Application of Fundamental Research At Project 'M'

摘要

The development of technology to directly cast strip from molten steel has generated a need to expand current fundamental knowledge in the areas of initial nucleation and subsequent solidification behaviour. The approach taken by Project 'M' to acquire the necessary fundamental knowledge and apply it to solve quality problems has been presented in this paper. By virtue of its unique metallurgical regime, strip casting offers the potential to produce strip products that can not be made today using conventional processes leading not only to process simplification, but to the production of unique mechanical properties that are greatly valued by the market place.