transversale de moule (A2) de la surface interne (12) du composant de moule (2) et que ladite somme (∑A3) des superficies de section transversale de trou ne représentent pas plus de 12 % de la superficie de section transversale de moule (A2) de la surface interne du composant de moule (12).
  9. Composant de moule selon la revendication 4 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que ledit intervalle d'écoulement annulaire (4) se rétrécit vers le haut vers le bas en formant un angle conique moyen (K) par rapport à l'axe central (10) ou en étant en moyenne perpendiculaire à l'axe central (10).
  10. Composant de moule selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4-9, caractérisé en ce que le nombre de trous d'alimentation de coulée tangentiels (3) n'est pas inférieur à deux.
  11. Composant de moule selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4-10, caractérisé en ce que ledit composant de moule comprend une chemise (6) et un mandrin (7),
    - la chemise (6) constituant l'extrémité inférieure (2a) et l'extrémité supérieure (2y) du composant de moule (2) et, à l'intérieur de l'extrémité supérieure de la chemise (2y), la cavité de moule de coulée continue allongée (20) s'étendant co-directionnellement avec l'axe central (10) et s'ouvrant vers le haut ;
    - lesdits trous d'alimentation de coulée tangentiels (3) étant présents dans ladite chemise (6) ;
    - le mandrin (7) se trouvant à l'intérieur ou à l'extérieur de l'extrémité inférieure (2a) du composant de moule (2) et constituant là un bouchon fermant la cavité de moule de coulée continue (20) vers le bas ; et
    - ledit intervalle d'écoulement annulaire (4) se situant entre une face tournée vers l'intérieur (16) de la chemise (6) et une face supérieure (17) du mandrin (7).
  12. Composant de moule selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que ledit mandrin (7) s'étend :
    - co-directionnellement avec l'axe central (10) depuis le dessous seulement vers l'évacuation avec une face inférieure de l'intervalle d'écoulement (4), sachant qu'il s'agit d'un composant de moule (2) utilisé dans la coulée continue d'une tige ou d'un fil ; ou
    - sous la forme d'un noyau (5) co-directionnellement avec l'axe central (10) depuis le dessous dans l'intérieur de la cavité de moule (20) vers un emplacement situé entre ses surfaces internes (12) vers le haut depuis l'intervalle d'écoulement (4) sur une longueur du mandrin (L), sachant qu'il s'agit d'un composant de moule (2) utilisé dans la coulée continue d'un tuyau.
  13. Procédé de coulée continue pour la coulée d'une tige ou d'un fil ou d'un tuyau verticalement vers le haut à réaliser avec un moule et une buse selon les revendications précédentes, ledit procédé comprenant :
    - l'apport de métal fondu (M) à une extrémité inférieure (2a) d'un composant de moule allongé (2) contenant une cavité de moule de coulée continue (20) ayant un axe central vertical (10) alors que ladite extrémité inférieure est submergée par les le métal fondu (M) ;
    - le fait de laisser le métal fondu se solidifier jusqu'à un état solide en refroidissant le composant de moule (2) avec une enveloppe de refroidissement (30) qui est fixée à son extrémité supérieure (2y) ;
    - le fait de tirer le métal solidifié à l'état solide sous la forme d'un fil ou d'une tige ou d'un tuyau hors de l'extrémité supérieure (2y) du composant de moule (2) à une vitesse de coulée (VM), caractérisé en ce que le métal fondu (M) présent dans la cavité de moule de coulée continue (20) est mis, au moyen d'un ou plusieurs jets de métal fondu (S1, S2), qui a ou ont une vitesse de jets périphériques (VT), dans un mouvement d'écoulement rotatif avançant au moins autour de l'axe central (10) et ayant une vitesse de moule périphérique (VD) qui est supérieure à la vitesse de jets périphériques.
  14. Procédé de coulée continue selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que ladite vitesse de jets périphériques (VT) est supérieure à ladite vitesse de coulée (VM) ; et que ladite vitesse périphérique (VT) est au moins huit fois supérieure à ladite vitesse de coulée (VM).
  15. Utilisation d'une tige, d'un fil ou d'un tuyau fabriqué avec une buse de coulée continue selon la revendication 1 ou un composant de moule selon la revendication 4 ou un procédé selon la revendication 13 comme ébauche dans la production d'une tige, d'un fil ou d'un tuyau plus mince et/ou à paroi plus mince.
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