A process for manufacturing an aluminum-based alloy sheet directly from a molten aluminum-based alloy is described. In a continuous caster, such as a belt-caster, and directly from the molten aluminum-based alloy, a substantially solid and substantially thin aluminum-based alloy strip, thinner than about 10 mm, is continuously cast and simultaneously cooled with a compression force on the solidifying aluminum-based alloy in a range of about 2 to about 3000 pounds per linear inch of alloy strip width. The substantially solid aluminum-based alloy strip can then be rolled, so as to obtain the aluminum-based alloy sheet. The process can include pulse heating the aluminum-based allowed sheet.

A combined casting and rolling installation and to a method for operating the combined casting and rolling installation. The combined casting and rolling installation comprises a rough-rolling mill train, a discharging device, a first transporting device, a quenching device, and at least one severing device. The rough-rolling mill train is configured to roll a continuously cast hot billet to form a rough-rolled strip. The discharging device is downstream of the rough-rolling mill train with respect to a conveying direction of the rough-rolled strip. The severing device is between the rough-rolling mill train and the discharging device and cuts up a first sub-portion of the rough-rolled strip into a rough-rolled strip piece. The discharging device discharges the rough-rolled strip piece. The first transporting device connects the severing device to the quenching device and transports the rough-rolled strip piece to the quenching device, which is configured to quench the rough-rolled strip piece.

Disclosed are a continuous-curvature convex roll for continuously casting a bloom, and a manufacturing method therefore. An outer contour curve of a working portion of a body of the continuous-curvature convex roll contains a first straight-line segment (AB), a first transition curve segment (BC), an intermediate straight-line segment (CD), a second transition curve segment (DE) and a second straight-line segment (EF). The BC, the AB, and the CD have continuous first-order derivatives, continuous second-order derivatives, and continuous curvatures, thus forming a first transition curve with a continuous curvature. The BC and the DE are mirror-symmetrical. The continuous-curvature convex roll can uniformly deform a blank cast in a deformation area, thereby reducing cracks. The transition curve of the convex roll can be reduced, thereby being capable of further reducing a rolling pressure and the withdrawal resistance.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a metal ingot by continuous casting, comprising the following steps: S1: melting the metal, S2: transferring the liquid metal (2) by pouring it into a crucible (12), S3: moving the base plate (14) of the crucible (12), S4: progressive solidification of the liquid metal (2) from the base plate (14) of the crucible (12), and S5: during the step S3 of moving the base plate (14), applying a compression force to the metal (3) which is present between the base plate (14) and the side wall (13), the compression force being applied along a second axis (X2) parallel to the first axis (X1) so as to deform the metal and to obtain an ingot (3) which has a smaller width (L2).

Disclosed is a light reduction method for continuous casting of a bloom plain-barrelled roll-roll combination. The method comprises: firstly obtaining three-dimensional temperature field profile, a two-phase region, solid-phase region thickness, and solid-phase fraction of a billet, determining positions of start and end rolls of the reduction, and setting a reduction amount of each tensioner roll according to the volume shrinkage of the billet; in an interval f.sub.s=0.9-1.0 of the solid-phase fraction of the billet, performing a heavy reduction working mode; and in an interval f.sub.s=0.25-0.80 of the solid-phase fraction of the billet, performing a light reduction working mode.

A method for producing ultra-thin hot-rolled strip steel, the method comprising the following process steps: A. a smelting process: feeding scrap steel into an induction electric furnace (1) for smelting so that the scrap steel melts into molten steel; B. a refining process: using a ladle refining furnace (2) and a ladle vacuum degassing furnace (3) to refine the molten steel; C. a continuous casting process: casting the refined molten steel into a cast strip blank that has a thickness of 1.6-2.5 mm by means of a dual-roller thin strip continuous casting system (4); D. a hot rolling process: directly feeding the cast strip blank that was cast in the continuous casting process to a single-stand hot rolling mill (9) for rolling to produce hot-rolled strip steel, the thickness of the hot-rolled strip steel being 0.8-1.5 mm; E. a cooling coiling process: performing atomizing cooling on the hot-rolled strip steel, and coiling after the strip steel temperature is controlled to be 400-750° C. The present method achieves an extremely compact, environmentally-friendly and economical ultra-thin hot-rolled strip steel production process flow, and achieves the environmentally-friendly and economical continuous production of metal plates and strips.

Disclosed are a continuous-curvature convex roll for continuously casting a bloom, and a manufacturing method therefore, belonging to the field of metal casting. An outer contour curve of a working portion of a body of the continuous-curvature convex roll consists of a first straight-line segment (AB), a first transition curve segment (BC), a intermediate straight-line segment (CD), a second transition curve segment (DE) and a second straight-line segment (EF). The first transition curve segment (BC), the first straight-line segment (AB), and the intermediate straight-line segment (CD) have continuous first-order derivatives, continuous second-order derivatives, and continuous curvatures, thus forming a first transition curve with a continuous curvature. The first transition curve segment (BC) and the second transition curve segment (DE) are mirror-symmetrical. The continuous-curvature convex roll manufactured according to the technical solution can uniformly deform a blank cast in a deformation area, thereby reducing cracks. The transition curve of the convex roll can be reduced, thereby being capable of further reducing a rolling pressure and the withdrawal resistance. The present invention can be widely used in the field of metal casting.

Method for the continuous casting of a product (P), chosen from billets or blooms, along a curved casting line (18), the method providing to cast a liquid metal (M) in a crystallizer (11) having a tubular cavity (12) with an octagonal cross section.

A production apparatus for short-process metal composite plate manufacturing, comprising a metal supply device including an uncoiler (1), pinch roll (2), shot blasting machine (3), welding device (4), welding pinch roll (5), induction heating apparatus (6), metal delivery machine (7), two crystallization cooling rolls (8), secondary cooling leveling roll (9), rolling mill pinch roll (10), rolling mill (11), on-line cooling apparatus (12), straightener (13), and at least one of a dividing shear (14) and a recoiling machine (15). Also disclosed is a production method for short-process metal composite plate manufacturing. The apparatus and method combine continuous casting, rolling, and heat-treating means for single material production with continuous and large-scale production of composite plate strips, and production efficiency of composite plates is sharply improved. Single-sided or double-sided composite plate production having different thickness specifications can be performed, the optional range of a base layer or cladding material is wide.

The device and method for manufacturing metal clad strip continuously provided by the present invention, combines casting, rolling and heat treatment used for the single material manufacture with the continuous and large-scale manufacture method for the clad strip, greatly improves the productivity of clad strip. The present invention can be used for manufacturing single-sided or double-sided clad strips with different thickness specifications, wherein the base layer material or the clad layer material can be selected in a wide range, including carbon steel, stainless steel, special alloy steel, titanium, copper and the like. In the present application, continuous casting and rolling clad strip is implemented, which decrease the energy consumption and costs.