ENGINEERING SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
OF INGOT SOLIDIFICATION IN SLAB
CONTINUOUS-CASTING MACHINES 

A. N. Shichkov, E. N. Bykasova,
N. G. Bashirov, V. V. Klochai, and
L. G. Bystrov

UDC 536.42

An engineering solution to ingot solidification and 
the regularities of growth of an ingot envelope thickness and the 
coordinate of the end of slab solidification directly on slab
continuous-casting machines (SCCM) are given,
and ingot solidification conditions are 
determined. Examples of calculation of the envelope thickness and 
the coordinate of the end of solidification are provided for slab 
continuous-casting machines utilized at the Cherepovetsk integrated 
metallurgical complex (CherMC) and at the cast-and-iron works of the 
Aisenhuttenstadt Joint-Stock Company. A graphical algorithm 
for determining the cooling capacity of the secondary cooling zone 
is presented, and a nomogram for calibration of the cooling capacity 
of forced secondary cooling against the major and minor radii of an 
SCCM is developed.