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Method for casting molten metal, apparatus for the same, and cast slab

a technology of molten metal and casting slab, which is applied in the direction of thin material processing, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of increased surface velocity of molten steel in the mold, defect on the surface of product, and inability to achieve the equal axed crystal ratio by which a sufficiently high quality of product can be produced

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-07-25
NIPPON STEEL CORP
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Benefits of technology

This approach significantly improves the inner and surface quality of the cast slab by enhancing the equi-axed crystal ratio, reducing grain size, preventing powder trapping, and stabilizing the meniscus, resulting in a more refined solidification structure and reduced inclusion defects.

Problems solved by technology

However, according to the conventional electromagnetic stirring generated in a mold, an equi-axed crystal ratio by which a sufficiently high quality of product can be produced is not necessarily obtained in the case of producing a type of steel (for example, a type of steel, the carbon content of which is not more than 0.1%) in which it is difficult to form an equi-axed crystal structure.
However, when this method is adopted, a surface velocity of molten steel in the mold is increased, and powder trapping is caused on the surface of molten steel.
As a result, a defect is caused on the surface of the product.
In some types of steel in which the occurrence of segregation is severely restricted, it is impossible to meet the demand of quality only when the equi-axed crystal ratio is enhanced.
However, according to the above method, the electric current is not always made to flow, and an acceleration of the vibrating waves is not controlled.
However, according to this method, vibrating waves are not given onto the front solidified shell by a shifting magnetic field.
In the above techniques, alternating stirring is conducted in a relatively long period.
According to the conventional method, a large quantity of inclusion is caught by the surface layer of a cast slab, the solidification rate of which is high, and the degree of purification is deteriorated.
The rotating flow generated by the conventional electromagnetic stirring causes the following problems.
Therefore, it is impossible to ensure the quality of a cast slab.

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[0103] In this example, in order to make clear the influence, of a vibration pattern which is generated by an electromagnetic coil, on the equi-axed crystal ratio and the grain size of equi-axed crystals, an experiment was made in which molten steel was poured into a mold having an electromagnetic coil, the frequency of which was 10 Hz. In this experiment, molten steel of 50 kg, the carbon content of which was 0.35%, was melted in a high frequency melting furnace and poured into a mold made of copper, wherein the width of the mold was 200 mm, the length was 100 mm and the height was 300 mm. Immediately after the molten steel had been poured into the mold, the molten steel was solidified while it was being vibrated in the mold by a predetermined vibrating pattern. After the completion of casting, the ingot was cut on a lateral section, so that the solidified structure was revealed outside. Then, an area ratio of an equi-axed crystal region (an equi-axed crystal area ratio) and a diam...

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[0108] In this example, a two-strand type continuous casting machine for continuously casting billets was used, and cast billets of 120 mm square made of carbon steel, the carbon content of which was 0.35%, were cast for 30 minutes at the casting speed of 1.2 m / min. Temperature in a tundish was 1530.degree. C. In one of the strands, conventional electromagnetic stirring was generated, in which the coil current of the electromagnetic stirring device was set at a constant value of 200 ampere and the frequency was set at 10 Hz, for 30 minutes at the flow velocity of 60 cm / s. In the other strand, an electromagnetic coil of the present invention capable of giving vibration was arranged in the mold, and molten steel on the front solidified shell was vibrated under the following conditions. Vibration time of one period of the coil current was 2 s (the maximum coil current was 200 ampere, the minimum coil current was -200 ampere, the coil current increasing time was 0.8 s, the coil current ...

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[0110] In this example, a two-strand type continuous casting machine for continuously casting slabs was used, and cast pieces of 250 mm thickness.times.1500 mm width made of carbon steel, the carbon content of which was 0.35%, were cast for 30 minutes at the casting speed of 1.8 m / min. Temperature in a tundish was 1550.degree. C. In one of the strands, a conventional electromagnetic stirring was generated, in which the coil current of the electromagnetic stirring device was set at a constant value of 500 ampere and the frequency was set at 2 Hz, for 30 minutes at the flow velocity of 60 cm / s. In the other strand, an electromagnetic coil of the present invention capable of giving stirring was arranged in the mold. For 15 minutes in the first half of casting, molten steel on the front face of solidification was vibrated under the following conditions. Vibrating time of one period of the coil current was 2 s (the maximum coil current was 400 ampere, the minimum coil current was -400 am...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a continuous casting method in which vibration is given to molten metal by a shifting magnetic field so that the equi-axed crystal ratio can be enhanced and the equi-axed crystals can be made fine without generating surface defects caused by powder trapping. Further, the present invention provides an apparatus to which the continuous casting method is applied. Furthermore, the present invention provides a cast slab produced by the above method and apparatus. The method of casting molten metal comprises the steps of: pouring molten metal into a mold and solidifying it in the mold while applying an electromagnetic force, which is generated by an electromagnetic coil arranged in the proximity of a molten metal pool in the mold, upon the molten metal; and vibrating the molten metal, which has been solidified in the mold or is being drawn out downward from the mold while being cooled and solidified, by a shifting magnetic field generated by the electromagnetic coil so that the molten metal is accelerated by a high intensity and a low intensity of acceleration in a range not exceeding a predetermined flow velocity when the directional vectors of high acceleration and low acceleration in the same direction or in the opposite direction are combined with each other.

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[0001] The present invention relates to a method of casting molten steel when molten steel is vibrated by the action of an electromagnetic coil. Also the present invention relates to a continuous casting apparatus for the method of casting molten steel and a cast slab which has been cast by the method and the apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of casting molten steel, an apparatus for the method of casting molten steel and a cast slab which has been cast by the method and the apparatus, characterized in that: gas and powder trapping caused in molten metal in the process of solidification of the molten metal in a mold can be prevented; cracks on a surface of the cast slab caused when the temperature is not uniform can be prevented; and further the inner structure of the cast slab can be made fine.DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART[0002] As a method for making a solidification structure to be equi-axed crystal so that segregation caused in the process of...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B22D11/115
CPCB22D11/041B22D11/115B22D11/20Y10T428/12965Y10T428/12576Y10T428/12958Y10T428/12472Y10T428/12Y10T428/12458B22D11/00
Inventor SASAI, KATSUHIROTAKEUCHI, EIICHIHARADA, HIROSHIHASEGAWA, HAJIMETOH, TAKEHIKOFUJISAKI, KEISUKE
Owner NIPPON STEEL CORP