Continuous casting apparatus comprising a plurality of compression units (11), each of which is defined by a lower roll (12) and an upper roll (13) configured to exert a compression action on a cast metal product (P). Each lower roll (12) defines with the respective upper roll (13) a passage gap (14) for the metal product (P). The passage gaps (14) of the compression units (11) are disposed aligned along a casting axis (Z) with an at least partly curved development. A straightening roll (15) is disposed on the extrados side of said casting axis (Z) and between at least two of the lower rolls (12).

A method for operating a casting/rolling system and to a corresponding system for casting and rolling an endless strand material. The casting/rolling system comprises a strand casting machine and a rolling train arranged downstream of the strand casting machine. The method has the following step: controlling the drive for the rollers of the first roller frame of the rolling train by means of a drive control in response to a target value specification of the pass sequence model. Furthermore, the drive of the at least one strand guiding roller is controlled by a strand guiding roller drive control in response to a target value specification of the strand casting machine drive model.

Provided is a slab warpage detection apparatus detecting warpage of a slab drawn from a mold in continuous casting equipment. The slab warpage detection apparatus includes a pair of pressing roils that pinches the slab on a rear side of a roll segment, supporting the slab drawn from the mold, in a slab drawing direction, a movement unit that supports the pair of pressing rolls to be movable in a thickness direction of the slab, and a position detecting unit that detects positions of the pressing rolls in the thickness direction of the slab.

A slab casting method using a twin-drum continuous casting device manufactures a slab by solidifying molten metal by a pair of rotating casting drums includes calculating estimated sheet thicknesses on both ends in a width direction of the slab from equation 1 ((estimated sheet thickness)=(cylinder screw down position)+(elastic deformation of casting drum)+(casting drum housing screw down system deformation)+(drum profile of casting drum)?(elastic deformation of casting drum at the time of screw down position zero adjustment)) by using a casting drum housing screw down system deformation characteristic indicating a deformation characteristic of housings that support the casting drums and a deformation characteristic of a screw down system that screws down the casting drums obtained before casting of the slab starts, and controlling screw down positions of cylinders provided on both ends in a width direction of the casting drums.

A straightening machine includes a frame supporting housings in which each housing receives a roll shaft rotatable about its axis. At least one first assembly includes a first guide defining a first convex surface and a first corresponding guided element defining a first concave surface. The first surfaces contact each other at a first contact surface. At least one second assembly includes a second guide defining a second convex surface and a second corresponding guided element defining a second concave surface. The second surfaces contact each other at a second contact surface. A device for rotating at least one roll shaft housing carries out a rotation being guided by the assemblies about a virtual axis transverse to a roll shaft axis, to compensate bending due to straightening of a product.

This slab is a slab of high-Al steel containing C: 0.02 mass % to 0.50 mass % and Al: 0.20 mass % to 2.00 mass %, in which, in a case where [Zr], [Ti], [Al], and [N] each represent a content (mass %) in the slab, a Zr content and a Ti content satisfy a relationship of [Zr]+0.2[Ti]4/3[Al][N], and the Zr content satisfies a relationship of 0.0010 mass %[Zr].