• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.177-179
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• 2005

As rail steel at a crossing area must undergo much higher loading than those at regular railway, Mn-containing casting steel is normally used for its high load-carrying capability and reduced wear rate. However, as these Mn-containing casting steel is tend to have casting defects, manufacturing cost to produce defect-free Mn-containing casting steel becomes quite expensive. Therefore, in order to investigate the possibilities of replacing expensive Mn-containing casting steel with a mild steel with a surface build-up using a Mn-alloyed steel electrode.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.22-29
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• 2024

Steel is one of the most widely used metals for various industries in the world. Over 95% of steels in the world is manufactured from continuous casting processes. During continuous casting, there are many phenomena including fluid flow, heat transfer, solidification, particle transport, etc. in mold regions. Molten steel continuously flows into the mold through the nozzle, and generates asymmetric flow pattern. The asymmetry of flow behaviors affects the behavior of surface slag/molten steel interface on the top of molten steel pool. These phenomena are influential on the quality of final steel products. This work investigates the asymmetric flow and the top surface behaviors in mold region with a slide-gate nozzle during continuous casting of steel slabs, by applying lab-scale water model experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.142-149
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• 1999

A machine frame has been manufactured by casting. However, due to the development of the industrial society, 3-D duties was refused. Especially, the declination of the casting industry makes it difficult to produce the frame. Many companies still manufacture the small casting products. The large casting products are extremely limited and manufactured for their own use. Therefore, it is difficult to keep the term of order. In this study, the characteristics of steel structure which is produced by welding were identified in the view of mechanical strength of steel structure which is produced by welding were identified in the view of mechanical strength to substitute steel structure for casting frame. But welding structure has the residual stress, HAZ and welding deformation. Residual stress and HAZ especially cause crack growth. The proposed steel structure, based on the simulation and experiment(tensile curve and S-N curve), can reduce not only the producting term but also the weight of the frame.

• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.113-126
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• 2011

The smelting and the continuous casting of steel are important processes that determine the quality of steel products. Especially most of quality defects occur during solidification of the steel continuous casting process. Although quality control techniques such as six sigma, SQC, and TQM can be applied to the continuous casting process for improving quality of steel products, these techniques don't provide real-time analysis to identify the causes of defect occurrence. To solve problems, we have developed a detection model using decision tree which identified abnormal transactions to have a coarse grain structure. And we have compared the proposed model with models using neural network and logistic regression. Experiments on steel data showed that the performance of the proposed model was higher than those of neural network model and logistic regression model. Thus, we expect that the suggested model will be helpful to control the quality of steel products in real-time in the continuous casting process.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.296-303
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• 2001

The effects of the revolution speed on the mechanical properties and microstructure of Cr-Mo steel during vertical centrifugal casting using investment mold were investigated. The casting yield, tensile strength, hardness and absorbed energy during impact test were increased with increasing revolution speed. The effect of mass variation caused by the change in the revolution speed on the grain size was the most significant.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.922-934
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• 2014

In casting steels for offshore construction, manufacturing integral casted structures to prevent fatigue cracks in the stress raisers is superior to using welded structures. Here, mold design and casting analysis were conducted for integral casting steel. The laminar flow of molten metal was analyzed and distributions of hot spots and porosities were studied. A prototype was subsequently produced, and air vents were designed to improve the surface defects caused by the release of gas. A radiographic test revealed no internal defects inside the casted steel. Evaluating the chemical and mechanical properties of specimens sampled from the product revealed that target values were quantitatively satisfied. To assess weldability in consideration of repair welding, the product was machined with grooves and welded, after which the mechanical properties of hardness as well as tensile, impact, and bending strengths were evaluated. No substantive differences were found in the mechanical properties before and after welding.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.63-70
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• 2004

Foundry techniquews for large steel casting depends on the skills of foundrymen considerably. Especially, the problem of reducing casring surface defects is difficult to clear numerically. Statistical analysis by using wuantification theory for hot tear and sand inclusion, and multiple regression analysis for dimensional defects have been shown to be examples of solving this difficulty. Many causes of surface defects can be evaluated by these analyses. These evaluations serve as the base data of defect reduction and contribute to the constant improvement of casting quality and quality enhancement activity. The system to perform quality enhancement activity was developed and it proved very useful for transfering foundry techniques and skills from the old to young generations.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.70-76
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• 2004

In the steel marking industry, most companies have adapted the continuous casting process, due to its economical benefit. Casting rolls are utilized for frictional drive and the transport of solidifying slap. Dimensional tolerances, mechanical stability, and surface condition of the casting rolls can affect both the surface and the internal quality of the product being cast. To overcome these problems, the industry now is focused on accelerating the rate of technological improvements. This study has been undertaken for the development of casting rolls overlaid materials (SAW FCW wire), with the addition of Vanadium and Molybdenum to the martensitic stainless steel, in order to increase tensile strength and hardness at elevated temperatures.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.319-323
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• 1996

A new steel-making process, strip-casting, is introduced. The strip-casting is a new technique making the thin steel strip from the molten steel directly without resorting to repetitive reheating and hot-rolling required in a conventional steel-making method. This paper derives the mathematical model of strip caster, proposes a control strategy for stable startup operation and a fuzzy decision making rule for automatic control mode change in strip-casting process.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.146-152
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• 2002

Mold level control has been a major control task for continuous casting plants. The system involves nonlinearities such as stick-slip friction in the sliding gate, time-delay, friction force variations between molten steel and the inner wall of mold, and nozzle logging/unclogging. These complex problems should be solved to control mold level for steel cast. In this paper, we propose a neural fuzzy mold level control technique for solving these complex problems and give experiment studies to show the mold level control in continuous casting process.