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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1990
Fritz-Peter Pleschiutschnigg, Duisburg, DE;
Lothar Parschat, Ratingen, DE;
Hans U Franzen, Duisburg, DE;
Manfred Pfluger, Duisburg, DE;
Josef Glaser, Dusseldorf, DE;
Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A method of continuously casting steel in which a melt is introduced through a movable immersion nozzle. The method includes the steps of controlling the start of the casting process in connection with the withdrawal of the casting by starting the withdrawal of the casting upon reaching a desired height of the surface of the steel in the mold, and driving the casting from the mold at a desired casting removal speed via a control element in a predetermined manner. Further, the method includes measuring the position of the bath level as it ascends in the mold during the continuous casting and adjusting the position of the immersion nozzle in relation to the ascending bath level from a first position to a desired operating position by changing the position of the distributor. Lastly, the method includes determining the desired operating position of the immersion nozzle with respect to the upper edge of the mold as a function of the temperature of the steel melt, the quality of the steel, the K-value of the solidification of the casting and the bath level, so as to establish, during the casting, a spacing of the outer lower edge of the immersion nozzle between a solidification front of the casting and the bath level.