Continuous automatic steel making method and facility

An automatic steel making facility comprising:

• an electric furnace, a continuous casting machine, a conveying car carrying a ladle and which conveying car shuttles between said electric furnace and said continuous casting machine, said continuous casting machine having a tundish and a ladle carrying device which transports the ladle from the conveying car to a position above the tundish, and a master controller operatively connected to each of said electric furnace, said continuous casting machine and said conveying car, said master controller continuously controlling and coordinating operations of said electric furnace, said continuous casting machine and said conveying car.

An automatic steel making facility comprising:

• an electric furnace, a ladle refining furnace, a continuous casting machine, a conveying car carrying a ladle and which conveying car shuttles the ladle between said electric furnace, said ladle refining furnace and said continuous casting machine, said ladle refining furnace including electrodes for refining molten steel disposed in the ladle carried by the conveying car, a ladle cover and a device which moves said electrodes and said ladle cover into an operative position with the ladle carried by the conveying car when the conveying car is in a predetermined position associated with the ladle refining furnace, and said continuous casting machine having a tundish, a ladle carrying device which transports the ladle from the conveying car to a position above the tundish, and a master controller operatively connected to each of said electric furnace, said ladle refining furnace, said continuous casting machine and said conveying car, said master controller continuously controlling and coordinating operations of said electric furnace, said continuous casting machine and said conveying car.