9th ECCC European Continuous Casting Conference – ECCC 2017

The proposed paper describes the application of a measurement system (CasTemp® from Heraeus Electo-Nite) for observing the heat temperature in the tundish near the stopper continuously. The knowledge of the temperature in this region is essential for monitoring and estimating flow conditions in the tundish (and therefore making assessments on the separation behalf). Furthermore it’s very helpful for controlling and optimizing the continuous casting process thus many caster process parameters are dictated by the tundish steel temperature. The occupational safety can be increased and maintenance costs can be decreased by preventing breakouts caused by too hot melts or avoiding the freezing of the submerged entry nozzle (SEN) determined by too cold melts. By the way not only temperature but also temperature gradient (concerning time) is a meaningful parameter. In the paper some measurement results are shown and interesting effects are discussed. Finally preliminary assessments for modelling the heat temperature in the tundish are considered.