Horizontal and Vertical Twin-Belt Casting of 1-Inch-Thin Sections of Sheet Steel

摘要

Innovative horizontal and vertical twin-belt casting systems were developed and tested in casting trials to provide alternative approaches to solving the crux technical problem of feeding liquid steel into the thin mold gap so as to achieve the excellent as-cast surface quality necessary to allow subsequent direct rolling of top-quality sheet. The horizontal approach involved an innovative feeding system to feed the 1-inch-thick caster entry, but the twin-belt Hazelett machine itself was largely conventional. In contrast, the opened-up entry of the vertical twin-belt machine allowed the use of conventional lathe tube and flux pouring systems, but the machine itself was complex and deformed the casting down to the 1-inch thickness. Extensive modeling work was done to support both approaches. 15 refs., 21 figs., 1 tab. (ERA citation 14:000881)