US 4,589,468 AGranted

Continuous mold for a continuous casting plant

AssigneeVoest-Alpine International Corporation

InventorsErich Misera, Hubert Floh, Reinhard Haargassner

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Abstract

A continuous mold for a continuous casting plant comprises inner walls made from copper and/or an alloy of copper and a wear resistant and abrasion resistant layer disposed on the copper and/or copper alloy on the inner exposed side of the mold. The layer covers at most two fifths of the total surface of a side wall and reaches from the output end of the mold up to about one third of the length of the mold at the center of the respect side of the mold. The wear resistant layer reaches in the area of the inner edges of the mold from the output end of the continuous mold to at least about the same level as the layer at the center of the respective side wall and up to the input end of the mold. The wear resistant layer can be provided as an open net like a grid or as a grate on the inner wall of the continuous mold with the surface areas in the open parts in between being formed by copper and/or a copper alloy. The geometrical construction of the wear resistant layer allows to employ wear resistant layers of substantial thickness without interfering with the heat transfer to the mold.

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Dependent claims

A continuous mold for a continuous casting plant comprising

inner walls made from copper and/or an alloy of copper;
a wear resistant layer disposed on the copper and/or alloy of copper on the exposed inner side of the mold and which layer covers at most two fifths of the total surface of a side wall and which reaches from the output end of the continuous mold up to about one third of the length of the mold at the center of the respective side of the mold and which wear resistant layer reaches in the area of the inner edges of the mold from the output end of the continuous mold to at least about the same level as the layer at the center of the respective side and up to the input end of the mold, wherein the wear resistant layer is welded to its support and wherein the wear resistant layer comprises from about 0.1 to 1.5 weight percent carbon, from about 2 to 20 weight percent chromium, from about 0.5 to 15 weight percent molybdenum, up to about 5 weight percent tungsten, up to about 5 weight percent vanadium, and up to about 5 weight percent niobium, with the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from the melting process;
and wherein an intermediate layer disposed between the wear resistant layer and the inner wall and placed on the inner wall of the mold and wherein the intermediate layer comprises from about 1 to 5 weight percent manganese, from about 0.5 to 1.5 weight percent silicon, from about 20 to 50 weight percent copper, up to about 5 weight percent niobium, up to about 5 weight percent iron, up to about 5 weight percent titanium with the balance being nickel as well as impurities caused by the melting step.

A continuous mold for a continuous casting plant comprising

inner walls made from copper and/or an alloy of copper;
an intermediate layer disposed and placed on the copper and/or alloy of copper on the exposed inner wall of the mold, wherein the intermediate layer comprises from about 1 to 5 weight percent manganese, from about 0.5 to 1.5 weight percent silicon, from about 20 to 50 weight percent copper, up to about 5 weight percent niobium, up to about 5 weight percent iron, up to about 5 weight percent titanium with the balanced being nickel as well as impurities caused by the melting step;
a wear resistant layer disposed on the intermediate layer on the exposed inner side of the mold and which layer covers at most two fifths of the total surface of a side wall and which reaches from the output end of the continuous mold up to about one third of the length of the mold at the center of the respective side of the mold and which wear resistant layer reaches in the area of the inner edges of the mold from the output end of the continuous mold to at least about the same level as the layer at the center of the respective side and up to the input end of the mold, wherein the wear resistant layer is welded to its support, wherein the wear resistant layer is provided as a grid and wherein the wear resistant layer comprises from about 0.1 to 1.5 weight percent carbon, from about 2 to 20 weight percent chromium, from about 0.5 to 15 weight percent molybdenum, up to about 5 weight percent tungsten, up to about 5 weight percent vanadium, and up to about 5 weight percent niobium, with the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from the melting process.

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