EP0054867A1 - Procédé de refroidissement de la barre dans la coulée continue d'acier - Google Patents

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EP0054867A1
EP0054867A1 EP81110372A EP81110372A EP0054867A1 EP 0054867 A1 EP0054867 A1 EP 0054867A1 EP 81110372 A EP81110372 A EP 81110372A EP 81110372 A EP81110372 A EP 81110372A EP 0054867 A1 EP0054867 A1 EP 0054867A1
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Günter Dipl.-Ing. Rudolph
Karl Dr. Stercken
Eckehard Prof. Dr. Ing. Förster
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D11/00—Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
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  • the invention relates to a method for cooling strands during the continuous casting of steel according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a number of steel products e.g. high-carbon steel wires
  • the technological properties are noticeably deteriorated by segregation.
  • These segregations can also lead to the formation of brittle phases at the segregation points - often referred to as "martensite" - in the currently generally applied patenting of such wires from the rolling heat, which greatly reduce the tensile strength of the wire.
  • a globulitic structure is understood to mean a structure in which the crystals have no preferred direction of growth, but are randomly distributed over the cross section.
  • 1 shows the structure of a continuous casting billet with a large proportion of such a globulitic structure.
  • a dendritic structure is understood to mean a structure in which the predominant direction of growth of the crystals runs into the metal perpendicular to the surface of the strand.
  • Fig. 2 shows the micrograph of a continuous casting billet with a large proportion of dendritic structure.
  • One direction of development is to prevent the formation of a dendritic structure by stirring the liquid steel in the solidifying strand and thus to reduce segregation (see, for example, DE- C- 17 83 060).
  • the stirring effect is generally achieved by electromagnetic stirring devices. In any case, complex devices are required.
  • the invention has for its object to produce billets with reduced segregation in a steel continuous casting process for steels with a carbon content of 0.05 to 1.1% by weight, in particular with a carbon content of 0.3 to 1.0% by weight preferably wire rod with improved mechanical and technological properties can be produced.
  • the conditions for small-format continuous casting i.e. with dimensions up to 140 mm edge length, can be improved. It is also intended to prevent "martensite" from forming at the points of segregation when the wire rod rolled from a billet is tempered.
  • FIG. 4 schematically shows a continuous steel casting device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
  • Liquid steel is poured from a distributor trough 1 into an oscillating, cooled continuous casting mold 2, in which the outer skin solidifies during the slow downward movement of the metal strand.
  • Two cooling stages 3 and 4 are arranged behind the mold, in which the strand is uniformly sprayed with water over its entire circumference.
  • the liquid sump of the metal strand is denoted by 5, the solidified strand shell by 6.
  • the entire outflowing spray water is collected in a collecting line 7 and fed to a water tank 8.
  • the cooling stages 3 and 4 are supplied with spray water from the collecting tank 8 by means of pumps 9 and 10 via lines 11 and 12.
  • the spray water collecting line 7 is a device 13 for detecting the temperature T A and the water volume flow V A of the waste water and the stages 1 and 2 are devices 14 and 15 for detecting the water temperature, the water volume flow and the water pressure T1, V 1 , P 1 or T 2 , V 2 , P 2 assigned at the input of the relevant stages. There are also control and regulating devices, not shown, in order to change the variables mentioned can.
  • the division into the two stages is determined by measuring the water volume flow V A and the temperature T A of the waste water when the two stages 1 and 2 are in operation and once only when the stage 1 is in operation.
  • the strand below the mold is sprayed with water at a water pressure of Usually 3 bar, but a maximum of 8 bar, with a water volume of about 20-30 m 3 / h and strand.
  • the cooling is increased by increasing the heat transfer coefficient by intensifying the water cooling on the surface of the billets. This reduces the segregation.
  • stage 1 about 50 Wh / kg - 90 Wh / kg, corresponding to a cooling rate of about 65 Wh / (kg ⁇ min) - 100 Wh / (kg.min) are withdrawn from the strand.
  • stage 2 The amount of heat withdrawn in this - hereinafter referred to as stage 2 -
  • the range for a continuous caster with curved strand guide under the specified conditions is 20 Wh / kg - 40 Wh / kg, corresponding to a cooling rate of 30 Wh / (kg ⁇ min) - 60 Wh / (kg.min).
  • the values for the amount of heat extracted are 20 Wh / kg - 80 Wh / kg, which is slightly higher.
  • the amount of heat withdrawn (Wh) can be determined from the amount of water sprayed on and its temperature increase from the inlet to the outlet, ie V 1 ⁇ C w ⁇ (T 1 -T A ) for stage 1 and V 2 ⁇ C w ⁇ (T 2 -T A ) for stage 2, where C w means the specific heat of the water [1.163 Wh / (° C ⁇ kg water)].
  • a quantity of heat is to be added to this quantity of heat which is extracted by the evaporation of cooling water. The calculation is based on the fact that 3.5% of the sprayed water evaporates, 93 Wh / kg of water being required to heat the evaporated water from 20 ° C. to 100 ° C.
  • the radiation component depends on the strand surface temperature and therefore decreases relatively and absolutely with increasing spray cooling intensity.
  • the strong cooling according to the invention it is approximately 6% of the total heat dissipation in the first stage and approximately 10% in the second stage, while it is 15 to 35% of the total heat dissipation in the case of conventional cooling.
  • the spray cooling is preferably in a closed Chamber performed.
  • the radiation portion of the heat dissipation is ultimately dissipated via the cooling water and is therefore included in the values determined from the amount of water and the increase in water temperature.
  • all that needs to be taken into account for the values determined via the removed cooling water is only the amount of heat removed by evaporation of the cooling water, which is generally between 3.0 and 4.0% of the amount of water sprayed on.
  • the cooling must be adapted so that the cooling rate in Wh / (kg-min) and the heat quantities dissipated in the two cooling stages remain approximately constant.
  • stage 2 can be extended and the amount of heat extracted in this stage can be increased.
  • the high amounts of heat extracted in the first stage of the secondary cooling zone are achieved by increasing the pressure and / or the amount of cooling water compared to the usual method of working.
  • a pre-pressure P 1 of the cooling water of 15-30 bar appears to be economically advantageous.
  • the structure of the continuous casting material produced in this way has a high proportion of dendritic structure, roughly corresponding to FIG. 2.
  • the edge zone of the billets produced in this way - as shown in FIG. 3 - has an extraordinarily fine-grained "globulitic" structure.
  • the thickness of the edge zone is at least 4 mm compared to usually 1 mm. This ensures that the billets are significantly more resistant are more capable of cracking under high stresses during rolling, since the dendritic structure, which is sensitive to tears at the grain boundary, does not reach as far to the surface.
  • the segregations in the wire rod are usually assessed according to a reference number from Bekaert.
  • the average value of the guide number for 5.5 mm wire in the mentioned carbon range can be reduced from about 1.1 to 0.6 by the described procedure. Tempering from the rolling heat produces no more "martensite" with the usual manganese content of the steel up to 0.9% and the usual cooling rate up to 15 ° C / sec even at the remaining segregation points of the wire produced in this way.
  • a wire rod can be produced from small-format continuous casting with low segregation, which can be deformed at high drawing speeds and which after drawing has high values in the so-called bending test and in the so-called torsion test, i.e. has good plastic and elastic behavior.
  • This wire rod can be tempered at high cooling rates from the rolling heat without the brittle phase called "martensite" forming at the segregation points.
  • the material also tends to be less prone to cracking on the surface than normal continuous cast material due to the reinforcement at high rolling stresses th globulitic border zone.
  • a steel with 0.65% C, 0.27% Si, 0.68% Mn, 0.12% P, 0.013% S, 0.05% Cu, 0.02% Cr and 0.01% Mo was used in the Cast continuous casting.
  • the casting temperature in distributor 1 of the continuous casting installation was 1530 ° C and was thus 50 ° C above the liquidus point.
  • the steel was cast in a continuous caster with a curved strand guide to form square strands with an edge length of 120 mm.
  • One strand of this plant was cooled in a secondary cooling zone with two stages 3 and 4.
  • the casting speed was 2.5 m / min.
  • the first stage 3 of increased cooling extended from the mold 2 in the casting direction of the strand over a length of 1.9 m, corresponding to a residence time of the strand of 46 seconds.
  • the strand was at a pre-pressure P 1 of 22 bar in front of the spray nozzles cooled with a water volume of 31 m 3 / h.
  • P 1 pre-pressure
  • P 2 heat transfer coefficient
  • 1700 W / (m 2 ⁇ K) on the surface of the strand.
  • This corresponds to a cooling rate of 91 Wh / (kg.min) and an extracted amount of heat of 70 Wh / kg.
  • a second stage 4 with reduced water cooling of a length of 1.6 m corresponding to a dwell time of 38 sec.
  • the admission pressure P 2 was 7 bar in front of the nozzle and the water quantity was 12 m 3 / h.
  • the heat transfer coefficient here was 800 w / (m 2 ⁇ K) to 900 W / (m 2 ⁇ K), the cooling rate was 47 Wh / (kg.min) and the amount of heat extracted was 30 Wh / kg, with a radiation component of 2.8 Wh / kg, that is 9.4%.
  • cooling was carried out in a conventional manner in a first stage with a Water pressure of 3 bar and a water volume of 14 m 3 / min per line. This amount of water was applied in a secondary cooling zone with a residence time of also 46 seconds. This corresponds to a cooling rate of 50 Wh / (kg min) or a dissipated amount of heat of 38 Wh / kq, with a radiation component of 9.7 Wh / kg, i.e. 25.5%.
  • the heat transfer coefficient was approximately 500 W / (m 2 ⁇ K) to 700 W / (m 2 ⁇ K).
  • the material was rolled out in a two-wire wire mill to 5.5 mm wire rod.
  • An examination of the wire rod in the micrograph and evaluation of the polish according to the standard series from Bekaert showed a value of 0.6 for the material cooled more according to the invention and an average of 1.4 for the material cooled in the usual way. While the wire from intensely cooled billets was free of "martensite", "martensite” was found on 12% of the wires from normally cooled billets.
  • the material produced according to the invention had a tensile strength of 1050 N / mm 2 and was drawn to a diameter of 2.3 mm in a wire drawing plant using a 6-stage tractor.
  • the method according to the invention is particularly applicable to a steel of the composition mentioned in claims 11 and 12.

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EP0227596A1 (fr) * 1985-12-09 1987-07-01 Alusuisse-Lonza Services Ag Procédé et dispositif pour régler la vitesse de refroidissement d'un lingot continu
AU588650B2 (en) * 1985-12-09 1989-09-21 Alusuisse-Lonza Holding Ltd. Process and device for controlling the rate of cooling a continuously cast ingot
EP0342082A1 (fr) * 1988-05-13 1989-11-15 Ascometal Procédé de réfroidissement d'un produit métallique coulé en continu
FR2631263A1 (fr) * 1988-05-13 1989-11-17 Siderurgie Fse Inst Rech Procede de refroidissement d'un produit metallique coule en continu
EP0393005A2 (fr) * 1989-04-13 1990-10-17 CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES CENTRUM VOOR RESEARCH IN DE METALLURGIE Association sans but lucratif Procédé et dispositif de refroidissement d'un produit métallique coulé en continu
EP0393005A3 (fr) * 1989-04-13 1991-06-12 CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES CENTRUM VOOR RESEARCH IN DE METALLURGIE Association sans but lucratif Procédé et dispositif de refroidissement d'un produit métallique coulé en continu
EP0452294A2 (fr) * 1990-04-11 1991-10-16 CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES CENTRUM VOOR RESEARCH IN DE METALLURGIE Association sans but lucratif Procédé et installation pour la coulée continue d'un métal
EP0452294A3 (fr) * 1990-04-11 1994-01-19 Centre Rech Metallurgique
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IN154905B (fr) 1984-12-22
FI70161B (fi) 1986-02-28
US4624298A (en) 1986-11-25
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