9th ECCC European Continuous Casting Conference – ECCC 2017

Thin slab casting and rolling processes are well known and are permanently developed further since their introduction end of last century. Finding the optimum constellation to also economically operate and fully load the rolling mill part lead to different concepts, combining up to three casting strands to be fed into one rolling mill section. These different concepts are based on complex...

Start of cast breakouts are a major concern for process reliability in the Tata Steel thin slab caster at IJmuiden, The Netherlands. Splashes at start of cast, emerging from the upper ports of the four port SEN, may cause weak spots in the solidifying shell, leading to sticker type breakouts. A threefold approach to investigate splashing behaviour has been followed, linking thermocouple data,...

Technical solutions and design optimization for better quality, increased productivity and yield have been continuously introduced and implemented in Tata Steel thin slab plant located in Jamshedpur – India to further improve competitive edge in the current steel market. Extensive advanced computer simulations and physical simulations have been conducted to determine the different parameters...

**Quality fist is our slogan in EZZ Steel (EZDK), Egypt, so controlling all casting parameters is very important and interesting topic to deal with. EZDK faced a repeated LFC during production different types of steel grade; many actions were taken to decrease defected coils due to LFC appearance. The actions taken LFC were dived as follows: 1. Process parameters control by casting with...