EP0040383A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour le brassage du métal liquide dans un lingot de coulée continue - Google Patents
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- EP0040383A1 EP0040383A1 EP81103569A EP81103569A EP0040383A1 EP 0040383 A1 EP0040383 A1 EP 0040383A1 EP 81103569 A EP81103569 A EP 81103569A EP 81103569 A EP81103569 A EP 81103569A EP 0040383 A1 EP0040383 A1 EP 0040383A1
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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
- B22D11/10—Supplying or treating molten metal
- B22D11/11—Treating the molten metal
- B22D11/114—Treating the molten metal by using agitating or vibrating means
- B22D11/115—Treating the molten metal by using agitating or vibrating means by using magnetic fields
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- the invention relates to a method for stirring in a casting strand according to the preamble of claim 1 and an apparatus for performing the method.
- the walls of the mold consist of copper plates up to 80 mm thick, which makes it very difficult for the magnetic field to penetrate the melt, even at low frequencies.
- the penetration depth in copper is 50-60 mm at, for example, 1.5 Hz, and thus at least this penetration depth must be overcome by the field before it reaches the melt. The difficulty of interrupting or reducing the penetration of the pouring jet with conventional stirrers in the mold is thus evident.
- the invention has for its object to develop a method and implementation arrangement by which the difficulties outlined above are eliminated.
- a method is proposed according to the preamble of claim 1, which according to the invention has the features mentioned in the characterizing part of claim 1.
- a device for performing the method is characterized by the features mentioned in claim 7.
- a static magnetic field with a large penetration depth is thus generated and the high speed of the steel in the pouring jet is used when penetrating into the melt in the mold (penetration speed).
- This penetration speed is of the order of 1 to 1.5 m / sec.
- the movement of the steel is slowed down by the magnetic field and the pouring jet splinters.
- the mode of operation is comparable to an eddy current brake.
- the penetration depth is reduced and the majority of the slag is deposited on the surface and no longer gets stuck on the inside of the strand shell that has already solidified.
- the static magnetic field can also be generated by one or more permanent magnets.
- a simple and effective device for "stirring" in the mold is thus obtained, the slag being separated off without getting caught in the blank.
- the poles (the attack surface of the field) are arranged at an acute angle to the pouring jet in such a way that the pouring jet essentially splits upwards. This prevents slag from being pressed downwards in the casting direction, where it can get caught.
- more heat is supplied to the surface in the mold, especially on the pouring tube.
- the momentum exerted by the pouring jet on the melt in the mold is reduced and its effect is spread out from the point of entry into the melt in such a way that the stream of the pouring jet does not hit the narrow side of the blank, as a result of which slag accumulation at the edge of the blank and one Shell erosion can be reduced.
- the invention therefore makes it possible to also produce steel with a high surface quality in terms of slag purity.
- FIG. 1 shows how a pouring stream comes out of a pouring box 1 or another melt container via a pouring tube 1.
- the pouring tube has a downward double drain, and the impulse is directed to the narrow side of the mold 4, where Schlakke settles in the strand shell. There is also a risk of slag penetration further down in the pouring direction (arrows 5).
- FIG. 2 shows the penetration with pouring jets directed upwards from a pouring tube 8, indicated by the arrows 9.
- FIG. 3 shows how the pouring jets 10 coming from a pouring tube-11 are directed in the melt and are broken up, whereby slag particles are more easily separated on the surface.
- the stirring can also be carried out by conventional multiphase, alternating current-supplied stirrers, which are arranged behind the mold in (on) or in the casting direction, in order to obtain the usual stirring effects during continuous casting.
- the device according to the invention is illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, where a static magnetic field B is shown by a stirrer in the form of an iron core 15 which carries coils 16 'supplied with direct current.
- the field can be directed inward to the left of the pouring tube 18, which has a double drain, and outward to the right of the pouring tube.
- the splitting of the pouring jets 16 and 17 takes place in the manner indicated by arrows in FIG. 3, and the slag only settles to a small extent on the narrow sides of the mold and further down in the pouring direction.
- the device for carrying out the method can be equipped with one or more controllable DC stirrers. It can also contain one or more multi-phase AC stirrers, which are arranged on the mold or in the casting direction behind the mold, with their stirring direction being oriented perpendicularly or in the longitudinal direction to the casting direction.
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Priority Applications (1)
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| ES511019A ES511019A0 (es) | 1980-05-19 | 1982-03-31 | Metodo y su correspondiente dispositivo para agitar las regiones no solidificadas de una barra de acero fundido. |
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| SE8003695A SE436251B (sv) | 1980-05-19 | 1980-05-19 | Sett och anordning for omrorning av de icke stelnade partierna av en gjutstreng |
| SE8003695 | 1980-05-19 |
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| EP0040383A1 true EP0040383A1 (fr) | 1981-11-25 |
| EP0040383B1 EP0040383B1 (fr) | 1983-10-12 |
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| EP81103569A Expired EP0040383B1 (fr) | 1980-05-19 | 1981-05-11 | Procédé et dispositif pour le brassage du métal liquide dans un lingot de coulée continue |
Country Status (7)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US4495984A (fr) |
| EP (1) | EP0040383B1 (fr) |
| JP (1) | JPS5717356A (fr) |
| BR (1) | BR8103058A (fr) |
| CA (1) | CA1178779A (fr) |
| DE (1) | DE3161171D1 (fr) |
| SE (1) | SE436251B (fr) |
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| EP0092126A1 (fr) * | 1982-04-19 | 1983-10-26 | Asea Ab | Procédé pour le brassage des zones non-solidifiées dans une billette de coulée |
| FR2530511A1 (fr) * | 1982-07-23 | 1984-01-27 | Pechiney Aluminium | Procede de coulee de metaux dans lequel on fait agir des champs magnetiques |
| FR2530510A1 (fr) * | 1982-07-23 | 1984-01-27 | Pechiney Aluminium | Procede de coulee electromagnetique de metaux dans lequel on fait agir au moins un champ magnetique different du champ de confinement |
| EP0265796A1 (fr) * | 1986-10-20 | 1988-05-04 | Asea Ab | Procédé et dispositif pour la modification de l'écoulement de métal par un champ magnétique dans une lingotière de couleé continue |
| EP0523837A1 (fr) * | 1991-06-05 | 1993-01-20 | Kawasaki Steel Corporation | Coulée continue d'acier |
| EP0550785A1 (fr) * | 1992-01-08 | 1993-07-14 | Nkk Corporation | Procédé pour coulée continue |
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| WO1996026029A1 (fr) * | 1995-02-22 | 1996-08-29 | Asea Brown Boveri Ab | Procede et dispositif de coulee dans un moule |
| EP0820824A1 (fr) * | 1996-06-28 | 1998-01-28 | Sms Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft | Frein électromagnétique d'une lingotière de coulée continue |
| WO1998012008A1 (fr) * | 1996-09-19 | 1998-03-26 | Hoogovens Staal B.V. | Machine de coulage continu |
| WO1999011404A1 (fr) * | 1997-09-03 | 1999-03-11 | Abb Ab | Procede et dispositif pour la coulee continue ou semi-continue de metal |
| FR2772294A1 (fr) * | 1997-12-17 | 1999-06-18 | Rotelec Sa | Equipement de freinage electromagnetique d'un metal en fusion dans une installation de coulee continue |
| WO2000007754A1 (fr) * | 1998-08-04 | 2000-02-17 | Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. | Procede de coulee continue et dispositif afferent |
| US6332493B1 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 2001-12-25 | Abb Ab | Device for continuous casting of two strands in parallel |
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| EP0092126A1 (fr) * | 1982-04-19 | 1983-10-26 | Asea Ab | Procédé pour le brassage des zones non-solidifiées dans une billette de coulée |
| FR2530511A1 (fr) * | 1982-07-23 | 1984-01-27 | Pechiney Aluminium | Procede de coulee de metaux dans lequel on fait agir des champs magnetiques |
| FR2530510A1 (fr) * | 1982-07-23 | 1984-01-27 | Pechiney Aluminium | Procede de coulee electromagnetique de metaux dans lequel on fait agir au moins un champ magnetique different du champ de confinement |
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| EP0265796A1 (fr) * | 1986-10-20 | 1988-05-04 | Asea Ab | Procédé et dispositif pour la modification de l'écoulement de métal par un champ magnétique dans une lingotière de couleé continue |
| EP0523837A1 (fr) * | 1991-06-05 | 1993-01-20 | Kawasaki Steel Corporation | Coulée continue d'acier |
| EP0550785A1 (fr) * | 1992-01-08 | 1993-07-14 | Nkk Corporation | Procédé pour coulée continue |
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| WO1996026029A1 (fr) * | 1995-02-22 | 1996-08-29 | Asea Brown Boveri Ab | Procede et dispositif de coulee dans un moule |
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| FR2772294A1 (fr) * | 1997-12-17 | 1999-06-18 | Rotelec Sa | Equipement de freinage electromagnetique d'un metal en fusion dans une installation de coulee continue |
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| CA1178779A (fr) | 1984-12-04 |
| EP0040383B1 (fr) | 1983-10-12 |
| SE8003695L (sv) | 1981-11-20 |
| BR8103058A (pt) | 1982-02-09 |
| DE3161171D1 (en) | 1983-11-17 |
| JPS5717356A (en) | 1982-01-29 |
| SE436251B (sv) | 1984-11-26 |
| US4495984A (en) | 1985-01-29 |
| JPH0220349B2 (fr) | 1990-05-09 |
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