JP2010253529A - Secondary cooling method for continuous casting - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a secondary cooling method for continuous casting equipment, in which a slab is uniformly cooled without generating an overcooling phenomenon in the surface of the slab. <P>SOLUTION: When a slab 10 cast by a continuous casting machine is subjected to secondary cooling using cooling water or a mixed body of cooling water and a gas in a secondary cooling zone provided at the lower part of a mold while supporting the same by slab supporting rolls 6, the slab is subjected to secondary cooling while sucking-removing the remaining water of the cooling water stored in the surface of the slab during continuous casting by suction tubes 14. At this time, the suction tube is preferably arranged at the part of the roll chock 6a in each slab supporting roll. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for cooling a slab in a secondary cooling zone of a continuous casting facility that can uniformly cool the slab even during high-speed casting.

  In continuous casting of steel, the molten steel in the ladle is once poured into the tundish, and with a predetermined amount of molten steel staying in the tundish, the molten steel in the tundish is passed through an immersion nozzle installed at the bottom of the tundish. And injected into the mold. The molten steel injected into the mold is cooled to form a solidified shell on the contact surface with the mold, and this slab with the solidified shell as the outer shell and the unsolidified molten steel inside is a secondary part provided below the mold. In the cooling zone, it is continuously drawn down below the mold while being cooled by cooling water (also referred to as “secondary cooling water”) sprayed on the surface of the slab, and eventually solidification to the center is completed. A slab which is a raw material for rolling is manufactured by cutting a slab that has been solidified to the center to a predetermined length.

  If non-uniform cooling occurs in the secondary cooling zone, cracks will occur on the surface and inside of the slab, or the center segregation at the center of the slab will deteriorate, so it is uniform in the casting direction and width direction of the slab. Cooling has been proposed and implemented. In this case, since the slab slab is wide and it is necessary to arrange a plurality of spray nozzles in the width direction, non-uniform cooling tends to occur in the width direction, and in particular, uniform cooling is performed in the slab width direction. It becomes important.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a plurality of injection holes are provided at the tip of a spray nozzle, and the surface of a slab is cooled with a plurality of parallel flat spray water sprayed from the injection holes between adjacent rolls. It is disclosed. According to Patent Document 1, since cooling is performed with a plurality of spray water, the temperature difference between cooling and recuperation is reduced, and repeated thermal stress is reduced accordingly, and surface cracks of the slab are reduced. .

  In Patent Document 2, the water distribution in the slab drawing direction of the cooling water sprayed from the spray nozzle, where A and B are points that are 20% of the maximum portion of the water distribution, the distance between A and B Then, it is disclosed that the slab is cooled by using a spray nozzle having an angle ACB of 30 degrees or more when the water amount distribution of 20% or more of the maximum portion is continuous and the spray nozzle center of the spray nozzle is C. ing. According to Patent Document 2, the cooling ability for the slab can be efficiently increased.

In Patent Document 3, cooling water having a water supply pressure of 25 to 100 kgf / cm ² (2.5 to 9.8 MPa) is sprayed on a slab through a water supply mechanism having a booster pump in a pressurizing system. Continuous casting with cooling is disclosed. According to Patent Document 3, the splash of cooling water that has collided with the slab is atomized, the generation of partial accumulated water on the surface of the slab is prevented, and partial overcooling is prevented. Cooling is realized.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 50-103426 JP 2003-136205 A JP-A-57-91857

  In continuous casting of steel, the surface temperature of the slab in the secondary cooling zone is generally controlled to 700-1000 ° C. With the recent increase in casting speed, the ability of secondary cooling has been strengthened, The slab surface temperature inside tends to decrease in general. In addition, with the increase in casting speed, a phenomenon in which a portion having a surface temperature lower than 700 ° C. locally occurs in the slab (referred to as “supercooling phenomenon”) has come to occur. As for the surface temperature of the slab where the supercooling phenomenon occurs, temperature unevenness occurs in the slab width direction.

  This supercooling phenomenon is a phenomenon in which the surface of the slab during casting is lowered by supercooling in the secondary cooling zone. FIG. 1 shows the occurrence of temperature unevenness in the supercooled slab slab (FIG. 1A). ) And the occurrence of surface cracks in the slab slab after cooling (FIG. 1B). As shown in FIG. 1, when the cast slab is observed, it can be seen that surface cracks are concentrated on the portion where the temperature unevenness occurs. In addition, the present inventors pursued the cause of the occurrence of this supercooling phenomenon, the occurrence of temperature unevenness of the slab, and the secondary cooling water staying on the surface of the slab (the remaining cooling water is referred to as “residual water”). It is known that there is a correlation with the water temperature.

  If the above prior arts are verified from the viewpoint of preventing this overcooling phenomenon, that is, temperature unevenness, none of the above prior arts is effective in preventing the overcooling phenomenon, or even if effective, it is not efficient.

  That is, Patent Document 1 increases the spray water injection area, that is, the cooling area to prevent overcooling, but uses a flat spray nozzle, and as long as cooling is performed only by the flat spray nozzle, Since the collision pressure is strong and the amount of secondary cooling water is large, the generation of residual water cannot be prevented, and the occurrence of the supercooling phenomenon under high-speed casting cannot be prevented.

  Patent Document 2 is a spray nozzle with a wider injection angle in the casting direction. Compared with the flat spray nozzle of Patent Document 1, the collision pressure during cooling can be reduced, so that the supercooling phenomenon is unlikely to occur. Become. However, as long as the spray nozzle is used for cooling, the generation of residual water cannot be prevented. If the casting speed is increased, a supercooling phenomenon occurs.

In Patent Document 3, the generation of residual water is prevented by spraying high pressure secondary cooling water of 25 to 100 kgf / cm ^{2 to} the slab to prevent the generation of residual water and uniform cooling. It is suppressed and the effect of preventing the supercooling phenomenon is exhibited. However, in the continuous casting machine for steel, the length of the secondary cooling zone reaches 20m from the long one to 50m, and cooling with high pressure water in all the secondary cooling zones is not only an equipment cost but also an operation. The cost is high, and even if it is limited only to the secondary cooling zone in the upstream part, the operation cost is high and it is not practical.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its object is to generate a supercooling phenomenon on the surface of the slab when cooling the slab during casting in the secondary cooling zone of the continuous casting facility. It is providing the secondary cooling method which can cool a slab uniformly.

  The secondary cooling method in continuous casting according to the first invention for solving the above-mentioned problem is a secondary cooling method in which a slab cast by a continuous casting machine is provided below a mold while being supported by a slab support roll. When performing secondary cooling using cooling water or a mixture of cooling water and gas in the cooling zone, the residual water of the cooling water accumulated on the surface of the slab during continuous casting is cast while being sucked and removed by a suction pipe. The piece is secondarily cooled.

  The secondary cooling method in continuous casting according to the second invention is the split slab support roll obtained by dividing the slab support roll into two or more in the slab width direction in the first invention, and the split mold The suction pipe is arranged in a roll chock portion of the slab support roll.

  According to the present invention, the residual water of the secondary cooling water that accumulates on the surface of the slab during continuous casting is subjected to secondary cooling while sucking and removing the secondary cooling water using a suction pipe. Even if some residual water is removed from the slab surface and the casting speed is increased, the slab surface is not overcooled, and the slab is cooled uniformly without causing temperature unevenness on the slab surface. Is realized. As a result, it is possible to cast a slab excellent in surface quality free from surface cracks with high productivity, which brings about an industrially beneficial effect.

It is a figure which shows the relationship between the generation | occurrence | production state of the temperature nonuniformity in a supercooled slab slab, and the generation | occurrence | production state of the surface crack of the slab slab after cooling. It is the schematic of the slab continuous casting machine to which this invention is applied. It is the schematic of the 1st cooling zone of the slab continuous casting machine to which this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the surface temperature distribution of the slab width direction in Example 1. FIG. It is the schematic of the 1st cooling zone of the other slab continuous casting machine to which this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the surface temperature distribution of the slab width direction in Example 2. FIG.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. First, the background to the present invention will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1 described above, when the casting speed is increased, the present inventors frequently experience the phenomenon of undercooling of the slab, which is a cause of temperature unevenness. It was confirmed that surface cracks frequently occurred on the piece. Therefore, we sought the cause that the supercooling phenomenon easily occurs when the casting speed is increased.

  The equipment length of the continuous casting machine is limited. Therefore, as the casting speed increases, the slab solidification must be completed within the limited equipment length, and therefore the cooling in the secondary cooling zone. Strengthen ability. Usually, the amount of cooling water or air mist (mixture of cooling water and air) injected from the water spray nozzle or air mist spray nozzle (hereinafter also referred to as “spray nozzle”) in the secondary cooling zone is increased. Therefore, the cooling capacity in the secondary cooling zone is strengthened. Generally, the secondary cooling of the continuous casting machine is controlled so that the amount of cooling water per 1 kg of molten steel to be cast is constant. In this case, when the casting speed is doubled, The amount of secondary cooling water is doubled.

  The cooling water sprayed from the spray nozzle takes heat from the slab by the sensible heat when the water temperature after colliding with the slab surface rises from the normal temperature of the initial state to the boiling temperature, and the latent heat of evaporation due to evaporation, and The cooling promoting action by the collision force of the cooling water works and the slab surface is cooled. In this case, the injected secondary cooling water cannot evaporate and remains as residual water on the slab surface or sandwiched between the slab support roll and the slab. Moreover, a part of residual water flows in the slab width direction and falls from the surface of the slab, and a part of the residual water is divided into two or more in the slab width direction. It flows down to the downstream side along the surface of the slab through the gap. When the roll pitch (distance between rolls in the casting direction) is reduced to increase the support area of the slab, the split slab support roll naturally reduces the roll diameter of the slab support roll and reduces the roll diameter. Since the rigidity of the roll is reduced and the deflection of the roll itself is increased, this is a slab support roll for reducing this deflection. Of course, there is also a slab continuous casting machine in which the split slab support roll is not arranged.

  Since the amount of secondary cooling water is small in the range where the casting speed is low, it has been confirmed that the temperature of the residual water remaining on the slab is as high as 80 ° C. or higher. In this case, it has been confirmed that the supercooling phenomenon does not occur. However, if the casting speed is increased and the amount of secondary cooling water is increased, the residual water staying on the slab increases, and the water temperature of the residual water is expected to decrease.

  Therefore, the relationship between the amount of secondary cooling water and the temperature of residual water at that time was investigated using an experimental device. In the experiment, a heated flat thick steel plate is arranged obliquely, and a shielding box having a slit (number of slits = 1) simulating the gap of the roll chock is arranged at the upper end of the thick steel plate. The cooling water was supplied to the steel plate, and the cooling water flowed down the surface of the thick steel plate through the slit. The temperature of the cooling water flowing down was measured by a thermocouple placed 2 mm away from the surface of the thick steel plate at the exit position of the slit, and the temperature of the thick steel plate was 1 mm away from the surface of the thick steel plate at the exit position of the slit. The measurement was made with a thermocouple embedded in the thick steel plate.

  The steel plate is heated to 1000 ° C. in a soaking furnace together with the shielding box, and the thick steel plate is taken out of the soaking furnace and placed in a predetermined position. When the temperature of the thick steel plate reaches 900 ° C., the inside of the shielding box Cooling water at 35 ° C. was supplied from the water supply pipe. The supply amount of cooling water was set to two levels of 10 L (liter) / min and 20 L / min.

  When the amount of cooling water supplied is 10 L / min, the temperature of the cooling water at the slit exit position remains as high as 85 to 90 ° C., and the temperature of the steel plate decreases at a substantially constant rate, and water supply starts. When 50 seconds passed, the temperature was about 800 ° C., and no supercooling phenomenon occurred. However, when the amount of cooling water supplied is 20 L / min, the water temperature of the cooling water was about 80 ° C. immediately after the water supply, but the water temperature became 80 ° C. or less after about 20 seconds from the start of the water supply. It started to drop, and it became about 60 ° C when 50 seconds passed from the start of water supply. Moreover, after the water temperature of the cooling water at the slit exit position became less than 80 ° C., the temperature of the thick steel plate also suddenly decreased, and decreased to about 300 ° C. when 50 seconds had elapsed from the start of water supply. That is, a supercooling phenomenon occurred when the amount of cooling water supplied was 20 L / min.

  From these results, it was found that the lowering of the temperature of the stagnant water of the secondary cooling water is the cause of the supercooling phenomenon. That is, when the casting speed increases and the amount of secondary cooling water increases, the amount of residual water that remains on the slab increases, and the temperature of the residual water decreases to less than 80 ° C. Residual water that flows in the width direction of the slab and falls from the surface of the slab does not matter, but the residual water that flows downstream along the surface of the slab through the gap of the roll chock of the split-type slab support roll The water has a higher subcooling degree as the temperature of the residual water decreases, and the residual water exhibits an action of cooling the slab. Once the action of cooling by residual water acts on the slab, the surface temperature of the slab at that part decreases, the wettability of the slab surface improves, the cooling action becomes stronger, and the surface temperature is locally low. A site is formed. And it discovered that this was a cause of occurrence of the supercooling phenomenon. Accordingly, it has been found that if the residual water on the surface of the slab is forcibly sucked and removed from the surface of the slab by a suction pipe or the like, the supercooling phenomenon does not occur.

  The present invention has been made on the basis of the above knowledge, and cooling water or cooling is performed in a secondary cooling zone provided below the mold while supporting a slab cast by a continuous casting machine with a slab support roll. During secondary cooling using a mixture of water and gas, the slab is secondary cooled while forcibly sucking and removing the residual water of the cooling water that accumulates on the surface of the slab during continuous casting with a suction pipe. It is characterized by doing.

  The suction pipe for sucking the residual water may have any configuration as long as the inside is in a reduced pressure state and the residual water staying on the slab can be sucked, for example, a liquid pump or It may be connected to a gas pump, and residual water may be sucked by these pumps. However, in the case of a gas pump, in order to prevent the sucked residual water from reaching the pump, it is necessary to arrange a moisture separation tank for separating the sucked residual water in the middle of the path. In addition, the residual water staying on the slab is sucked up by utilizing the pressure reducing effect of gas (air) or liquid (water) that passes through the orifice in the flow path at high speed, such as a spray bottle or an aspirator. Also good. In any case, it is preferable to configure the suction tube in consideration of not sucking only residual water but also sucking air. The inner diameter of the suction tube does not need to be specified, and it is sufficient if it is about 5 to 30 mm.

  The suction position of the residual water in the slab width direction may be one place in the slab width direction central part, but it is preferable to install two or more places in the slab width direction and suck evenly in the slab width direction. . In addition, in the case of a continuous casting machine in which a split mold slab support roll is arranged, residual water flows down through the gap of the roll chock of the split mold slab support roll. It is preferable to arrange a suction pipe at the site of the roll chock of the single support roll. In this case, it is preferable to dispose one or more suction pipes in the slab width direction at the same time as disposing the roll chock.

  The suction / removal of residual water by the suction pipe does not need to be performed in all secondary cooling zones of the secondary cooling zone, but only in the secondary cooling zone in the upstream or middle stream where the amount of secondary cooling water is large. Even in such a case, it is not necessary to carry out at all positions of the slab support rolls adjacent to each other in the casting direction, and a suction pipe is arranged for each of several slab support rolls to perform suction and removal. May be. That is, it is not necessary to completely remove residual water from the slab, and there is no problem even if residual water having the same level as that remaining when the casting speed is low is retained.

  In addition, the present invention can be applied as long as cooling water is used, whether it is a secondary cooling zone in which a water spray nozzle is disposed or a secondary cooling zone in which an air mist spray nozzle is disposed. .

  Thus, according to the present invention, the residual water that accumulates on the surface of the slab during continuous casting is secondarily cooled while being sucked and removed using the suction pipe, so that the residual that is the cause of the supercooling phenomenon Even under casting where water is removed from the slab surface and the casting speed is increased, the slab surface is not overcooled, and the slab surface is uniformly cooled without causing temperature unevenness on the slab surface. Is realized.

  An embodiment of the present invention in the slab continuous casting machine shown in FIG. 2 will be described. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is a vertical bending type slab continuous casting machine, 2 is a tundish for relaying and supplying molten steel supplied from a ladle to a mold, and 3 is a sliding for adjusting the flow rate of molten steel to the mold. Nozzle 4 is an immersion nozzle for injecting molten steel into the mold, 5 is a mold for cooling the molten steel to form the outer shell shape of the slab, and 6 is for supporting and guiding the slab. A slab support roll, 7 is a transport roll for transporting the cast slab, 8 is a gas cutter for cutting the cast slab into a predetermined length, 9 is molten steel, and 10 is cast. The cast slab 10a is a cut slab, 11 is a solidified shell, and 12 is an unsolidified phase.

  The used slab continuous casting machine 1 has an equipment length of 45 m and is capable of casting a slab slab having a width of 2000 mm. The distance from the upper end of the mold 5 to the lower end of the mold 5 is 1 m, and the range of 44 m from the position immediately below the mold to the machine end is the secondary cooling zone. Toward the end side, it was divided into four secondary cooling zones, a first cooling zone, a second cooling zone, a third cooling zone, and a fourth cooling zone, and cooling conditions were set for each secondary cooling zone. In FIG. 2, the range from the AA ′ position to the slab support roll 6 immediately above the BB ′ position is the first cooling zone, and from the BB ′ position to the slab support roll 6 just above the CC ′ position. Is the second cooling zone, and the range from the CC ′ position to the slab support roll 6 immediately above the DD ′ position is the third cooling zone, from the DD ′ position to the slab support roll 6 at the end of the machine. Is the fourth cooling zone. An air mist spray nozzle is disposed in each secondary cooling zone of the secondary cooling zone, and the slab 10 is cooled by the air mist sprayed from the air mist spray nozzle.

  Among these secondary cooling zones, the method of the present invention was applied to the first cooling zone and the second cooling zone. 3 is a schematic view showing the range of the vertical portion on the upper side of the first cooling zone of the slab continuous casting machine shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 (A) is a view as seen from the short side of the slab, FIG. 3 (B) is a view seen from the long side of the slab.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the slab support roll 6 in this range is a split slab support roll divided into two in the width direction of the slab 10 by a roll chock 6a, and the part of the roll chock 6a is in the casting direction. The slab support rolls 6 are arranged so as to be arranged alternately. Two air mist spray nozzles 13 are arranged between adjacent slab support rolls 6, and the slab 10 is supported by the split slab support roll 6 while being separated from the air mist spray nozzle 13. It is cooled by the injected air mist. Further, a suction pipe 14 having an inner diameter of 10 mm is disposed in a portion surrounded by the slab 10 and the slab support roll 6 where residual water accumulates. The suction pipe 14 is connected to header pipes 15 disposed on both sides of the slab 10, and the header pipe 15 is connected to a suction pump 16. That is, the suction pipe 14 is installed in a portion extending substantially horizontally from the header pipe 15 and surrounded by the slab 10 and the slab support roll 6, and residual water of the secondary cooling water is supplied to the suction pump 16. The residual water sucked and removed by the suction pipe 14 by the operation is collected in the header pipe 15, and then discharged to the outside through the suction pump 16.

  In FIG. 3, the air mist spray nozzle 13 and the suction pipe 14 are arranged only on the long side surface of one side of the slab 10, but this is for avoiding the drawing from becoming complicated. The air mist spray nozzle 13 and the suction pipe 14 are arranged on the long side surfaces on both sides of the slab 10. However, on the lower surface side of the slab 10 of the slab continuous casting machine 1, the secondary cooling water sprayed on the slab 10 naturally falls due to gravity and no residual water is generated. In the range where the inclination angle is small, it is not necessary to arrange the suction pipe 14 on the lower surface side of the slab. Accordingly, here, the suction pipes 14 are arranged on both sides of the slab 10 in the first cooling zone. However, in the second cooling zone, the suction pipes 14 are not arranged on the lower surface side of the slab. The suction tube 14 was disposed only on the upper surface side.

  Using the slab continuous casting machine 1 of this configuration, a surface temperature profile meter (not shown) comprising an infrared camera installed on the upper surface side of the slab at the boundary between the third cooling zone and the fourth cooling zone of the secondary cooling zone While measuring the slab surface temperature, casting of a slab slab having a thickness of 250 mm and a width of 2000 mm was started at a casting speed (Vc) of 1.5 m / min. FIG. 4 shows the surface temperature distribution in the slab width direction measured by the slab surface temperature profile meter. When the casting speed was 1.5 m / min, the surface temperature distribution in the slab width direction measured by the slab surface temperature profile meter had a temperature deviation of about 40 ° C. or less and was cooled substantially uniformly. .

  Thereafter, the casting speed was increased to 2.0 m / min, and the amount of secondary cooling water was increased in proportion to the casting speed. As a result, supercooling occurred at the slab surface corresponding to the roll chock 6a, and FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the deviation of the slab surface temperature was increased to 250 ° C. or more. Then, the suction pump 16 was started and the suction of the residual water by each suction pipe 14 installed in the first cooling zone and the second cooling zone was started. The deviation of the slab surface temperature starts to decrease about 5 minutes after the suction of the residual water by each suction pipe 14, and after about 10 minutes, the deviation of the slab surface temperature is 40 ° C. as shown in FIG. Became within. The “conventional method” shown in FIG. 4 is a casting form in which the residual water is not sucked by the suction pipe 14, and the “present method” is a casting form in which the residual water is sucked by the suction pipe 14. It is.

  Instead of the installation position of the suction pipe 14 in the slab continuous casting machine 1 shown in the first embodiment, the slab continuous has the suction pipe 14 arranged at the site of the roll chock 6a of the slab support roll 6 in the first cooling zone and the second cooling zone. The present invention was implemented using a casting machine.

  FIG. 5 shows a schematic view in which the suction pipe 14 is disposed at the site of the roll chock 6 a of the slab support roll 6. FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the range of the vertical portion on the upper side of the first cooling zone, FIG. 5 (A) is a view seen from the short side of the slab, and FIG. 5 (B) is the slab. It is the figure seen from the long side.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the slab support rolls 6 are arranged so that the portions of the roll chock 6a are alternately arranged in the casting direction, and a direction substantially perpendicular to the long side surface of the slab is directly above the roll chock 6a. A suction tube 14 having an inner diameter of 10 mm is arranged between the rolls. The suction pipe 14 is connected to a header pipe 15, and the header pipe 15 is connected to a suction pump 16. That is, the suction pipe 14 is installed at a position immediately above the roll chock 6 a so as to be close to the long side surface of the slab, and the residual water to flow down through the roll chock 6 a is operated by the suction pump 16 through the suction pipe 14. The residual water sucked and removed and sucked is collected in the header pipe 15 and then discharged to the outside through the suction pump 16.

  In FIG. 5, the air mist spray nozzle 13 and the suction pipe 14 are arranged only on the long side surface of one side of the slab 10, but this is for avoiding the drawing from becoming complicated. The air mist spray nozzle 13 and the suction pipe 14 are arranged on the long side surfaces on both sides of the slab 10. As in the first embodiment, the suction pipes 14 are arranged on both sides of the slab 10 in the first cooling zone, but the suction pipes 14 are arranged only on the upper surface side of the slab 10 in the second cooling zone. did. The other structure of this slab continuous casting machine is the same structure as the slab continuous casting machine 1 shown in Example 1, and the description thereof is omitted.

  Using the slab continuous casting machine of this configuration, the surface temperature of the slab was measured with a surface temperature profile meter consisting of an infrared camera installed on the upper surface side of the slab at the boundary between the third cooling zone and the fourth cooling zone of the secondary cooling zone. While measuring, casting of a slab slab having a thickness of 250 mm and a width of 2000 mm was started at a casting speed (Vc) of 1.5 m / min. FIG. 6 shows the surface temperature distribution in the slab width direction measured by the slab surface temperature profile meter. When the casting speed was 1.5 m / min, the surface temperature distribution in the slab width direction measured by the slab surface temperature profile meter had a temperature deviation of about 45 ° C. or less and was cooled substantially uniformly. .

  Thereafter, the casting speed was increased to 2.0 m / min, and the amount of secondary cooling water was increased in proportion to the casting speed. As a result, supercooling occurred at the slab surface portion corresponding to the portion of the roll chock 6a. As shown in FIG. 2, the deviation of the slab surface temperature was increased to 250 ° C. or more. Then, the suction pump 16 was started and the suction of the residual water by each suction pipe 14 installed in the first cooling zone and the second cooling zone was started. About 5 minutes after the suction of the residual water by the suction pipes 14 starts, the deviation of the slab surface temperature starts to decrease, and after about 10 minutes, the deviation of the slab surface temperature becomes 40 ° C. as shown in FIG. Became within. The “conventional method” shown in FIG. 6 is a casting form in which the residual water is not sucked by the suction pipe 14, and the “method of the present invention” is a casting form in which the residual water is sucked by the suction pipe 14. It is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slab continuous casting machine 2 Tundish 3 Sliding nozzle 4 Immersion nozzle 5 Mold 6 Casting piece support roll 6a Roll chock 7 Conveying roll 8 Gas cutting machine 9 Molten steel 10 Cast piece 11 Solidified shell 12 Unsolidified phase 13 Air mist spray nozzle 14 Absorption pipe 15 Header pipe 16 Suction pump

Claims (2)

  The slab cast by the continuous casting machine is secondarily cooled using a cooling water or a mixture of cooling water and gas in a secondary cooling zone provided below the mold while being supported by a slab support roll. In this case, the secondary cooling method in continuous casting is characterized in that the slab is secondarily cooled while sucking and removing the residual water of the cooling water accumulated on the surface of the slab during continuous casting with a suction pipe.   The slab support roll is a split-type slab support roll divided into two or more in the slab width direction, and the suction pipe is disposed at a roll chock portion of the split-type slab support roll. The secondary cooling method in the continuous casting according to claim 1.

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