WO2000032334A1 - Chaine de coulee continue - Google Patents

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WO2000032334A1
WO2000032334A1 PCT/IB1999/001884 IB9901884W WO0032334A1 WO 2000032334 A1 WO2000032334 A1 WO 2000032334A1 IB 9901884 W IB9901884 W IB 9901884W WO 0032334 A1 WO0032334 A1 WO 0032334A1
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ingot mold
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Domenico Wogler Ruzza
Dario Lestani
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Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A.
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Priority to AU11727/00A priority patent/AU1172700A/en
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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
    • B22D11/12—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 concerns a continuous casting line of the curved type suitable to produce products such as billets, blooms or slabs characterised by a high standard of inner and surface quality.
  • the continuous casting line according to the invention is suitable to obtain products for the production of special steels.
  • the products obtained with the casting line according to the invention are characterised in that they do not have, at the inlet to the rolling train, any inner inclusions for a desired and pre-determined distance from the outer surface of the products, and thus respect the existing norms on special steels.
  • the state of the art includes the continuous casting of melted steel through an ingot mold inside which the steel is subjected to cooling so as to form, at the outlet of the ingot mold, at least a perimeter thickness of solidified skin.
  • the search to obtain an ever higher productivity has led Companies to increase the speed of extraction more and more, displacing the point of complete solidification of the cast product farther and farther from the outlet of the ingot mold.
  • the cast product at the outlet of the ingot mold it is sufficient for the cast product to have a solidified skin thick enough to prevent breakages and cracks in the skin during the entire solidification step of the product.
  • the point at which the forming half-skins unite and the solidification of the cast product becomes substantially complete is known technically as the "kissing point".
  • This procedure also allows to achieve an optional pre- rolling with a liquid core, or soft-reduction, of the cast product, wherein the reduction of thickness is begun already during the extraction and straightening step.
  • a further evolution has been to replace conventional substantially vertical casting lines with curved or partly curved casting lines, in order to limit the height of the sheds and to facilitate casting operations and the handling of the ladles and tundishes .
  • Such curved casting lines normally have a constant radius and connect to the rolling line which is arranged substantially on a horizontal plane.
  • the bending radius of the casting line is calculated in order to prevent too strong tensions and stresses on the cast product as it is solidifying, thus ensuring a regular and homogenous growth of the solidified skin.
  • the bending radius of casting lines is in the region of 5-15 metres.
  • norms on the inner quality are very strict, particularly with regard to the presence of inclusions in the final product.
  • the purpose of the invention is to provide a curved continuous casting line for billets, blooms or slabs in which any possible inclusions, present inside the cast product in the remaining liquid part and ascending towards the meniscus, cannot be trapped in the solidified skin, on the intrados side, in a position wherein the thickness of the skin is less than a desired and pre-set minimum value.
  • this minimum value is between 10 and 50 mm.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to obtain the afore- said principal purpose without slowing down the speed of extraction, and therefore without affecting the productivity of the plant, while keeping unchanged most of the structure of the conventional curved casting line.
  • At least the first segment of the casting line located at the outlet of the ingot mold has a configuration defined by a first bending radius such that an inclusion ascending vertically towards the meniscus meets the intrados skin at a position wherein the thickness of skin formed is more than a pre-set value.
  • the first bending radius of the first segment after outlet from the ingot mold is a function at least of the speed of extraction, the composition of the material and the outlet section from the ingot mold, that is to say, the parameters which most considerably influence the development of the solidified skin from the meniscus to the point where the liquid cone is closed.
  • the first radius has an infinite value and the first segment of the casting line at outlet from the ingot mold is substantially vertical.
  • the first segment of the casting line consists of a curvilinear segment, defined by several radii which are different from each other, which connects with a second curvilinear segment with a substantially constant radius.
  • the first segment of the casting line consists of several sectors which can be moved and appropriately oriented according to the desired bending radius to be obtained as the casting parameters vary, for example the type of steel cast or the speed of extraction.
  • these movable sectors are associated with an automatic movement and regulation system.
  • Fig. 1 is a partial and diagrammatic view of a casting line according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a diagram of the invention.
  • the curved casting line 10 shown in the diagram in Fig. 1 substantially consists of an ingot mold 11 inside which the molten steel is cast, fed by a tundish or ladle 12.
  • the ingot mold 11 is substantially vertical and cooperates with cooling assemblies, which are not shown in detail here, which achieve the progressive solidification of the steel until a cast product 15 is obtained, such as a billet, a bloom or a slab, which is extracted, straightened and arranged on a substantially horizontal plane to be sent directly to the rolling train or to be cooled and stored.
  • a cast product 15 such as a billet, a bloom or a slab, which is extracted, straightened and arranged on a substantially horizontal plane to be sent directly to the rolling train or to be cooled and stored.
  • the casting line 10 has a substantially conventional structure and we shall describe here only those parts which are necessary to understand the invention, and omit the rest, which can be considered as known.
  • a guiding and containing assembly 13 Downstream of the ingot mold 11 there is a guiding and containing assembly 13 , consisting in this case of a plurality of rollers 14 organised in sectors 114; their function is to guide the cast product 15 from the ingot mold 11 towards an extraction and straightening assembly 24 by means of which the cast product 15 is taken onto a substantially horizontal plane.
  • a guiding and containing assembly 13 In cooperation with the guiding and containing assembly 13 there are conventional assemblies of secondary cooling, which are not shown here, whose function is to complete the solidification of the cast product.
  • the cast product 15 emerging from the ingot mold 11 has a perimeter layer 16 of solidified skin whose thickness increases as it gets farther from the outlet of the ingot mold 11.
  • the perimeter layer 16 defines inside a cone-shaped liquid core 17, whose vertex 18 constitutes the point wherein the perimeter parts of solidified skin join together and the solidification of the cast product 15 is substantially completed.
  • the vertex 18 of the liquid cone is technically known as the "kissing point" .
  • the casting line 10 has a curved development defined by at least two segments, a first segment 10a arranged immediately downstream of the ingot mold 11 and a second segment 10b, consecutive to the first segment 10a, which connects and links up to the substantially horizontal plane.
  • the first segment 10a which can include one, two or more sectors 114 of the guiding and containing assembly 13, is defined by at least a first radius Rl, such that the vertical tangent 21 to the intrados line 20 of the liquid core 17 defines a point of tangency P wherein the thickness of the solidified skin 16 is at least equal to a pre-determined value "s".
  • the value "s" is the minimum distance from the outer surface of the cast product 15 wherein there must not be any inclusions inside the cast product 15 itself, according to the norms on special steels, or according to the specific requirements for the final material .
  • the curvilinear configuration at least of the first segment 10a of the casting line 10 is such that an inclusion which rises vertically towards the steel which is still in the ingot mold, and therefore towards the meniscus, meets the solidified skin of the intrados 20 at a position wherein the thickness of the skin 16 formed is more than a desired value, functional to the final product to be obtained.
  • the value "s" imposed by the norms, below which no inclusions must be present is generally between 10 and 50 mm.
  • the curvilinear configuration of the first segment 10a when we have precise knowledge of the development of the forming skin 16, as determined principally by the type of cooling and the data on velocity, on material, on the section, and on the type of cooling, lubrication and other parameters, it is possible to determine the curvilinear configuration of the first segment 10a so as to obtain the desired result.
  • the radius Rl is infinite, the first segment 10a assuming a substantially vertical rectilinear configuration.
  • the first segment 10a is defined by a multi-radial segment wherein each of the sectors 114 of the guiding and containing assembly 13 is oriented according to a pre-determined arc and a different radius (Rl, Rl ' , Rl"%) from the previous sector 114 and the subsequent one, so as to obtain the result mentioned above.
  • the first segment 10a has three different radii Rl , of which the first radius Rl , located at the outlet of the ingot mold 11, assumes an infinite value and the subsequent radii Rl ' and Rl" assume decreasing values with Rl" less than Rl ' .
  • the sectors 114 can be configured on each occasion, according to the specific parameters of the casting cycle, such as in particular the speed of extraction, the material cast, the dimensions, etc.
  • the sectors 114 at least of the first segment 10a are associated with an automatic regulation mechanism which determines its position according to the pre-set casting parameters .
  • the second segment 10b of the casting line 10 is the segment which connects to the horizontal plane and has a substantially constant radius, with a conventional value, normally of between 5 and 15 metres.
  • the second segment 10b can be connected directly to the rolling train or to a shearing assembly 22 cooperating with means 23 to discharge and store the starter bar; these means are of a known type and shall not therefore be described in any detail here.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une chaîne de coulée continue courbe servant à produire des articles (15) tels que des billettes, des blooms, des brames ou analogues, qui comprend une lingotière (11) et un ensemble de guidage et de confinement (13) situé en aval de la lingotière (11). L'ensemble de guidage et de confinement (13) est configuré de façon à empêcher la pénétration d'inclusions dans les articles (15), sur une distance ('s') prédéterminée voulue par rapport à la surface extérieure desdits articles (15).
PCT/IB1999/001884 1998-12-01 1999-11-25 Chaine de coulee continue WO2000032334A1 (fr)

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EP99972952A EP1152849A1 (fr) 1998-12-01 1999-11-25 Chaine de coulee continue
AU11727/00A AU1172700A (en) 1998-12-01 1999-11-25 Continuous casting line

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IT000208 IT1302808B1 (it) 1998-12-01 1998-12-01 Linea di colata continua

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