The invention provides a casting equipment (1) for casting melt (15) into a cast product (80) comprising a supply reservoir (10) for supplying the melt (15), a distribution reservoir (20), a casting apparatus (25) having a melt inlet connected to the distribution reservoir (20) for producing the cast product (80), a supply conduit (30) fluidly connecting the supply reservoir (10) and the distribution reservoir (20), an electromagnetic pump (35) provided on the supply conduit (30) and operable to generate a force in the melt (15) in the supply conduit (30), a level sensor (40) for measuring a level of the melt (15) in the distribution reservoir (20) and/or in the supply reservoir (10), a controller operably connected to the pump (35) and the level sensor (40), wherein the supply conduit (30) is sealed or sealable from a pressure of the atmosphere, wherein the controller is configured to control an operation of the pump (35) based on a level signal from the level sensor (40), and wherein, at least during a steady-state casting operation, the casting equipment is configured such that the supply conduit (30) defines a flow path that has a point that is higher than a surface of the melt in the supply reservoir (10) and/or the distribution reservoir (20), and the pump (35) is operated such that the metal level in the distribution reservoir (20) is at a predefined level such as to control a pressure of the melt (15) in the melt inlet of the casting apparatus (25).

A steelmaking-and-continuous-casting dispatching method and apparatus based on a distributed robust chance-constraint model. The method includes: according to parameters, an objective function and a constraint condition in steelmaking-and-continuous-casting dispatching, establishing the distributed robust chance-constraint model; by using a dual-approximation method or a linear-programming-approximation method, solving the distributed robust chance-constraint model, to obtain processing starting durations of cast batches in conticasters and processing starting durations of furnace batches in machines other than the conticasters; and by using a solved result of the distributed robust chance-constraint model as an evaluation criterion, by using a tabu-search algorithm, determining a furnace-batch sequence and a distribution theme in the steelmaking-and-continuous-casting dispatching. The method deems the processing duration in the steelmaking-and-continuous-casting process as a random variable, and makes the description by using the polyhedral support set and the accurate moment information, and the method meets the actual production conditions more than the conventional research models.

A steelmaking-and-continuous-casting dispatching method and apparatus based on a distributed robust chance-constraint model. The method includes: according to parameters, an objective function and a constraint condition in steelmaking-and-continuous-casting dispatching, establishing the distributed robust chance-constraint model; by using a dual-approximation method or a linear-programming-approximation method, solving the distributed robust chance-constraint model, to obtain processing starting durations of cast batches in conticasters and processing starting durations of furnace batches in machines other than the conticasters; and by using a solved result of the distributed robust chance-constraint model as an evaluation criterion, by using a tabu-search algorithm, determining a furnace-batch sequence and a distribution theme in the steelmaking-and-continuous-casting dispatching. The method deems the processing duration in the steelmaking-and-continuous-casting process as a random variable, and makes the description by using the polyhedral support set and the accurate moment information, and the method meets the actual production conditions more than the conventional research models.

Systems and methods are disclosed for using magnetic fields (e.g., changing magnetic fields) to control metal flow conditions during casting (e.g., casting of an ingot, billet, or slab). The magnetic fields can be introduced using rotating permanent magnets or electromagnets. The magnetic fields can be used to induce movement of the molten metal in a desired direction, such as in a rotating pattern around the surface of the molten sump. The magnetic fields can be used to induce metal flow conditions in the molten sump to increase homogeneity in the molten sump and resultant ingot.

Systems and methods are disclosed for using magnetic fields (e.g., changing magnetic fields) to control metal flow conditions during casting (e.g., casting of an ingot, billet, or slab). The magnetic fields can be introduced using rotating permanent magnets or electromagnets. The magnetic fields can be used to induce movement of the molten metal in a desired direction, such as in a rotating pattern around the surface of the molten sump. The magnetic fields can be used to induce metal flow conditions in the molten sump to increase homogeneity in the molten sump and resultant ingot.

This mold equipment is mold equipment provided with a mold, an electromagnetic brake device, and a control device. An immersion nozzle is provided with a pair of discharge holes of molten metal, the electromagnetic brake device is provided with an iron core including a pair of teeth and coils wound around the respective teeth, the coils on one side are connected in series in a first circuit, the coils on the other side are connected in series in a second circuit, and the control device is able to independently control voltage and current applied to each of the first and second circuits for each circuit, detects a drift of a discharge flow between the pair of discharge holes on the basis of the voltage applied to the coils in the first circuit and the voltage applied to the coils in the second circuit, and controls the current flowing through the first circuit and the current flowing through the second circuit on the basis of a detection result.

Systems and methods are disclosed for using magnetic fields (e.g., changing magnetic fields) to control metal flow conditions during casting (e.g., casting of an ingot, billet, or slab). The magnetic fields can be introduced using rotating permanent magnets or electromagnets. The magnetic fields can be used to induce movement of the molten metal in a desired direction, such as in a rotating pattern around the surface of the molten sump. The magnetic fields can be used to induce metal flow conditions in the molten sump to increase homogeneity in the molten sump and resultant ingot.

Systems and methods are disclosed for using magnetic fields (e.g., changing magnetic fields) to control metal flow conditions during casting (e.g., casting of an ingot, billet, or slab). The magnetic fields can be introduced using rotating permanent magnets or electromagnets. The magnetic fields can be used to induce movement of the molten metal in a desired direction, such as in a rotating pattern around the surface of the molten sump. The magnetic fields can be used to induce metal flow conditions in the molten sump to increase homogeneity in the molten sump and resultant ingot.

The invention relates to an ingot mold for continuous casting of metals, of the type consisting of an assembly of metal plates backed by cooling devices configured to allow the cooling of the metal plates by the circulation of a cooling fluid, comprising: a) at least one optical fiber, having a plurality of Bragg filters, extending in a wall of at least one of the plates, b) at least one groove formed in a wall of at least one of the plates, in a direction that is not parallel to the casting axis of the ingot mould in at least one portion of the length, the optical fiber extending in the groove, and c) a tongue of shape substantially complementary to the groove closing the groove over its entire length, the groove and the tongue having a shape suitable for the passage of the optical fiber.

The invention relates to an ingot mold for continuous casting of metals, of the type consisting of an assembly of metal plates backed by cooling devices configured to allow the cooling of the metal plates by the circulation of a cooling fluid, comprising: a) at least one optical fiber, having a plurality of Bragg filters, extending in a wall of at least one of the plates, b) at least one groove formed in a wall of at least one of the plates, in a direction that is not parallel to the casting axis of the ingot mould in at least one portion of the length, the optical fiber extending in the groove, and c) a tongue of shape substantially complementary to the groove closing the groove over its entire length, the groove and the tongue having a shape suitable for the passage of the optical fiber.