Mastering a technology for the continuous casting of steel on section casters at the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Combine

The Chelyabinsk Metallugical Combine has successfully introduced a technology for the continuous casting of converter steel into 100 × 100 and 180 × 180 mm semifinished products. Introduction of the technology required the resolution of several technical problems. Studies were made of the causes of breakouts occurring during the casting of low-carbon steel semifinished products. The reasons that semifinished products made of medium-carbon steels acquire a rhombic shape were also examined.