Abstract
Laboratory simulation oflarge-scale processes often enables significant savings when more efficient practices are discerned and transferred to actual production. In the particularly competitive steel industry, several organizations are engaged in projects to simulate the continuous-casting process. Modifications developed through such investigations can eliminate wasted time, energy and materials, as well as improve the product’s final properties. Further, the simulation of strip annealing can be accomplished in a thorough fashion with equipment which accounts for such variables as heating and cooling systems and mill thermal cycles.
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Author’s Note: The simulations discussed in this article were performed on Gleeble laboratory equipment
Hugo Ferguson received his Ph.D. in physical metallurgy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1962. He is currently chairman of Duffers Scientific, Inc.
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Ferguson, H. The Physical Simulation of Continuous Steel Processes. JOM 40, 14–16 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03257975
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03257975