摘要:
Continuous casting of steel strip in twin-roll caster comprises casting rolls (16). Molten steel is delivered by a delivery system and comprising delivery nozzle (19b) to casting pool (30) supported above nip (10) between the casting rolls (16) which are rotated to deliver a solidified strip (20) downwardly from the nip. To avoid dissolution of carbon from refractories of the metal delivery system including the nozzle (19b), the molten steel is a silicon/manganese killed carbon steel having a manganese content of not less than 0.02 % by weight, a silicon content of not less than 0.10 % by weight, an aluminium content of less than 0.01 % by weight and a sulphur content of at least 0.02 % by weight. The required sulphur content of the steel may be achieved by addition of iron sulphide to a batch of steel in a tundish (18) of the delivery system.
摘要:
Continuous casting of steel strip in twin-roll caster comprises casting rolls (16). Molten steel is delivered by a delivery system and comprising delivery nozzle (19b) to casting pool (30) supported above nip (10) between the casting rolls (16) which are rotated to deliver a solidified strip (20) downwardly from the nip. To avoid dissolution of carbon from refractories of the metal delivery system including the nozzle (19b), the molten steel is a silicon/manganese killed carbon steel having a manganese content of not less than 0.02 % by weight, a silicon content of not less than 0.10 % by weight, an aluminium content of less than 0.01 % by weight and a sulphur content of at least 0.02 % by weight. The required sulphur content of the steel may be achieved by addition of iron sulphide to a batch of steel in a tundish (18) of the delivery system.
摘要:
Twin roll casting has been applied with some success to non-ferrous metals, which solidify rapidly on cooling. The same, however, is not true for ferrous metals, as it has not been possible to achieve sufficiently rapid and even cooling of metal over the casting surfaces of the rolls. This problem has been overcome by utilising a metallic surface for the rolls, which has a high affinity for the molten steel of the casting pool and a melting temperature greater than the temperature of the casting surface. The molten steel produces extremely good wetting of the casting surface of the roll, resulting in a wetting angle of the molten steel on the casting surface of less than 40°. Preferably, this wetting angle is less than 20° and the casting surface has an Arithmetic Mean Roughness Value (Ra) of less than 10 microns. These desirable properties on the roll surface are achieved by selecting an at least partially amorphous alloy of two constituents. Preferably, the alloy is a fully amorphous alloy of the nickel-phosphorus systemcontaining about 10 % phosphorus and the balance nickel, which may be applied by eletroless coating. This roll surface prevents the build-up of iron oxide on the casting surfaces of the rolls, which build-up interferes with the uniform conduction of heat away from the molten steel, resulting in simultaneous solidification of the δ and η iron phases (0.01-0.18 %C), which causes a surface defect, known as 'crocodile-skin'. The net effect of utilising this amorphous alloy for the surface of the casting roll is a superior and uniform conduction of heat away from the molten steel, rapid transformation of the steel's microstructure into the wholly austenitic (η) region, exhibited by fine prior austenite grain boundaries conforming to dendritic grain boundaries and absence of 'crocodile-skin' surface defects on the cast strip.
摘要:
Method of continuously casting metal strip (20) from a casting pool of molten metal supported on chilled casting rolls (16) such that metal solidifies onto moving casting surfaces of the rolls. The metal is austenitic stainless steel containing chromium and nickel in a ratio (Cr/Ni)eq of less than 1.60 (preferably no greater than 1.55) and the casting surface of each roll has an Arithmetical Mean Roughness Value (Ra) of more than 2.5 microns (preferably in the range 2.5 to 15 microns).
摘要:
Method and apparatus for continuously casting metal strip (20) of the kind in which a casting pool of molten metal (30) is formed in contact with a moving casting surface (16A) such that metal solidifies from the pool onto the moving casting surface. By making the casting surface (16A) very smooth and inducing relative vibratory movement between the molten metal and the casting surface at selected frequency and amplitude, the heat transfer from the solidifying metal is dramatically improved. The casting surface has an Arithmetical Mean Roughness Value (Ra) of less than 5 microns and the induced vibratory movement preferably has a frequency of no more than 20 kHz. This enables improved casting productivity and also produces a marked refinement of the surface structure of the cast metal.
摘要:
In twin roll casting of steel strip, molten steel is introduced into the nip between parallel casting rolls (16) to create casting pool (30) supported on casting surfaces (16A) of the rolls and the rolls are rotated to deliver solidified strip (20) downwardly from the nip. Casting surfaces (16A) are textured by a random pattern of discrete projections having pointed peaks with a surface distribution of between 10 and 100 peaks per mm2 and an average height of at least 10 microns. The random texture may be produced by grit blasting the casting surfaces on a substrate covered by a protective coating. Alternatively the texture may be produced by chemical deposition or electrodeposition of a coating onto a substrate to form the casting surfaces.