9th ECCC European Continuous Casting Conference – ECCC 2017

By the visual inspection of the hot slabs during casting it is possible to observe only major defects and only on the upper surface. So the inspection of cold slabs later is needed, especially if trials were made. And in practice inspection of all slabs is nearly impossible. So there was need for a tool to have images from the hot slabs during casting – for several purposes. A tool called...

Automation in the hot storage yard is a difficult task in an interconnected environment where differently sized slabs with a wide range of follow-up destinations create a complex set of stacking rules. Slabs that are destined to move on to scarfing, trimming or warm holding need to be carefully arranged to stacks in order to avoid cracks or curved slabs. The constrained storage space and the...

Depending on the product or the material grade, conventional deburring machines, such as e. g. with rotating hammers are in many cases not capable to reliably or completely remove the burr from the edges and corners of a continuously cast product. Burr, however, is generated at the front and/or tail ends of a slab, bloom or billet as a result of torch cutting. Likewise, traverse grinding of...

General Information Slab Milling According to today's state of the art, the continuous casting process is almost entirely used for the production of flat steel material. In the manufacturing process for high-quality rolled products, the requirement especially on the surface quality and homogeneity of slabs has increased significantly in recent years due to the quality and price pressure. A...