A method for operating a combined casting/rolling installation: A casting machine (4) of the combined installation (2) produces a cast product (40) and a rolling mill (6, 8) of the installation (2) produces a rolled product (42a, 42b) from the cast product (40). The installation (2) has a control device (12) with a measuring unit (14) and a controller (16). The measuring unit (14) detects a rolled-product property, generates a measurement signal dependent on that property and transmits the measurement signal to the controller (16), and the controller (16) uses the measurement signal to generate a control signal for the casting machine (4) based on a control algorithm and transmits the control signal to the casting machine (4) which uses the control signal to set a casting parameter. The detected rolled-product property is a temperature profile of the rolled product (42a, 42b) in the width direction thereof and the casting parameter that is set by the casting machine (4) using the control signal is a cooling parameter of the casting machine (4).

A continuous caster to cast a metal product has a plurality of upper and lower segment frames bearing rolls, the upper and lower segment frames being located respectively above and below the cast metal product. At least one bending measurer is located on at least one of the upper segment frames and able to emit a bending measurement signal indicative of a bending of the at least one of the upper segment frames. A processor is disposed to receive the bending measurement signal and to calculate a location Pmes of the crater end based on the measured bending signal, the crater end location being the location

A continuous caster to cast a metal product has a plurality of upper and lower segment frames bearing rolls, the upper and lower segment frames being located respectively above and below the cast metal product. At least one bending measurer is located on at least one of the upper segment frames and able to emit a bending measurement signal indicative of a bending of the at least one of the upper segment frames. A processor is disposed to receive the bending measurement signal and to calculate a location Pmes of the crater end based on the measured bending signal, the crater end location being the location

A caster assembly configured to process and store a material includes a reaction chamber, a storage assembly configured to store material processed in the reaction chamber, and a blower configured to process and store the material. The reaction chamber includes a vessel configured to hold the material in a melted state prior to processing and a powder generating assembly configured to receive the material from the melting vessel. The powder generating assembly includes a feeding chamber and a feeding device disposed at least partially within the feeding chamber. The feeding device includes at least one nozzle configured to inject inert fluid, where the fluid is a gas, liquid, or combination of the two into the feeding chamber and a material inlet through which the material is configured to flow into the feeding chamber to be exposed to the inert fluid, where the fluid is a gas, liquid, or combination of the two.

A determination apparatus of a casting state in continuous casting where there are a solidified shell, a mold flux layer, and a mold being respective thermal conductors between a molten steel and cooling water for the mold, the determination apparatus comprising an estimation unit, a calculation unit, and a determination unit. A computer program for causing a computer to determine a casting state in continuous casting where there are a solidified shell, a mold flux layer, and a mold being respective thermal conductors between a molten steel and cooling water for the mold.

A determination apparatus of a casting state in continuous casting where there are a solidified shell, a mold flux layer, and a mold being respective thermal conductors between a molten steel and cooling water for the mold, the determination apparatus comprising an estimation unit, a calculation unit, and a determination unit. A computer program for causing a computer to determine a casting state in continuous casting where there are a solidified shell, a mold flux layer, and a mold being respective thermal conductors between a molten steel and cooling water for the mold.

The present disclosure is directed to methods of preparing substantially spherical metallic alloyed particles, having micron and sub-micron (i.e., nanometer)-scaled dimensions, and the powders so prepared, as well as articles derived from these powders. In particular embodiments, these metallic alloyed particles, comprising rare earth metals, can be prepared in sizes as small 80 nm in diameter with size variances as low as 2-5%.

A casting device in which refrigerant is pressure-fed to a cooling passage formed in a die, leakage of refrigerant in the die can be reliably detected in a short time without a significant modification applied to the conventional device. A casting device includes a pressure-feed device that pressure-feeds refrigerant to a cooling passage formed in a die, and a release agent coating applicator that applies a release agent to the die, and further includes a unit that mixes a fluorescent agent into the refrigerant (fluorescent agent tank), a unit that irradiates the die surface of the die with black light while the refrigerant containing the fluorescent agent mixed therein is pressure-fed to the die, and an imaging device that captures an image of the die surface. The imaging device is integrally assembled with the release agent coating applicator.

A method for semi-continuous casting of a strand of steel in a strand casting machine and a strand casting machine that carries out the method, the method includes pouring liquid steel into a mold while closing off the mold by a bar to form a fully solidified strand start area followed by a partially solidified strand; extracting the partially solidified strand from the mold; supporting and guiding the partially solidified strand in the strand guide; at the end of the casting, ending the pouring of liquid steel into the mold and forming a strand end; extracting the strand end from the mold; ending the extraction of the strand end; ending the secondary cooling; providing controlled or regulated cooling of the partially solidified strand until full solidification of the strand; and discharging the strand from the strand casting machine.

An aluminum alloy fin material includes an aluminum alloy containing 1.50 to 5.00 mass % Si with the balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and has the function of being bonded by heating with a single layer. Assuming that in a cross section along the thickness direction of the fin material, the equivalent circle diameter of a Si particle is represented by D, a distance from a surface layer to the center of the Si particle is represented by L, the thickness of the fin material is represented by t, and a length parallel to the surface layer is represented by W, all Si particles that are present in the range of the length W and satisfy DL and L+D>0.04 t also satisfy 0D.sup.2<0.08 tW. An aluminum alloy brazing sheet includes, as a skin material, the fin material that is clad on a core material including an aluminum alloy. A heat exchanger includes the fin material or the brazing sheet that is used in a fin.