Study and optimisation of the secondary cooling technique for the continuous casting of beam blanks

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-CA-503

Project closed

Start date 1 July 1995

End date 31 December 1998

Funded under

• Medium-term guidelines (ECSC) for the programmes of technical steel research and of steel pilot/demonstration projects, 1991-1995

Total cost € 1 174 000,00

EU contribution € 704 400,00

Coordinated by

PROFILARBED-RECHERCHES
Luxembourg

Objective

The aim of this research is to develop a new selective secondary cooling technique for beam blank casting. This technique will provide a more homogeneous temperature field in order to avoid inner and surface defects. The solidification and the cooling process will be investigated mainly by numerical simulation, taking into account the different casting parameters (steel grade, extraction rate, cooling conditions, etc.). Prototype equipment will be designed and built. Cold tests will first be performed in the laboratory in order to define the optimum geometry of the cooling boxes. Hot tests will be then performed on a beam blank continuous caster.

Programme(s)

• ECSC-STEELRES 8C - Medium-term guidelines (ECSC) for the programmes of technical steel research and of steel pilot/demonstration projects, 1991-1995

Topic(s)

• C3 - Casting and solidification

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

PROFILARBED-RECHERCHES

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 66, rue de Luxembourg ; 4221 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE ; Luxembourg
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue Ernest Solvay, 11 ; 4000 LIEGE
• Total cost: No data