Ideal Taper Prediction for Slab Casting （理想锥度预测板坯铸造）.pdf

Brian G. Thomas and Claudio Ojeda, 2003 ISSTech Steelmaking Conference, Indianapolis, IN, USA, April 27-30, 2003, ISS-AIME, Warrendale, PA, 2003, pp. 295-308. Ideal Taper Prediction for Slab Casting Brian G. Thomas and Claudio Ojeda Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1206 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801, USA Tel.:217-244-2859, E-mail: bgthomas@uiuc.edu Key Words: Continuous casting, Computational model, Heat flux, Thermal shrinkage, Solidification, Ideal taper, Mold distortion, Casting speed, Powder properties, Steel grade, Automated width change INTRODUCTION The design and operation of a continuous casting mold to consistently produce high quality steel requires careful selection and control of many variables, such as mold oscillation [1], powder practice, heat transfer and taper, according to the casting speed, steel grade, section size, and other conditions [2, 3]. Manfred Wolf was the most knowledgeable student of this complex subject of continuous casting of steel that the world has ever known. He devoted his career to identifying technologies to achieve these objectives and communicating them to those who could make a difference. Taper is one of these important practices, and is the subject of this paper. During continuous casting of steel slabs, the mold walls must be tapered such that they remain in contact with the solidifying steel shell while it cools and shrinks. This is done by relative movement of the upper and lower screw adjustments to change the angle of hotface slope of the narrowface.