METHODS OF OPTIMIZATION OF FACILITIES
FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM HORIZONTAL
CONTINUOUS CASTING OF METALS
This paper presents variants of modernization process of withdrawing
the profiles in horizontal continuous casting (HCC) of metals. Horizontal
continuous casting is a modern method of directly obtaining different types of
metallic semi-products by casting without using the laminated lines. As a
method, continuous casting is made by introducing liquid metal with a welldefined
temperature in a tank with water cooled walls, at interior, called
crystallizer and evacuation „wire” of solidified metal. Method of continuous
casting of ferrous and nonferrous metals and steel was imposed because it has
advantages over conventional casting into ingots. These advantages are: the
removal of metal is improved, it is obtaining a semi-finished product with a
superior quality surface, a lower segregation removes, consumption of ingot
molds and cast steel bridges are removed.
Keywords: horizontal continuous casting, semi-optimization methods,
modernization
Cuvinte cheie: turnare continuă orizontală, semifabricate, metode de
optimizare, modernizare
