• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.105-110
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• 2008

This paper presents a control method to maintain stable mold level for unsteady bulging in high speed casting. The stabilizing mold level is an important factor to get high quality products. But, for various reasons, there are several disturbance factors which make mold level unstable. Bulging is one of disturbance factors and considered for the current stage of study. We design a disturbance observer to attenuate the effect of bulging which is periodic mold level disturbance. Since the period of bulging varies with the casting speed, the parameters of disturbance observer are changed by the casting speed. Simulation is illustrated to demonstrate stable performance of the proposed method in comparison with a previous method in a variable operating frequency.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.109-109
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• 1999

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.459-466
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• 1990

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.331-338
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• 1995

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.158-159
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• 1997

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.212-218
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• 2003

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.124-130
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• 1993

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.7.1-7.1
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• 2006

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.292-298
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• 2012

In this study, Cu-2.5at.%Ni-1at.%Si alloys were fabricated by horizontal continuous casting system to improve the electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of Cu-Ni-Si alloy. Withdrawing speed was changed with 50, 100, 150 and 200 mm/min for the optimum manufacturing condition. Microstructure was observed using OM, FE-SEM and TEM. Electrical conductivity was measured by 4-point probe method and mechanical properties were tested. A horizontal continuous cast thin slab had sound macro and micro structures with partly crystallized structures. Electrical resistivity decreased with increasing annealing temperature from 250 to $850^{\circ}C$, with increasing annealing temperature The maximum hardness and tensile strength were Hv 130, 610 MPa at $550^{\circ}C$, respectively. With changing withdrawing speed from 50 to 150 mm/min, hardness, tensile strength, yield strength and elongation were Hv 60-65, 210-230 MPa, 65-75 MPa and 40-50%, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.129-135
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• 2012

High speed casting technology is an attractive method to increase the productivity of continuous casting. However, high speed casting causes flow instability of molten steel in a mold. In this study, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) has been performed to identify the characteristics of mold flow for various shapes of submerged entry nozzles. The LES code has been newly developed to efficiently compute the two-phase flow by using the Fractional Step Method (FSM) combined with the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method. The Immersed Boundary Method was used to implement the shape of the submerged entry nozzle. Three cases of discharge angle of the submerged entry nozzle were computed and compared. The current results shed light on improving shape design of a submerged entry nozzle.