INVERSE CASTING - A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NEAR-NET-SHAPE CAST STRIP

Principle of the inverse casting technique. Set-up of a pilot plant an d effects of the precipitation of the steel melt on the base sheet. Me tallographic investigation of the inverse-cast sheet after subsequent smoothing pass, hot and cold rolling as well as after direct cold roll ing. Hardness, formability and surface roughness of the specimens. Inv estigation of the recyclability of the strip in the mould. Layout of f uture production lines. Estimation of the economic efficiency of the p rocess.