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Cooling method of continous casting
Assignee: Aventis Pharma SA
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Filing: 1993-12-21
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Granted: 1995-09-26
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Expires: 2013-12-21
Abstract
Abstract A cooling mold having first and second water cooling jackets which are provided inside the mold, a primary cooling water jetting mouth which is located at a distance of 15 to 40 mm from a meniscus of the molten metal, and a secondary cooling water jetting mouth which is located at a position with an interval of 20 to 45 mm between a contact point of a primary jet of cooling water and another contact point of a secondary jet of cooling water on an ingot. By use of the cooling mold having the primary and secondary cooling water jetting mouths which are respectively set at an angle of 15 to 30 degrees and of 30 to 60 degrees relative to the ingot surface, the primary jet of cooling water from the primary mouth impinges on the molten metal cooled in the cooling mold at a short distance from the meniscus to establish a transition boiling zone and a film boiling zone, and then, the secondary jet of cooling water from the secondary mouth impinges on initial zones of the transition boiling zone and the film boiling zone to break-out a vapor film generated in the initial zones so as to provoke a nucleate boiling and thereby to produce a firmer solidified shell in the ingot, whereby the ingot can be properly and effectively cooled without danger of breakout so that stable high rate casting and a high quality ingot can be achieved.
Inventors
- 👤 Norio Ohatake
- 👤 Makoto Arase
- 👤 Yoshitaka Nagai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 02:25
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22D; B22D11/00; B22D11/12; B22D11/124; B22D11/04; B22D11/049
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
224 words
A cooling method for cooling an ingot which is continuously withdrawn and cast from a mold by cooling a molten metal in said mold in a continuous casting process, said cooling method comprising: cooling said ingot by impinging said ingot with a primary jet of cooling water from said mold at a short distance from a meniscus of said molten metal to establish a transition boiling zone and a film boiling zone on the surface of said ingot, said molten metal being cooled in contact with the inner surface of said mold before being cooled by said primary jet of cooling water; and cooling said ingot by impinging the ingot with a secondary jet of cooling water from said mold onto initial zones of said transition boiling zone and said film boiling zone to break-out a vapor film generated in said initial zones so as to provoke a nucleate boiling and thereby to produce a firmer solidified shell in said ingot without causing casting cracks, whereby said solidifying ingot is properly and effectively cooled to provide stable high rate casting and high quality ingot, wherein said primary jet of cooling water impinges against an ingot surface at an angle between fifteen and thirty degrees, and said secondary jet of cooling water impinges against said ingot surface at an angle between thirty and sixty degrees.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
224 words
A cooling method for cooling an ingot which is continuously withdrawn and cast from a mold by cooling a molten metal in said mold in a continuous casting process, said cooling method comprising: cooling said ingot by impinging said ingot with a primary jet of cooling water from said mold at a short distance from a meniscus of said molten metal to establish a transition boiling zone and a film boiling zone on the surface of said ingot, said molten metal being cooled in contact with the inner surface of said mold before being cooled by said primary jet of cooling water; and cooling said ingot by impinging the ingot with a secondary jet of cooling water from said mold onto initial zones of said transition boiling zone and said film boiling zone to break-out a vapor film generated in said initial zones so as to provoke a nucleate boiling and thereby to produce a firmer solidified shell in said ingot without causing casting cracks, whereby said solidifying ingot is properly and effectively cooled to provide stable high rate casting and high quality ingot, wherein said primary jet of cooling water impinges against an ingot surface at an angle between fifteen and thirty degrees, and said secondary jet of cooling water impinges against said ingot surface at an angle between thirty and sixty degrees.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
The cooling method according to claim 1, wherein said ingot has a diameter between six inches and nine inches, and said primary jet of cooling water impinges from said mold onto said ingot at a contact point set at a distance between fifteen and forty millimeters from the meniscus corresponding to a starting point of development of a solidifying shell.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
64 words
The cooling method according to claim 1, wherein said ingot has a diameter between six and nine inches, and said secondary jet of cooling water impinges on said transition boiling zone and said film boiling zone at another ingot contact point set at a distance between twenty and forty-five millimeters from said contact point of the primary jet of cooling water from said mold.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
155 words
A cooling casting mold for a continuous casting process in which an ingot is continuously withdrawn and cast from said mold while cooling a molten metal in said mold, said cooling casting mold comprising: a first water cooling jacket provided inside of said mold having a primary cooling water jetting mouth situated at a first predetermined distance in the withdrawing direction of the ingot wherein the water jetting mouth is set at an angle between fifteen degrees and thirty degrees relative to a surface of said ingot; and a second water cooling jacket provided inside of said mold having a secondary cooling water jetting mouth situated at a second predetermined distance in the withdrawing direction of the ingot wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance and further wherein the secondary cooling water jetting mouth is set at an angle between thirty degrees and sixty degrees relative to the surface of the ingot.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
155 words
A cooling casting mold for a continuous casting process in which an ingot is continuously withdrawn and cast from said mold while cooling a molten metal in said mold, said cooling casting mold comprising: a first water cooling jacket provided inside of said mold having a primary cooling water jetting mouth situated at a first predetermined distance in the withdrawing direction of the ingot wherein the water jetting mouth is set at an angle between fifteen degrees and thirty degrees relative to a surface of said ingot; and a second water cooling jacket provided inside of said mold having a secondary cooling water jetting mouth situated at a second predetermined distance in the withdrawing direction of the ingot wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance and further wherein the secondary cooling water jetting mouth is set at an angle between thirty degrees and sixty degrees relative to the surface of the ingot.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The cooling casting mold according to claim 4, wherein said primary cooling water jetting mouth provides a slit shape on the whole inner circumferential surface thereof, and said secondary cooling water jetting mouth provides a grooved or holed shape.
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