A Theoretical and Experimental Study of Heat Line Formation in a Roll Caster

Abstract

The authors show that a steady state two-dimensional finite difference model has been developed to describe the roll casting process, incorporating a variable heat transfer coefficient through the roll bite. The model explains the formation of the speed limiting defects called ‘heat lines’ in terms of this variable strip/roll heat transfer coefficient. The results of subsequent casting speed trials are compared with the predictions made by the numerical model. Approximate values of the heat-transfer coefficients through the roll bite in the various regions proposed for the roll caster model have been determined by matching predicted strip exit temperatures to experimental measurements for various casting speeds. Further evidence for the values of the alloy/mould heat transfer coefficients were obtained from cooling curves. The model has been used to investigate the effect of varying various casting parameters on the strip exit temperature and the critical casting speed above which heat lines form.