US3586094A - Continuous casting apparatus having a roller arrangement for diminishing the restraining force against shrinkage of the cast metal - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a continuous casting apparatus for a metal, and more particularly to a means for guiding a cast metal continuously drawn from a water-cooled casting mould to a secondary cooling zone.
- the longitudinal split of a cast metal occurs when suitable cooling is not performed and/or the roll pitch is excessively large, but the restraining force applied on the cast metal by the guide rolls is also considered to be one of the major causes of the longitudinal split. Namely, as the cast metal is cooled and progressively solidified, its surface temperature decreases and at the same time the cast metal shrinks, however, at the outer surface of the metal where the amount of shrinkage is greatest, there occurs a force tending to prevent the shrinking of the metal so that an internal tensile stress is created in the metal. If the stress exceeds the ultimate tensile strength of the solidified metal layer, longitudinal splits will occur in the metal.
- the force which may tend to prevent the shrinking of the metal surface is the gross summary of a tensile force created due to the influence of the ferro-static pressure of the metal, restraining force due to the temperature difference between the inner and outer faces of the solidified layer and the restraining force applied by the guide rolls.
- these forces those which have the greatest effect on a wide slab are the tensile force created at the longitudinal sides of the cast slab and the restraining force applied by the guide rolls.
- the tensile stress caused by these forces is found to increase in relation with an increase in the width of the slab.
- a conventional continuous casting apparatus of this type has, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,284,503, guide rolls with rotational axes disposed normal to the direction of movement of the cast metal.
- the arrangement is seen in a continuous casting apparatus of the vertical type, curved type or any other type of apparatus.
- the above-mentioned restraining force has a strong effect on the cast metal and promotes the occurrence of said longitudinal split.
- longitudinal splits occur with the result that the quality of the product is remarkably lowered. For this reason, it has been very difficult in the prior apparatus, to manufacture wide slabs over a certain width.
- the present invention successfully provides, through investigating the causes of the longitudinal splits in a cast metal,
- a principal object of the present invention is to provide a continuous casting apparatus which can prevent the above-described longitudinal splits and produce a high quality cast metal.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement of guide rolls which is very effective for preventing said longitudinal splits.
- a still further object of the present invention is to arrange the guide rolls in a suitable and reasonable manner in relation to cast metals of various shapes.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement of the guide rolls, which can be speedily established and which can increase the flexibility of the operation of the apparatus whereby to reduce the standstill thereof in running.
- a continuous casting apparatus having means, in order to reduce a force (restraining force applied by a guide roller) created between the surfaces of a cast metal and each of guide rolls and acting in the direction to restrain the tendency of shrinking of the cast metal after it is discharged from a casting mould, for applying a force on the surface of the cast metal in the direction normal to the direction of the travel of the cast metal in such a sense that the restraining force is reduced.
- a force restraining force applied by a guide roller
- an arrangement of guide rolls in which the rolls are angularly and adjustably mounted wherein sets of rolls disposed at the upstream portion with respect to the direction of travel of a cast metal are arranged in a different manner as compared with those at the down stream portion.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic side view showing a vertical type continuous casting apparatus
- FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic side view of a curved path type continuous casting apparatus
- FIG. 3 is a front view of a cast metal guide means of a conventional type and particularly shows the arrangement of guide rolls;
- FIG. 4 is a side view of the means shown in FIG. 3;
- FIGS. 5 to 8 are front elevational views of various embodiments of cast metal guide means made in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of a further embodiment of cast metal guide means in accordance with the present invention, in which means guide rolls are angularly adjustably mounted;
- FIG. 10 is a partly sectional view of angle adjusting means for a guide rolls.
- FIG. II is a front elevational view of a further embodiment of the cast metal guide means in accordance with the present invention in which guide rolls at upstream portion are disposed in a different way as compared with downstream portion guide rolls
- a vertical type and a cuned path type continu ous casting apparatus which are the typical examples of conventional continuous casting apparatus will now be described with reference to FIGS.
- Molten metal is continuously poured from a tundish 1 into a water-cooled casting mould 2 at a predetermined rate
- the molten metal is partially solidified in the water-cooled casting mould 2 to form a thin solidified metal layer and is held and guided by means of guide rolls 5 provided in a secondary cooling zone during its subsequent travel along a path arranged in a vertical or in a curved way.
- guide rolls 5 provided in a secondary cooling zone during its subsequent travel along a path arranged in a vertical or in a curved way.
- the cast metal 3 is cooled and completely solidified toward the center portion thereof by means of cooling water spray discharged from nozzles 6, and thereafter continuously drawn by a pinch roll means or a straightener 4.
- FIGS. 3 and 4l show cast metal guide means, particularly the arrangement of guide rolls employed in a conventional apparatus such as the one disclosed in the aforementioned United States patent.
- each of the guide rolls 5 is disposed normal to the direction of travel of the cast metal 3.
- the guide rolls 5 are subjected to a ferro-static pressure of molten metal and the cast metal has a tendency of bulging at portions between pairs of the guide rolls as shown in FIG. 4.
- FIGS. 5 to 8 show various embodiments of the present invention in which each guide roll is so arranged that is serves to reduce the restraining force created between the surfaces of the cast metal and the guide rolls and acting against shrinking of the cast metal.
- guide rolls are arranged in two rows in side-by-side relation.
- Each of the guide rolls 8 and 8 is disposed with its axis inclined toward the outer and downward direction by an acute angle with respect to the direction of the travel of the cast metal.
- each roll is arranged so that its inner end located at the center part of the cast metal is disposed behind the outer end located at the side edge portion of the cast metal with respect to the direction of travel.
- two adjacent guide rolls 8 and 8 are disposed in a symmetrical relationship about the centerline of the cast metal and are supported by three support columns 11 by means of bearings 9 and 10.
- Said angle 0 should preferably be selected to satisfy the relation 0 a, where a is the angle between the transverse shrinking speed V, and the resultant speed V, of the descending speed V of the cast metal and the speed V,, however, it may be practical to select it within the range 90 0 a.
- FIG. shows an arrangement comprising central short guide rolls 12 disposed normal to the direction of the travel of the cast metal and long guide rolls 13 disposed at the opposite sides of the short rolls, said rolls 13 being inclined so as to form an acute angle with respect to the direction of travel of the cast metal as in the case of the aforementioned example.
- the rolls are carried by four support columns 16 by means of bearings 14 and 15.
- FIG. 7 shows a further improved arrangement of guide rolls in which each of the rolls is supported with an inclined relation as in the preceding examples, and at the same time, the rolls in the adjacent rows are disposed in staggered relation with each other
- two adjacent rolls I7 and 17 can be placed in slightly overlapped relation with each other at or adjacent to the center portion of the slab, so that the guide rolls can engage with the cast metal 3 without leaving any unengaged portion
- the arrangement is effective to suitably convey the cast metal and obtain high quality products.
- the guide rolls I7 and 17 are supported by three support columns 19 by means of bearings 18.
- FIG. 8 shows an arrangement in which a plurality of short rolls 20 is arranged in the transverse direction of the cast metal 3, each of the rolls 20 being inclined with respect to the direction of the movement of the cast metal 3.
- Each guide roll 20 is mounted on a frame 23 secured to a pair of support columns 22, a plurality of identical roll groups can be arranged in the direction of the travel of the cast metal. According to this arrangement, the angle ofinclination 0,, 0 and 0 of the guide rolls 20 can be selected as desired so that they may become suitable to operational conditions.
- FIG. 9 shows a structure similar to that shown in FIG 8 but the inclination angle of each of the short guide rolls 30 is independently adjustable.
- each of the short guide rolls 30 is pivotably supported on a bearing 31 by means of a pin 32, the bearing 31 being in turn supported by a frame 36 secured to support columns 37.
- the bearing 31 has a downwardly directed shaft portion 33 provided at its lower end, the shaft portion 33 being provided around its periphery with gear teeth 34 to which a rack 36 engages.
- the rack 35 By externally actuating the rack 35, the angle of inclination of the guide roll 30 with respect to the direction of the travel of the cast metal 3 can be adjusted as desired.
- the guide rolls which are aligned in the direction of the travel of the cast metal are simultaneously adjusted, however, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the guide rolls disposed in side-by-side relation can also be simultaneously adjusted.
- FIG. II shows an arrangement in which the angle between the rotational axis of the guide roll and the direction of the travel of the cast metal is varied in accordance with the vertical position of the roll.
- the guide rolls are disposed in two rolls arranged in side-by-side relation.
- each of the guide rolls 4t) and 40' is disposed with its rotational axis inclined at an acute angle 0, with respect to the direction of the movement of the cast metal 3.
- the roll is so disposed that the inner end thereof located at the center part of the cast metal is higher in the vertical position than the outer end thereof disposed at the side edge portion of the cast metal.
- each pair of adjacent guide rolls All) and 40 is symmetrical with another about the longitudinal center line of the cast metal.
- the guide rolls 40 and 40' are supported by three support columns 43 by means of bearings 41 and 42.
- the angle 0 is determined as explained in connection with FIG. 5.
- each of the guide rolls 44 and 441' is inclined at an acute angle 0 which is larger than the angle 0,.
- the angle 0 is not a right angle but is closer to a right angle than the angle 0 with respect to the direction of the travel of the cast metal 3 (0 0,).
- the other arrangements and structures are the same as those in the preceding group I.
- each of the guide rolls 45 and 45' is disposed with its rotational axis forming a right angle 0 with the direction of the cast metal 3 as in the conventional apparatus.
- the other arrangements and structures are the same as those in the preceding groups I and II.
- the inclination of each of the guide rolls is different in accordance with the restraining force thereof whether it is located at the upper part of the apparatus where the restraining force of the guide roll is large, or the lower part of the apparatus where the restraining force of the guide roll is small. Therefore, by this arrangement, a suitable and reasonable operation of the apparatus can be obtained and the quality of the products can be remarkably improved.
- a transverse compression force can be applied on the surface of the cast metal simultaneously with its advance, so that the transverse restraining force against shrinking of the metal can be reduced or eliminated. Therefore, the present invention is effective to prevent longitudinal splits in the cast metal and thus the quality of the products can be substantially improved. Further, the present invention greatly contributes to the development of the continuous casting of wide slabs.
- a continuous apparatus including a storage for molten metal, a casting mould having a cooling means for said molten metal to be discharged from said casting mould, a second cooling means for said cast metal and a guide means for guiding said cast metal emerged from said casting mould; wherein the improvement is characterized by the fact that said guide means comprise a transverse plurality of guide rolls, each of said plurality of guide rolls being inclined with respect to the direction transverse to the direction of travel of said cast metal and each of said guide rolls is arranged so as to compress said cast metal towards the direction of the center line thereof, and reduce a force restraining against the shrinkage which occurs in said cast metal, being progressively cooled by said cooling means, so as to prevent the occurrence of a longitudinal split in said cast metal.
- each of said guide rolls is so mounted that the angle between the direction of the travel of the cast metal and the axis of the roll can be adjusted as desired.
- said guide rolls comprise a plurality of short rolls which constitute a plurality of rows in both the longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to the travel line of the cast metal, said short rolls being mounted so that their inclination angle can be adjusted as desired.
- said guide rolls comprise a plurality of short rolls which are arranged in a plurality of rows in both the longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to the travel line of the cast metal, each of said short rolls is rotatably journaled by bearing means at its bearing pin, said bearing being supported on the frame secured to support columns, said bearing being provided with a downwardly projecting shaft having gear teeth therearound to which a rack is adapted to engage so that the inclination angle of said short rolls can be adjusted as desired.
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| US4071073A (en) * | 1974-08-16 | 1978-01-31 | Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft | Continuous casting roller apron with overhang guide rings |
| US4071074A (en) * | 1974-06-11 | 1978-01-31 | Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft | Roller apron for a continuous casting installation |
| US20060237285A1 (en) * | 2005-04-21 | 2006-10-26 | Desanto Anthony J | Diverter for a conveyor |
| US20090020258A1 (en) * | 2005-12-06 | 2009-01-22 | Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A. | Plant for producing metal strip |
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| US4071074A (en) * | 1974-06-11 | 1978-01-31 | Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft | Roller apron for a continuous casting installation |
| US4071073A (en) * | 1974-08-16 | 1978-01-31 | Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft | Continuous casting roller apron with overhang guide rings |
| US20060237285A1 (en) * | 2005-04-21 | 2006-10-26 | Desanto Anthony J | Diverter for a conveyor |
| US20090020258A1 (en) * | 2005-12-06 | 2009-01-22 | Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A. | Plant for producing metal strip |
| US8033318B2 (en) * | 2005-12-06 | 2011-10-11 | Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A. | Plant for producing metal strip |
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