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US 12,042,851 B2Granted
Casting method and associated device
AssigneeArcelorMittal
InventorsJackie Leung, Stephen Daeyoung Chung, Joydeep Sengupta, Tim Rayner
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Abstract
A method of casting a steel semi-product wherein a liquid steel is poured from a ladle to a tundish through a shroud including the steps of determining the light intensity emitted from the surface of the liquid steel in the tundish, detecting, based on said determined intensity, the presence of an open-eye at the surface of the liquid steel and emitting an alert towards an operator when an open-eye is detected.
Claims8
A method of casting a steel semi-product comprising:
- pouring a liquid steel from a ladle to a tundish through a shroud;
- determining a light intensity emitted from a surface of the liquid steel in the tundish;
- detecting, based on the determined intensity, the presence of an open-eye at the surface of the liquid steel;
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- emitting an alert towards an operator when an open-eye is detected.
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