9th ECCC European Continuous Casting Conference – ECCC 2017

In order to improve operational safety and at the same time process stability and product quality, new technologies have been developed and implemented in Continuous Casting to eliminate the use of hydraulics in the casting platform area. This paper outlines the developments and technical solutions in continuous casting for hydraulic-free casting platform operation for e.g.: • Accurate mould level control (Mould Level Master) by stopper rod mechanism • Pneumatic emergency slide gate actuation • New electro-mechanical servo-drive oscillation with dynamic adjustments of frequency and stroke Operational Advantages will be outlined.