Experimental research on effect of control model on lubrication for slab continuous casting mould

Abstract

In casting the control model relation between casting speed and frequency plays an important role in the optimisation of process parameters and the improvement of lubrication condition. The mould friction between mould and strand can directly describe the powder lubrication situation in a mould. In the present research, based on the slab continuous caster equipped with hydraulic oscillators, the transient friction forces were obtained by the differences between the monitored driving forces of casting and the calculated driving forces of no casting at same oscillation parameters. According to the trends of friction force with different control models, the characteristics and disadvantages of the traditional positive control model, and the improved positive control model and the inverse control model are discussed. This experimental study contributes to studying the frictional behaviour in mould under different control models, as well as selecting reasonable control model for high speed continuous casing.