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Method and device for making a metal strand

US6880616B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Andreas Kemna · Goleta, US
Albrecht Sieber · Möhrendorf, DE
Uwe Stürmer · Baiersdorf, DE
Hans-Herbert Welker · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2000
Grant date	Apr 19, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB21B2201/14
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and device for producing a strand of metal by means of a continuous-casting installation which has at least one cooling device for cooling the strand, the cooling device being assigned at least one reduction stand for reducing the thickness of the strand, the strand, during the thickness reduction, having a solidified skin and a liquid core. The cooling is set, by means of a temperature and solidification model, in such a manner that the solidification boundary between the solidified skin and the liquid core when the strand enters the reduction stand corresponds to a predetermined set solidification boundary between the solidified skin and the liquid core.

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