Objectif An attempt was made to couple casting plant and rolling mill under ECSC agreement 7215-CA/101. The caster used was a "twin-belt caster". That project showed that more attention needed to be paid to the consistency of the flow of the liquid steel. The aim of this project is to investigate this aspect in more detail and thus deal with the regulation of the liquid steel by means of an electro-magnetic distribution system. The first aim is to demonstrate long-term operational reliability and the consistency of the flow over a thin gap and a wide gap. These tests will be carried out at Krupp Stahl AG in Siegen. A unit supplied by AEG-Elotherm will be used as the electro-magnetic distributor. Once these test phases have been succesfully concluded, the electro-magnetic distributor will be installed to control the flow of liquid steel in the belt caster at Krupp Stahl AG in Bochum which was used for previous tests under project 7215-CA/101.The following developments are planned: 1. Long-term tests with the electro-magnetic distributor (1-100 hours) using various refractory materials; 2. Development and testing of a special casting nozzle which connects the distributor runner with the belt caster; 3. Calculation of the flow characteristics for the system; 4. Evaluation of the influence of the refractories on the contamination of the steel; 5. Investigation of the thermal behaviour of the system especially in respect of heat losses; 6. Testing of the optimised unit on a twin-belt caster. Programme(s) ECSC-STEELDEM 1C - Programme (ECSC) "pilot and demonstration projects in the iron and steel industry", 1983-1987 Thème(s) T2 - Continuous casting Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement DEM - Demonstration contracts Coordinateur THYSSEN KRUPP NIROSTA GmbH Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Alleestrasse 165 44793 BOCHUM Allemagne Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée
