The invention aims to provide a process for
smelting 200-series stainless steel in a VOD (Vacuum
Oxygen Decarburization) furnace, which comprises the following steps: adding
manganese mineral
powder into a steel
ladle in advance, then pouring molten stainless steel subjected to primary
decarburization in an AOD converter into the steel
ladle after
slag stopping and tapping, and transporting the steel
ladle to a VOD furnace
station for vacuum
decarburization treatment and
reduction treatment after vacuum breaking. The addition amount of the
manganese mineral
powder is limited by the fact that the thickness of
slag in a steel ladle at the initial stage of the vacuum
decarburization step is smaller than or equal to 70 mm. The
manganese ore is used as one of the manganese
alloy sources, the cost is low, the manganese ore
powder is firstly added to the bottom of the steel ladle and then poured into the
molten steel, the manganese ore powder can be rapidly melted and prevented from escaping, the manganese ore powder is fully utilized in the VOD
smelting process, and the yield of the manganese ore powder is increased; in addition, the manganese mineral powder serves as
slag and an
oxidizing agent in the vacuum decarburization process, the amount of blown
oxygen needed by VOD decarburization is reduced, the VOD
smelting time is shortened, and the VOD smelting efficiency is improved.