THE APPLICABILITY OF AN ISOKINETIC STEEL FEEDING SYSTEM FOR NEAR-NET-SHAPE STRIP CASTING

For the near-net-shape casting of thin steel strips a liquid steel fee ding system is developed. This article at first describes the developm ent of a water model for the complete casting machine (cold tests). In this model the control concept for the low-pressure tundish is design ed and tested. As a subsequent stage to the water model trials, the fu nctional ability of the casting machine concepts, and particularly to the tundish concepts, is verified in separately conducted tundish test s and also in strip casting trials (hot tests).