US3623536A - Method and mold for continuously casting metallic elements - Google Patents
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- a mold for continuous casting of metallic elements has a passage which is oriented substantially vertically and has an upper open end and a lower open end so that metal introduced into the upper open end in molten state will solidify within the passage and advance therewithin in solidified form towards and beyond the lower open end.
- the passage is so configurated that its inner circumferential wall is spaced from the outer surface of the solidified metal element which forms and advances within the passage.
- the cross section of the passage first diverges and then converges in the direction from the upper open end to the lower open end.
- Cooling water conduits are provided in the mold and communicate with the passage in the convergent portion thereof, being so arranged that in this portion they cool only the mold and thereby indirectly the solidified metal element, whereupon the water runs along the inner circumferential wall of the passage to the throat or narrowest part of the convergent-divergent cross section where it contacts and directly cools the advancing metal element.
- the injection of water through the conduits into the convergent portion of the passage produces a venturi action and the resulting underpressure in the passage is utilized to draw air, a desired gas and/or lubricating fluid into the passage.
- the present invention relates generally to the continuous casting of metallic materials, and more particularly to a method of such casting and a mold for carrying out the method. Still more specifically the invention relates to such a method and mold for the continuous casting of metallic elements of small thickness such as wires, bands, tapes and the like.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a mold for carrying the novel method into effect.
- one feature of the invention resides in a mold for continuous casting of metallic elements, particularly elements of small thickness such as wires and bands, which mold comprises, briefly stated, wall means defining an upright passage having an inlet end portion bounded by a forming surface, an outlet end portion and a convergentdivergent cross section in direction from the former to the latter of these end portions.
- Feed means feeds into the inlet end portion a stream of molten metal for forming therein solidification and advancement as a metallic element through the passage to the outlet end portion.
- Cooling means introduces into the region of the inlet end portion water in such a manner as to indirectly cool the metallic element and into the region of convergent-divergent cross section jets of water in such a manner as to directly cool the metallic element, and it further serves for producing in this passage an underpressure sufficient to aspirate auxiliary fluids in the passage.
- the production of the underpressure is based, of course, on the fact that in the throat of the passage, that is the region of narrowest cross section where the convergent and divergent portions of the passage merge, a venturi effect is produced by the injection of the jets of cooling water into the divergent portion of the passage. In this manner backup or rising of the cooling water from the region of the convergent-divergent cross section of the passage into the entrance end of the passage in which indirect cooling only is to be effected, is avoided.
- the underpressure is utilized to aspirate auxiliary fluids into the passage.
- air may be aspirated in this manner and become admixed with the cooling water so that the latter does not impinge in form of jets upon the outer surface of the advancing solidified metallic element, but rather in form of a spray, with a resulting decreasing of the cooling intensity and a concomitant decrease in the tendency towards formation of cracks and fissures in the material of the solidified metal element, which tendency is of course highly undesirable particularly at the high casting speeds which are required in molds of this type.
- the cooling intensity can be reduced to such an extent that the solidified element will still be warm as it issues from the downstream end of the passage and can thus still be formed in warm state directly on leaving the downstream end and immediately after being formed by casting.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective fragmentary section through a mold according to the present invention, with the casing direction being indicated by the illustrated arrow;
- FIG. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section, taken in the casting direction, through the mold according to the present invention and as shown in FIG. 1.
- reference numeral 1 identifies a chamber which accommodates molten metal which is to be cast.
- Chamber 1 may be considered a feed means from which molten metal is fed into the upstream open end of the casting passage of the mold.
- Suitable means which are not illustrated and fonn no part of the present invention, serve to maintain the level of molten metal in the chamber 1 constant by supplying additional molten metal whenever needed.
- the mold is of generally annular configuration in the manner which is already well known in the art. It is provided with a cover plate 4 separating the upper portion 5 of its passage from the chamber 1, a space 3 being provided through which the chamber 1 communicates with the portion 5.
- the cover plate 4 consists of a heat-insulating material, that is a material having a low thermal conductivity, and as illustrated it closes that side of the space 5 which faces away from the outlet end of the mold passage.
- Reference numeral 6 identifies the circumferential wall surfaces surrounding the space 5 provided at the inlet end portion of the passage and in which the actual forming of the molten metal takes place.
- Reference numeral 7 identifies water chambers into which cooling waster is introduced under pressure in suitable manner, not illustrated because it forms no part of the present invention.
- the chambers 7 communicate via the round cross section channel 8 with the space 5, so that the water flows through the channels 8, cooling the surfaces 6 surrounding the space 5 and thus indirectly-but not directlycooling the molten metal which has been introduced from the chamber 4 and which advances in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1 and solidifies to become a metal element.
- a space 11 Downstream of the space 5 and in communication therewith is a space 11, also constituting a part of the inner mold passage, and in which the metallic element which is solidified only in its surface regions but not yet solidified in its interior, is further cooled directly by contact with the cooling water. It is the particular configuration of the space 11 which provides for the desired venturi effect.
- the passage defined by the two spaces 5 and 11 (of which only the former has a molding function while the latter serves a guiding and cooling function) is composed of two portions of convergentdivergent cross section with the convergent portion extending from the inlet 3 to the region of narrowest cross section, corresponding to the throat of a venturi, whereas the divergent portion extends from the region 15 to the outlet end 16 of the portion I 1.
- this space or gap 13 is subdivided by a plurality of ridges 14 extending in the casting direction (compare FIG. 1) and being circumferentially spaced from one another.
- ridges 14 it is possible to omit these ridges 14.
- the gap or space 13 first converges in cross section to the throat 15 and from there diverges in cross section, and that therefore the injection of water jets in the conduits 8 causes in the area of the openings 6 an underpressure.
- I further provide the air inlet conduits 17 which communicate with the gap 13 in the region of the openings 9 and whose outer ends communicate with the ambient atmosphere, in the illustrated embodiment with the chambers 18 which in turn communicate with the outer atmosphere via openings which can be controlled by suitable valves so that by regulating the valves it is possible to regulate the quantity and pressure of air in the chamber I8 and therefore regulate the quantity of air which enters through the conduits 17 in the gap l3.
- Such regulation may be effected manually or automatically by suitable means which is well known and forms no part of the present invention.
- the molten metal entering into the space 5 does not immediately expand to assume a configuration corresponding precisely to the cross-sectional area of the space 5. Instead, because of its surface tension it forms a meniscus so that an annular hollow space 19 develops between the outer surface of the entering molten metal, the surfaces 6 and the cover plate 4. Because the surface of the solidified metallic element 10 does not usually form an airtight seal with the surfaces 6, this space I9 communicates with the cap 13 and therefore with the remainder of the passage, so that the underpressure which develops in the gap 13 also exists in the space I9, with the result that the underpressure can be utilized for aspirating into the space 19 suitable lubricating fluids via the lubricating channels 20 which are provided for this purpose. Inserts 21 of noncombustible porous material are interposed between the outlet ends of the lubricating channels 20 and the space 19, being pervious to the lubricating fluid which is supplied, for instance oil.
- auxiliary fluids for instance a neutral or inert gas if this is desired, or a gas having good heat-conducting properties.
- auxiliary fluids for instance a neutral or inert gas if this is desired, or a gas having good heat-conducting properties.
- the use of an inert gas may serve to reduce or avoid the formation of oxides on the surface of the metallic element 10, whereas the use of a gas having good heat-conductive properties may be desirable if it is found necessary to make the indirect cooling of the cast solidified element 10 more effective.
- the lubricating fluid if and when it is supplied, may be in liquid form or in vapor form.
- the existing underpressure serves to obtain an even finely divided distribution of the lubricating fluid which facilitates lubrication of the element 10.
- the present invention is applicable to molds wherein the passage is vertically oriented, as well as to those wherein the passage is substantially horizontally oriented, both such types of molds being known to those skilled in the art, and that the invention resides not in the particular orientation of the casting passage with reference to the horizontal but in those features which have been described above and which are set forth in the appended claims.
- a method of continuously casting metallic elements, particularly elements of small thickness such as wires and bands, in a mold having a passage composed of an upstream casting portion and a downstream portion provided with an outlet and being of convergent-divergent cross section in direction towards said outlet comprising the steps of introducing a stream of molten metal into said upstream portion for solidification and advancement as a metal element through said downstream portion towards said outlet; indirectly cooling said element in said upstream portion; directly cooling said element in said downstream portion by introducing into the convergent region of said convergent-divergent cross section jets of water at a velocity requisite for producing in said passage a venturi effect; and utilizing the thus obtained venturi effect for aspirating auxiliary fluid into said passage.
- Mold for continuous casting of metallic elements comprising wall means defining an upright passage having an upstream casting portion and a downstream portion provided with an outlet end and being of convergent-divergent cross section in direction towards said outlet end; feed means for feeding into said upstream portion a stream of molten metal for solidification and advancement as a metallic element through said downstream portion to said outlet end; a plurality of channels having outer ends communicating with a source of auxiliary fluid, and inner ends communicating with said downstream portion in the region of the convergent cross section thereof; and cooling means for introducing into the region of convergent cross section of said passage jets of water in such a manner as to indirectly cool the metallic element in said upstream portion and directly cool the metallic element in said downstream portion and for producing in said passage an underpressure sufficient to aspirate said fluid into said passage, said cooling means comprising a plurality of water conduits communicating with said downstream portion in the region of said convergent cross section adjacent said inner ends of said channels.
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US3726336A (en) * | 1968-11-12 | 1973-04-10 | Vaw Ver Aluminium Werke Ag | Continuous casting of metallic elements |
US3981350A (en) * | 1974-03-08 | 1976-09-21 | Fives-Cail Babcock | Apparatus for supporting and cooling a continuously cast product |
US4033404A (en) * | 1974-05-15 | 1977-07-05 | Concast Ag | Oscillatory mold equipped with a hollow mold cavity which is curved in the direction of travel of the strand |
US4183394A (en) * | 1976-12-17 | 1980-01-15 | Kreidler Werke Gmbh | Method and apparatus for horizontal continuous casting |
US4351384A (en) * | 1979-09-24 | 1982-09-28 | Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation | Coolant control in EM casting |
US4724897A (en) * | 1986-03-24 | 1988-02-16 | Press Technology Corporation | Method of and apparatus for horizontal continuous casting |
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