A new contact-type method is proposed for controlling the cooling of continuous-cast semifinished products in the secondary cooling zone of continuous casters. The method employs water-cooled rollers and a system that controls the flow of coolant water. The method makes it possible to directly measure the removal of heat from the product, and it is based on a series of numerical-analytical models and highly precise algorithms. It is shown that it is possible to computerize control of the quality of cast slabs on the basis of real-time monitoring of the shape of the liquid crater and regulation of the slab’s macrostructure in each section.
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Z. G. Salikhov, E. N. Ishmetiev, R. T. Gazimov, and K. Z. Salikhov, “Mathematical description of the mechanism for the use of coolant water in the secondary cooling zone of continuous casters,” Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Chern. Metall., No. 3, 59–62 (2010).
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Translated from Metallurg, No. 5, pp. 50–52, May, 2010.
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Salikhov, Z.G., Gazimov, R.T. & Salikhov, K.Z. New method for cooling slabs in the secondary cooling zone of continuous casters that allows computer control of the slab crystallization process. Metallurgist 54, 295–298 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-010-9296-z
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