Abstract:
A chamfered narrow side copper plate for a mould with a funnel-shaped curved surface has a working face contacting molten steel that includes a middle area and two chamfered areas, which are arranged at two sides. The working face has a funnel-shaped curved surface, which is larger at a top and smaller at a bottom. The chamfered narrow side copper plate for mould with funnel-shaped curved surface can ensure the uniformity of the cooling effect of the chamfered surface and enhance the service life of the narrow side copper plate.
Abstract:
An extrusion die (1) for the casting of liquid metals, in particular of liquid steel materials, has a heat flow density which is distributed non-homogenously over the die face. A homogenizing of the heat flow density can be obtained if the spacing between the hot side and the cooling duct base (=thickness (6) of the die wide side plate (2)) in the new state as a typical normal thickness (100%) is reduced by at least 20% to 80%, and a further reduction, obtained by means of reworking processes, of the thickness (6) which is initially reduced to 80% is restricted to 5 mm a final thickness (6a) by means of a final reworking process.
Abstract:
The invention provides a water-cooled mold for continuous casting. The mold comprises two water-cooled wide copper plates which are arranged opposite to each other in front and back direction and two water-cooled narrow copper plates which are arranged opposite to each other in left and right direction. The upper portion of the cavity of the mold is a sprue area and the lower portion of the cavity is a mold cavity area. The sprue area is gradually narrowed in the casting direction and smoothly transited into the mold cavity, corresponding to the shape of a slab to be cast. The inside surfaces of the water-cooled narrow copper plates are smooth planar surface. A portion of the inside surface of the water-cooled wide copper plates in the sprue area is a curved surface and a portion of the same in the mold cavity area is a planar surface. The curved surface portion and the planar surface portion form a continuous smooth surface. Using the mold of the invention, it can be ensured to eliminate surface defects of a slab, to attain a good slab surface quality, to minimize uneven wear of a mold and to extend mold lifecycle.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a continuous casting mould for liquid metals, especially for liquid steel, comprising steel charging plates (2) which are surrounded by water reservoirs (1), cassette-type copper plates (3) arranged against the same, end plates (7), if needed, for the thickness and/or the width of the cast billet, and coolant channels (9). The aim of the invention is to take measures to counteract the high temperatures in the meniscus region (13) using appropriate embodiments of the copper plates (3) and/or the steel charging plates (2). To this end, the thickness (10) of the copper plates (3) between the coolant (11) and the hot side (3a) of the copper plates varies along the width (2×L) and/or in terms of the height (12).
Abstract:
The invention relates to an ingot mould for continuous casting of metal strips or thin slabs, comprising a funnel-shaped, charging area which is tapered to the format of the cast strand, and two ingot mould plates which are deformed in relation to each other and which have curved pouch-type broadside wall sections. According to the invention, the curvature of the curved pouch-type broadside wall sections is elliptical in the cross-section thereof.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for producing thin slabs and to a continuous casting installation for this purpose, having a laterally adjustable mold into which an immersion nozzle protrudes, and in which there is opposite a larger crowned cross section on the charging side a cross section on the strand outlet side which is small and identically crowned in the central region, and having pairs of supporting and guiding rollers which follow the mold and have a caliber adapted to the emerging crowned strand. In this case, a) the immersion nozzle (11) has a spade-shaped mouth (13) with a maximum thickness (d) corresponding to dnull0.3 to 0.5nullDE, where DE is the distance between the mold broad faces (21) in the charging region, b) the broad-face parts (21) have at least in the shadow region of the immersion nozzle (11) central parts (23) which are arranged parallel to one another according to their contour lines, c) the broad-face plates (21) are designed at least in the adjusting region of the narrow-face plates (22) as planar side surfaces (24, 25), d) the planar side surfaces (24, 25) are arranged such that they move conically toward each other in the direction of the narrow faces (22), e) the planar-surface central plate (23) is connected to the planar-surface side surfaces (24, 25) by transitional parts (26, 27), f) the transitional parts (26, 27) taper toward each other in the form of a wedge and the wedge tip (28) ends at a distance (a), measured from the upper edge of the mold, with anull0.5 to 0.8nullL, where Lnullthe length of the mold, and g) the supporting and guiding rollers (41) have a contour which corresponds to the planar-surface central plate (23) and the planar side plates (24, 25) of the mold broad faces (21) in the region of the mouth of the mold.
Abstract:
A continuous casting mold for continuous casting of a steel billet. Opposite spaced apart wide side walls and opposite spaced apart narrow side walls between the wide side walls and clampable at the wide side walls and also displacable along the wide side walls transversely to the casting direction, the narrow side walls being narrow wedged-shaped in the casting direction. A funnel-shaped pouring-in region defined in the wide side walls. The wide side walls converge in the casting direction. The distance between the wide side walls at the mold end is constant over the entire width of the side walls allowing at least one of the wide side walls is supported to be displaceable and tiltable with respect to the other wide side wall by an adjusting device.
Abstract:
A continuous casting mold for manufacturing slabs, particularly for manufacturing thin slabs includes water-cooled short side walls and long side walls, wherein a casting funnel is formed between the long side walls in an area where the long side walls extend parallel to each other and extend outwardly toward the two short side walls and cooling grooves are provided on the other outer or rearward sides of the long side walls. The rearward sides of the long side walls are each reinforced by a wall armor starting at a mold location below the lowest molten metal level, wherein the thickness of the wall armor decreases in the strand casting direction from a greatest thickness at the mold location below the lowest molten metal level.
Abstract:
A mold for the continuous casting of metal includes a pouring portion with cooled long side walls and short side walls, wherein the pouring portion becomes narrower in the shape of a funnel in the casting direction until it reaches the size of the cast strand. In the funnel portion, the inner contours of the long side walls have in the casting direction from the top toward the bottom at least two points which have the property that they determine a straight line along which the inner contours of the long side walls are formed with at least one concave section and with at least one convex section in any selected sequence.
Abstract:
A continuous casting mold for producing strands in the form of slabs, thin slabs, blooms, and billets resulting in highly reliable casting at casting speeds of up to 6 m/min. The cambered shape of the mold causes the strand to be centered during casting by the mold so that sideways movement of the strand shell toward one of the narrow sides (snaking) is suppressed or moderated. This symmetrical running of the strand shell box during casting in the mold results in a uniform symmetrical formation of the strand shell and its temperature field (isotherms), the withdrawal forces, and the loading of the strand shell in relation to the strand axis in the casting direction, even despite weaving of the strand in the region of the strand guide.