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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Giampietro Benedetti, Campoformido, IT;
Milorad Pavlicevic, Udine, IT;
Gianni Gensini, S.Stefano Di Buia, IT;
Alfredo Poloni, Redipuglia, IT;
Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA, Buttrio, IT;
Abstract
Crystalliser and method to control the deformations of the sidewalls of a crystalliser (11) for the continuous casting of billets/blooms/slabs (24), which is associated with a mould (10) and cooperates externally with a box-shaped structure (13) creating a cooling chamber (14), in which a cooling fluid circulates, and cooperates internally with the skin of the billets/blooms/slabs (24) being formed, the cooling chamber (14) containing an intermediate wall (20) creating a circulation channel (21) in cooperation with the outer surface of the sidewall (12) of the crystalliser (11), at least one upper zone (37) being included in cooperation at least with the vicinity of the meniscus and with the portion below the meniscus (27) of liquid metal, a lower zone (38) being also included and beginning in the vicinity of the zone of separation of the forming skin from the inner surface of the sidewall (12) of the crystalliser (11) and extending towards the outlet of the crystalliser (11), the pressure of the cooling fluid in the lower zone (38) of the crystalliser (11) being a function of the desired value (g1) of an air interspace (36) between the sidewall (12) of the crystalliser (11) and the skin of the forming billet/bloom/slab (24), this desired value of air interspace (36) tending towards a zero value.