Objective Dendritic solidification, centre line porosity and segregation may be minimised by reducing the casting superheat. One approach is that of sub-liquidus or slurry casting. BSC Teeside Laboratories have demonstrated on a pilot scale the feasibility of extracting heat by a heat exchanger intermediate between the concast tundish and the mould whilst maintaining fluidity by generating shear forces in the liquid-solid aggregate. The present proposal has the object of developing a slurry generator suitable for the casting of billets and blooms at the pilot plant level. The proposal is complementary to CRM (P2020), having similar objectives, but adopting a different approach as regards the slurry generator design. Programme(s) ECSC-STEELRES 7C - Medium-term guidelines (ECSC) "technical steel research", 1986-1990 Topic(s) C3 - Casting and solidification Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator British Steel plc EU contribution No data Address TS6 6UB Middlesbrough United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data
