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Continuous casting installation with a device for determining solidification states of casting strand and associated method

US8336602B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SMS SIEMAG AG · DE

Inventors

Ina Huellen · Goldkronach, DE
Andreas Runge · Remscheid, DE
Holger Beyer-Steinhauer · Mettmann, DE
Markus Reifferscheid · Korschenbroich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2008
Grant date	Dec 25, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22D11/16
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A continuous casting installation (20) including a strand guide having strand casting segments with rollers (2) for guiding a cast strand, wherein at least one of the strand casting segments (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27) is formed as a measurement segment, wherein there is provided at least one measurement point for direct or indirect determination of a force acting on one or several rollers (2), wherein further the at least one measurement point is provided on a support housing (30), preferably between the support and the segment frame of strand casting segment, and there is provided a data processing unit that based on data of the at least one measurement point determines the solidification states of the cast strand.

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