Abstract:The slag crust not only deteriorates the effect of tundish metallurgy, but also hinders the development of smart continuous casting in the steel plant. In order to solve the solidified crusts of tundish fluxes, the effects of steel temperature, composition and melting point of tundish fluxes, and casting heats on the solidified crust at tundish stream zone were investigation in detail. The results show that fluxes thickness and thermal insulating property were the main factors for solidified crust at the tundish stream zone. For the poor fluxes thermal insulating property, the surface of tundish fluxes was melted during the ladle initial pouring stage. With the casting heats increasing, the thermal resistance of the tundish fluxes increasing, resulting in resolidating of the surface fluxes. In order to improving the insulating property of the upper tundish fluxes, the lower specific weight carbonized rice husks were chosen as heat preservation agent instead of carbonized rice ball, preventing the surface of tundish fluxes melt during the ladle initial pouring stage. After implementation, the solidified crust rate of the tundish fluxes in the No.1 continuous casting plant and No.2 continuous casting plant decreased from 47.3% and 35.3% to 15.0% and 10.7%, respectively.
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