# US 2014/0190655 A1 · Continuous casting apparatus for steel

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- Number: US 2014/0190655 A1
- Document ID: US20140190655A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/237,757
- Filed: 2011-11-09
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-11-09
- Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
- Inventors: Takehiko Toh; Junji Nakashima; Yasuo Maruki; Norimasa Yamasaki; Keiji Tsunenari; Kenji Umetsu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190655A1

## CPC

- B22D 11/115: by using magnetic fields
- B22D 11/041: for vertical casting (B22D11/043, B22D11/049 - B22D11/059 take precedence)
- B22D 11/10: Supplying or treating molten metal (B22D41/00 takes precedence)
- B22D: CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES (shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; metallurgical processing, selection of substances to be added to metal C21, C22)

## Abstract

A continuous casting apparatus for steel includes: a casting mold for casting a molten steel with a pair of long side walls and a pair of short side walls; a submerged entry nozzle which discharges the molten steel into the casting mold; and an electromagnetic stirring device which is disposed along each external surface of each of the long side walls and stirs an upper portion of the molten steel within the casting mold. A curved portion which is convexly curved toward the electromagnetic stirring device in plan view is formed at least at a position where the curved portion faces the submerged entry nozzle on each of the long side walls, and each of the long side walls including the curved portion has a uniform thickness. The shortest horizontal distance between a top which is a most depressed position when an internal surface of the curved portion is seen in plan view and an outer peripheral surface of the submerged entry nozzle is 30 mm to 80 mm in a range from a lower end portion of the electromagnetic stirring device to a position higher than an upper end portion thereof by 50 mm when viewed along a vertical direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A continuous casting apparatus for steel comprising:
a casting mold for casting a molten steel, which includes a pair of long side walls and a pair of short side walls;
a submerged entry nozzle which discharges the molten steel into the casting mold; and
an electromagnetic stirring device which is disposed along an external surface of each of the long side walls and stirs an upper part of the molten steel within the casting mold,
wherein a curved portion which is convexly curved toward the electromagnetic stirring device in plan view is formed at least at a position where the curved portion faces the submerged entry nozzle on each of the long side walls, and each of the long side walls including the curved portion has a uniform thickness, and
a shortest horizontal distance between a top which is a most depressed position when an internal surface of the curved portion is seen in plan view and an outer peripheral surface of the submerged entry nozzle is 30 mm to 80 mm in a range from a lower end portion of the electromagnetic stirring device to a position higher than an upper end portion of the electromagnetic stirring device by 50 mm when viewed along a vertical direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The continuous casting apparatus for steel according to claim 1, further comprising:
an electromagnetic brake device disposed below the electromagnetic stirring device,
wherein the electromagnetic brake device applies a direct current magnetic field having a magnetic flux density distribution which is uniform in a casting mold width direction along each of the long side walls in plan view, in a casting mold thickness direction along each of the short side walls.