Slab - quality prediction with in - depth metallurgical modeling

Defects in continuous casting are caused by parameters which can be modeled throughcomputations and on the basis of water-model investigations. The results have led, for example, to a 9%reduction in necessary slab-end scarfing to remove transverse cracks caused by AIN precipitation, abetter understanding of mould powder entrapment, and have shown that a slower filling rate of the tundishfollowing ladle exchange reduces ladle slag in clusions in the cast slab.