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The continuous casting of steel at micro mills is analyzed. Recommendations are made with a view to increasing the casting efficiency at low-speed single-strand machines: improvement in metal quality; extension of casting runs; increase in refractory life; and reduction in costs.
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Original Russian Text © A.N. Smirnov, S.V. Kuberskii, 2016, published in “Stal’,” 2016, No. 2, pp. 16–22.
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Smirnov, A.N., Kuberskii, S.V. Continuous casting of steel at micro mills. Steel Transl. 46, 132–137 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0967091216020145
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