CA2308699A1 - A continuous casting mold plug activation and bleedout detection system - Google Patents

A continuous casting mold plug activation and bleedout detection system Download PDF

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CA2308699A1
CA2308699A1 CA002308699A CA2308699A CA2308699A1 CA 2308699 A1 CA2308699 A1 CA 2308699A1 CA 002308699 A CA002308699 A CA 002308699A CA 2308699 A CA2308699 A CA 2308699A CA 2308699 A1 CA2308699 A1 CA 2308699A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D11/00Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
    • B22D11/16Controlling or regulating processes or operations
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    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D11/00Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
    • B22D11/14Plants for continuous casting
    • B22D11/147Multi-strand plants
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    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
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    • B22D11/18Controlling or regulating processes or operations for pouring

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Disclosed is a mold plug activation system and bleedout protection system, which stops the flow of metal during predetermined conditions, such as during the initial introduction of molten metal to the molds or in the event a bleedout is detected in the mold.

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1. In a continuous casting mold far metal, a system for stopping the flow of molten metal through a mold inlet, comprised of:
a. a metal casting mold with a metal flow cavity;
b. a metal flow stop device which corresponds to the metal flow cavity;
c. a source of a biasing force, disposed to impart the biasing force on the metal flow stop device toward its blocking the metal flow cavity;
d. a source of a balancing force, disposed in opposition to the biasing force on the metal flow stop device;
e. a sacrificial sensor operatively connected to the source of the balancing force, and positioned to be destroyed in the presence of molten metal; and wherein destruction of the sacrificial sensor sufficiently reduces the balancing force, thereby allowing the biasing force to move the metal flow stop device into the metal flow cavity.
2. A metal flow stop system which stops the flow of metal through a continuous casting mold for metal, wherein a metal flow stop device is caused to move into a metal flow cavity by the destruction of a sacrificial sensor which is operatively connected to the metal flow stop device.
3. A system for stopping the flow of molten metal through a continuous casting mold, comprising:
a. a casting mold system, which includes a mold inlet which receives a flow of molten metal;
b. a metal flow stop system comprised of:
i. a metal flow stop device;
ii. a sacrificial sensor operatively connected to the metal flow stop device;
wherein the destruction of the sacrificial sensor causes the metal flow stop device to move into the mold inlet and thereby stop the flow of molten metal through the mold inlet.
4. In a continuous casting mold for metal, a system for stopping the flow of molten metal through the mold inlet, comprised of:
a. a metal casting mold with a metal flow cavity;
b. a metal flow stop device which corresponds to the metal flow cavity;
c. a guided pneumatic cylinder to which the metal flow stop device is attached such that the metal flow stop device is insertable relation to the metal flow cavity; and d. a sacrificial molten metal sensor operatively connected to the guided pneumatic cylinder and positioned in molten metal detecting disposition to the outlet of the mold.
5. A system for stopping the flow of molten metal through a mold inlet as recited in claim 4, and wherein the sacrificial molten metal sensor is a sacrificial pneumatic air line operatively connected to the guided pneumatic cylinder, in pressure-applying disposition to the movement of the metal flow stop device toward its blocking the metal flow cavity, and positioned in molten metal detecting disposition to the outlet of the mold.
6. A method for stopping the flow of molten metal to a continuous cast mold, comprising the following steps:
a. providing a metal flow stop device;
b. imparting a biasing force on the metal flow stop device toward its blocking a metal flow cavity;
c. providing a balancing force which opposes the biasing force on the mold plug, such that the balancing force prevents the biasing force from moving the mold plug into the mold inlet;
d. providing a sacrificial sensor operatively connected to the balancing force and in molten metal detecting disposition relative to the outlet of the mold; and e. detecting molten metal by the destruction of the sacrificial sensor, which causes reduction in the balancing force and thereby causes the metal flow stop device to move into the metal flow cavity.
7. A method for stopping the flow of molten metal to a continuous cast mold as recited in claim 4, and wherein reducing the balancing force is the elimination of the balancing force.
8. A method for stopping the flow of molten metal to a continuous cast mold, comprising the following steps:
a. providing a metal flow stop device;
b. imparting a biasing force on the metal flow stop device toward its blocking a metal flow cavity;
c. providing a balancing force which opposes the biasing force on the mold plug, such that the balancing force prevents the biasing force from moving the mold plug into the mold inlet;
d. increasing the biasing force when a failure condition is present so that the biasing force is sufficiently greater than the balancing force, thereby causing the metal flow stop device to move into the metal flow cavity;
9. A method for initiating the flow of molten metal to a plurality of continuous cast molds, comprising the following steps:
a. providing a plurality of molds with mold cavities;
b. providing a molten metal trough for each of the molds;

c. providing a plurality of mold plugs, each corresponding to and inserted into one of the molds, and each blocking the flow of metal through a mold inlet;
d. providing molten metal to each of the molten metal troughs;
e. simultaneously introducing a balancing force to each of the mold plugs, thereby causing each of the mold plugs to be removed from its corresponding mold inlet; and f. thereby causing the simultaneous introduction of molten metal into the plurality of molds.
10. In a continuous casting mold for metal, a method for stopping the flow of molten metal through a mold inlet, comprised the following steps:
a. providing a metal flow cavity;
b. providing a metal flow stop device which corresponds to the metal flow cavity;
c. providing a guided pneumatic cylinder to which the metal flow stop device is attached such that the metal flow stop device is in insertable relation to the metal flow cavity;
d. providing a sacrificial pneumatic air line operatively connected to the guided pneumatic cylinder, which provides balancing pressure to the movement of the metal flow stop device toward its blocking the metal flow cavity, and positioned in molten metal detecting disposition to the outlet of the mold;
e. detecting the presence of molten metal by destruction of the sacrificial pneumatic air line, thereby removing balancing pressure resisting movement of the metal flow stop device into the metal flow cavity; and f. allowing the metal flow stop device to move into the metal flow cavity, thereby stopping the flow of molten metal through the mold inlet.
11. A method for providing a metal flow stop system for a continuous cast mold, comprising the following steps:
a. positioning a metal flow stop device to stop the flow of molten metal through a mold inlet; and b. at a predetermined time during casting, re-positioning the metal flow stop device such that it no longer stops the flow of molten metal through the metal mold inlet.
12. A method for providing a metal flow stop system for a continuous cast mold as recited in claim 11, and further comprising the following steps:
a. re-positioning the metal flow stop device to stop the flow of molten metal through the mold inlet when electrical energy is discontinued.
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