EP3130414B1 - Installation metallurgique de fusion, comprenant une lingotiere - Google Patents

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EP3130414B1
EP3130414B1 EP16182288.7A EP16182288A EP3130414B1 EP 3130414 B1 EP3130414 B1 EP 3130414B1 EP 16182288 A EP16182288 A EP 16182288A EP 3130414 B1 EP3130414 B1 EP 3130414B1
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Thomas Heimann
Uwe Plociennik
Markus Reifferscheid
Christoph Tischner
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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
    • B22D11/043—Curved 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
    • B22D11/04—Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths into open-ended moulds
    • B22D11/0408—Moulds for casting thin slabs
    • 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
    • B22D41/507—Pouring-nozzles giving a rotating motion to the issuing molten metal
    • 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
    • B22D11/1282—Vertical casting and curving the cast stock to the horizontal

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  • the invention relates to a melting metallurgical plant, comprising a mold for discharging a casting strand from a mold outlet opening, wherein the mold is formed as a funnel mold, which has an upper, funnel-shaped area and a lower forming area with two opposite broad side walls and two in each case the two Having broad side walls connecting narrow side walls, wherein the two wide side walls are formed curved at its surface facing the casting strand, so that the cast strand leaves the die outlet opening at an angle to the vertical.
  • a fusion metallurgical plant with a generic hopper mold is from the DE 39 07 351 C2 known.
  • the mold has an upper region, which is designed as a funnel, and a lower region, which has two parallel side walls running wide. In the area of the broad side walls, the molten material is formed into a strand and conveyed through the mold outlet opening into the subsequent strand guide.
  • the deflection of the cast casting strand from the vertical to the horizontal.
  • the hopper mold is wider in the middle in the upper part to insert the dip tube, but tapers in width and after about 400 mm depth in the casting direction.
  • the strand is then conveyed vertically and bent only after the solidification.
  • FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 directed.
  • different types all of which realize the principle of the funnel mold and are designed differently. While at FIG. 5 the subdivision into the funnel area and the shaping area is clearly visible, these areas correspond to the solution FIG. 6 into each other over; the same applies to the solution after FIG. 7 ,
  • the slabs have a length in the conveying direction, a width transverse to this and a thickness.
  • the mold thickness is essentially the one in FIG. 5a can be seen in the right and left side of the representation.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to provide a generic melting metallurgical plant with a mold, with which it is possible to increase the service life of the mold.
  • the solution of this object by the invention is characterized in that the system further comprises a dip tube, which extends into the funnel-shaped area and supplies the mold with melt, wherein the dip tube is completely curved only in its end facing the mold in the sense of broad side walls.
  • the radius of the cast strand is preferably greater on the outer side (ie on the fixed side) than on the inner side (ie on the loose side), the difference preferably corresponding exactly to the strand thickness. Accordingly, then would be the outer radius of curvature equal to the inner radius of curvature plus the strand thickness.
  • the angle is preferably between 1 ° and 20 °, more preferably between 2 ° and 15 °.
  • the radius of curvature or the curvature of the two broad side walls is preferably formed in the same direction.
  • the curvature of the two broad side walls preferably has a radius of curvature which is between 2 m and 2.5 m in the case of a subsequent strand guide designed as a circular arc system. This relates to the two radii of curvature of the two opposite curved surfaces of the mold.
  • the curvature of the two broad side walls preferably has a radius of curvature which, in the case of a subsequent strand guide designed as an oval or clothoid system, is between 5 m and 20 m, preferably between 8 m and 12 m.
  • the radius of curvature can also be increased upward.
  • the height of the mold is preferably between 900 mm and 1100 mm.
  • the mold outlet opening preferably has a width between 40 mm and 70.
  • the funnel-shaped region is asymmetrical at least in its upper region, viewed perpendicular to the flow direction of the material passing through the mold.
  • temperature sensors can be integrated.
  • the system can then according to a preferred embodiment of the invention further comprise a control or regulating device which individually as a function of the temperature measured in a wide side wall controls or regulates the passage of cooling liquid through the wide side wall.
  • the funnel-shaped mold according to the invention is used, which makes it possible to build the system shorter and thus more cost-effective. Rather, with a curved funnel mold, curvature may already begin during the molding process of the molten material in the mold.
  • the curved funnel mold In a circular arc system, the curved funnel mold already has the circle radius. In oval or clothoid systems, the strand curvature begins in the mold.
  • the funnel canopies are usually 900 to 1,100 mm high.
  • the curvature In a sheet system, the curvature extends over the entire mold height. Otherwise, the curvature can run over the entire height or only at the level of the bathroom mirror (about 60 to 100 mm) under the Kokillenoberseite or even lower begin.
  • the strand thickness at Kokillenauslauf is preferably between 40 and 70 mm.
  • the liquid steel does not always strike the same mold position when it is filled into the curved funnel mold.
  • the steel is deflected in the same radius of curvature as the mold was built. As a result, the life of the mold is increased.
  • the Kokillenoszillation takes place on the entry radius of the strand guide, so even in a clothoid system on the radius, which is present on the first pair of rollers.
  • the funnel cane is not exactly the same length on both broad sides.
  • the arc length on the outside can usually be longer than the arc on the inside, ie in the casting direction.
  • the solidification can be done faster on the outside and the strand shell there be thicker.
  • the installation of a temperature measuring sensor makes sense. Through the measured temperatures in the mold and a connected temperature and water quantity calculation program (such as the DSC - Dynamic Solidification Control), the required amounts of mold water for both broad sides can be determined separately to obtain a uniform strand shell thickness
  • FIG. 8 a mold according to the invention is shown.
  • the mold 1 has a mold outlet opening 2, through which emerges the molded and prestabilized strand. Over its height h, the mold 1 has an upper funnel-shaped region 3 and a lower shaping region 4.
  • the shaping area 4 is formed by the two broad side walls 5 and 6, which form the melt to the strand of the desired shape.
  • the flow direction of the material is indicated by F.
  • the preformed strand passes below the mold outlet opening 2 directly into the strand guide 7, of which only a few rollers are shown schematically.
  • the two broad side walls 5 and 6 are formed curved at its surface facing the casting strand.
  • the radius of curvature is indicated by r K. Accordingly, the cast strand leaves the mold outlet opening 2 at an angle ⁇ to the vertical V. This angle is for example in a range between 2 ° and 15 °.
  • the radii of curvature are usually between 2 m and 2.5 m in a bow machine and between 5 m and 20 m in an oval or clothoid system, preferably here at 10 m.
  • FIG. 9 is the top view of the upper edge of the mold to see where a sectional plane is indicated by dashed lines.
  • FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 various forms of the curvatures of the broad side walls indicated.
  • the funnel can also be carried out only on one broad side, preferably on the outer radius of the mold.
  • FIG. 14 shows the mold with curvature on both broad sides, but only half-sided funnel.
  • FIG. 15 It can be seen how the dip tube 8 dips into the region of the funnel of the mold 1 in order to supply it with melt. Arrangements are made here to facilitate insertion of the dip tube into the funnel area. This is on the other FIGS. 16 and 17 Referenced.
  • the liquid steel flows from the tundish through the dip tube 8 in the mold 1.
  • a vertically inserted, straight and not bent at the end dip tube of the steel always meets in a curved mold according to the invention in the same place. At this position, the mold would wear much faster.
  • the copper wall is ground more strongly there and the service life of the mold is thus shortened.
  • the dip tube 8 is also bent slightly in accordance with the Kokillenkrümmung, the hot steel does not always apply directly to the same position of the mold wall. As a result, the Kokillenstandzeit is significantly extended. It is also possible that the dip tube 8 is not completely curved, but only has an arcuate extension at the rear part seen in the casting direction in order to divert the steel flow somewhat in the casting direction.
  • FIGS. 16 and 17 It can be seen how the dip tube 8 has said curvature in its end region 9. This applies accordingly FIG. 16 the entire end area 9 (fully curved dip tube) or according to FIG. 17 (Not according to the invention) only a part of the side wall (dip tube with flow deflection).
  • a device should be provided which prevents the dip tube 8 can not be accidentally planted around the wrong tundish. Any position rotated by more than 5 ° must be structurally excluded.
  • some (advantageously three or four) different width bolts may be attached to the upper end of the dip tube.
  • appropriate grooves are provided at the tundish outlet. So the dip tube is always mounted in the correct position on the tundish.

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  1. Installation de fusion pour une industrie métallurgique comprenant une lingotière (1) pour l'évacuation d'une barre de coulée à partir d'une ouverture de sortie (2) de la lingotière, dans laquelle la lingotière (1) est réalisée sous la forme d'une lingotière possédant une configuration en forme d'entonnoir, qui présente une zone supérieure (3) possédant une configuration en forme d'entonnoir et une zone inférieure de façonnement (4) comprenant deux parois latérales larges (5, 6) opposées l'une à l'autre et deux parois latérales étroites reliant respectivement les deux parois latérales larges, dans laquelle les deux parois latérales larges (5, 6) sont réalisées pour prendre une configuration incurvée (rk) contre leur surface orientée en direction de la barre de coulée, d'une manière telle que la barre de coulée quitte l'ouverture de sortie (2) de la lingotière en formant un angle (α) par rapport à la verticale (V), caractérisée en ce que l'installation présente en outre un tube plongeur (8) qui aboutit dans la zone (3) possédant une configuration en forme d'entonnoir et qui alimente la lingotière (1) en masse fondue, dans laquelle le tube plongeur (8) prend complètement une configuration incurvée uniquement dans sa zone terminale (9) orientée dans la direction de la lingotière (1), dans le sens des parois latérales larges (5, 6).
  2. Installation selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'angle (α) se situe entre 1° et 20°.
  3. Installation selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que l'angle de courbure (rk), respectivement l'incurvation des deux parois latérales larges (5, 6) sont réalisées dans le même sens.
  4. Installation selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que l'incurvation des deux parois latérales larges (5, 6) présente un angle de courbure (rk) qui, dans le cadre d'un guidage de barre subséquent (7) réalisé sous la forme d'une installation en arc de cercle, se situe entre 2 m et 2,5 m.
  5. Installation selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que l'incurvation des deux parois latérales larges (5, 6) présente un angle de courbure (rk) qui, dans le cadre d'un guidage de barre subséquent (7) réalisé sous la forme d'une installation de forme ovale ou en forme de clothoïde, se situe entre 5 m et 20 m.
  6. Installation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que la hauteur (h) de la lingotière (1) s'élève entre 900 mm et 1.100 mm.
  7. Installation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce que l'ouverture de sortie (2) de la lingotière présente une largeur entre 40 mm et 70 mm.
  8. Installation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisée en ce que la zone (3) possédant une configuration en forme d'entonnoir, lorsqu'on regarde perpendiculairement par rapport à la direction d'écoulement (F) de la matière qui passe par la lingotière (1), est réalisée de manière asymétrique au moins dans sa partie supérieure.
  9. Installation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisée en ce que des capteurs de la température (10, 11) sont intégrés dans la zone des deux parois latérales larges (5, 6).
  10. Installation selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend en outre un mécanisme de commande ou de réglage qui commande ou qui règle de manière individuelle en fonction de la température mesurée dans une paroi latérale large (5, 6) le passage d'un liquide de refroidissement à travers la paroi latérale large (5, 6).
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