Study of Copper Plate Damage From High Heat Flux in the High-Speed Casting Mold of CEM®
(Room 205A)
09 May 17
10:30 AM
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11:00 AM
Tracks:
Caster Process Optimization
The Compact Endless Casting and Rolling Mill (CEM) is a hot rolled strip manufacturing process with a direct connection between one casting line and one rolling line. It necessarily requires sufficiently high casting throughput to meet the endless rolling conditions. POSCO CEM caster is normally run over 6 m/minute. Such a high casting speed causes extreme thermal load around the meniscus in the mold, which severely damages the copper plates as a consequence. Two kinds of copper alloy, CuAg and CuCrZr, were tested and showed different damage patterns. Damage mechanism was analyzed based on the mold heat flux data measured during a high-speed casting.