The present invention relates to a method for contactless determination of at least one property of an at least partially melted quasi-endless strand during a casting process of the quasi-endless strand, which cools down within a cooling zone, allowing successive hardening of the quasi-endless strand, comprising at least the following steps: Emitting a first signal, in particular a first radar signal, in the form of radiation by an emission device, in particular a radar emission device, Generating a second signal, in particular a second radar signal, at least partly by an interaction of the first signal with a region of the quasi-endless strand, receiving the second signal by a reception device, in particular by a reception device for radar signals, determining at least one property of the quasi-endless strand on the basis of the second signal, wherein at least the step of interacting takes place within the cooling zone or upstream of the cooling zone (K), in particular immediately after exit from a mold. The present invention further relates to a device for casting a material, in particular a metal, into a quasi-endless strand in the context of a continuous casting process and for contactless determination of at least one property of the at least partially molten quasi-endless strand during casting of the quasi-endless strand, comprising a mold adapted to form said quasi-endless strand, a cooling zone in which said quasi-endless strand cools down, whereby successive hardening of said quasi-endless strand is enabled, an emission device, in particular a radar transmitter, adapted to emit emitting a first signal in the form of radiation, in particular as a first radar signal, a reception device, in particular a radar receiver, which is arranged to receive a second signal, in particular a second radar signal, whereby the second signal being generated at least partially by interaction of the first signal with a region of the quasi-endless strand within in the cooling zone or upstream of the cooling zone (K), in particular immediately after exit from a mold, a data processing unit arranged to determine at least one property of the quasi-endless strand on the basis of the second signal. According to the invention, a corresponding use is also provided.

The present invention relates to a method for contactless determination of at least one property of an at least partially melted quasi-endless strand during a casting process of the quasi-endless strand, which cools down within a cooling zone, allowing successive hardening of the quasi-endless strand, comprising at least the following steps: Emitting a first signal, in particular a first radar signal, in the form of radiation by an emission device, in particular a radar emission device, Generating a second signal, in particular a second radar signal, at least partly by an interaction of the first signal with a region of the quasi-endless strand, receiving the second signal by a reception device, in particular by a reception device for radar signals, determining at least one property of the quasi-endless strand on the basis of the second signal, wherein at least the step of interacting takes place within the cooling zone or upstream of the cooling zone (K), in particular immediately after exit from a mold. The present invention further relates to a device for casting a material, in particular a metal, into a quasi-endless strand in the context of a continuous casting process and for contactless determination of at least one property of the at least partially molten quasi-endless strand during casting of the quasi-endless strand, comprising a mold adapted to form said quasi-endless strand, a cooling zone in which said quasi-endless strand cools down, whereby successive hardening of said quasi-endless strand is enabled, an emission device, in particular a radar transmitter, adapted to emit emitting a first signal in the form of radiation, in particular as a first radar signal, a reception device, in particular a radar receiver, which is arranged to receive a second signal, in particular a second radar signal, whereby the second signal being generated at least partially by interaction of the first signal with a region of the quasi-endless strand within in the cooling zone or upstream of the cooling zone (K), in particular immediately after exit from a mold, a data processing unit arranged to determine at least one property of the quasi-endless strand on the basis of the second signal. According to the invention, a corresponding use is also provided.

A cutting position control device according to an embodiment includes an arithmetic processing circuit that receives an input of first data relating to a production schedule and material information of a material to be produced, uses the first data to calculate a first cutting position of a first cutter for a first slab cast by continuous casting equipment, generates a first parameter for setting the first cutting position for a control program introduced to a process control device, and determines whether or not to use a second cutter to further cut a second slab of a second length cut from the first slab based on the first parameter by comparing the second length and a first length set to be from a front end of the first slab to the first cutting position, wherein the second cutter is located downstream of the first cutter.

A breakout prediction method includes: a step of inputting a dimension of a solid product withdrawn from a mold in a continuous casting machine; a step of detecting a temperature of the mold by a plurality of thermometers embedded in the mold; a step of executing interpolation processing on the detected temperatures detected by the plurality of thermometers according to the dimension of the solid product; a step of calculating, based on the temperatures calculated by executing the interpolation processing, a component in a direction orthogonal to an influence coefficient vector obtained by principal component analysis as a degree of deviation from during a normal operation in which a breakout has not occurred; and a step of predicting a breakout based on the degree of deviation.

The present invention provides a copper billet horizontal continuous casting apparatus with a vertical shaft furnace for smelting and a corresponding process. The copper billet horizontal continuous casting apparatus with a vertical shaft furnace for smelting includes: a vertical shaft, a refining furnace, a mixing furnace, a holding furnace, and a continuous casting furnace; wherein the refining furnace comprises a furnace body, and a gas flushing device disposed beneath the furnace body, a gas flushing brick is provided at the chamber bottom wall of the furnace body; a gas inlet device is provided on the vertical shaft furnace; the vertical shaft furnace further includes a detecting device and an adjusting device which are connected with the air inlet device.

Provided herein is a system, apparatus, and method for continuous casting of metal, and more particularly, to a mechanism for controlling the shape of a direct chill casting mold to dynamically control a profile of an ingot cast from the mold during the casting process. Embodiments may provide an apparatus for casting material including: first and second opposing side walls; first and second end walls extending between the first and second side walls, where the first and second opposing side walls and the first and second opposing end walls form a generally rectangular shaped mold cavity. At least one of the first and second opposing side walls may include two or more contact regions, where each of the two or more contact regions may be configured to be displaced relative to a straight line along the side wall.

Provided herein is a system, apparatus, and method for continuous casting of metal, and more particularly, to a mechanism for controlling the shape of a direct chill casting mold to dynamically control a profile of an ingot cast from the mold during the casting process. Embodiments may provide an apparatus for casting material including: first and second opposing side walls; first and second end walls extending between the first and second side walls, where the first and second opposing side walls and the first and second opposing end walls form a generally rectangular shaped mold cavity. At least one of the first and second opposing side walls may include two or more contact regions, where each of the two or more contact regions may be configured to be displaced relative to a straight line along the side wall.

An apparatus for continuously casting thin strip has a pair of internally cooled counter-rotatable casting rolls having casting surfaces, the pair of casting rolls laterally positioned to form a gap at a nip between the casting rolls through which a thin metal strip can be cast, where the casting surface of each casting roll has a roll profile extending in an axial direction of the corresponding casting roll; a metal delivery system adapted to deliver molten metal above the nip to form a casting pool; and a temperature altering source external to the casting roll and having one or more zones configured to alter the casting roll profile of at least one of the pair of casting rolls by locally heating or cooling the casting roll.

An apparatus for continuously casting thin strip has a pair of internally cooled counter-rotatable casting rolls having casting surfaces, the pair of casting rolls laterally positioned to form a gap at a nip between the casting rolls through which a thin metal strip can be cast, where the casting surface of each casting roll has a roll profile extending in an axial direction of the corresponding casting roll; a metal delivery system adapted to deliver molten metal above the nip to form a casting pool; and a temperature altering source external to the casting roll and having one or more zones configured to alter the casting roll profile of at least one of the pair of casting rolls by locally heating or cooling the casting roll.

A twin roll casting system includes a pair of counter-rotating casting rolls having an adjustable nip therebetween, a casting roll controller configured to adjust the nip between the casting rolls in response to control signals; a cast strip sensor measuring a parameter of the cast strip and generating strip measurement signals; and an iterative learning control (ILC) controller receiving the strip measurement signals and providing control signals to the casting roll controller. The ILC controller includes a fault detection algorithm receiving the control signals and the strip measurement signals and generating a fault detection signal indicating when a fault condition is detected and an iterative learning control algorithm to generate the control signals. The fault detection algorithm indicates a fault condition when it detects the control signal exceeding an upper control saturation threshold or the ILC controller operating a state that is not guaranteed as stable.