Method for controlling a continuous strip steel casting process based on customer-specified requirements
US6581672B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC21D2211/005
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of controlling a continuous steel strip casting process based on customer-specified requirements includes a general purpose computer in which product specifications of steel product ordered by a customer is entered. The computer is configured to automatically map the product specifications to process parameters/set points for controlling the continuous steel strip casting process in a manner to produce the customer ordered product, and in one embodiment produces a process change report detailing such process parameters/set points for operator use in physically implementing such process parameters/set points in the strip casting process. Alternatively, the computer may provide the process parameters/set points directly to the strip casting process for automatic control thereof in producing the customer ordered steel product. The process of the present invention is capable of substantially reducing the time between a customer request for a steel product and delivery thereof over that of conventional steel manufacturing processes.
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