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ORGANIZER;CN=ESTAD 2023:mailto:info@metec-estad.com
LOCATION:Room 19a
SUMMARY:Bloom caster with FBG-sensors and OptiMold Monitor®
DESCRIPTION:Understanding of heat transfer mechanisms in a bloom caster mould allows producers to find optimal casting conditions to improve quality and avoid remedial conditioning for different cast formats and grades. A method to produce optimization measures to avoid cracking by modifying mould heat transfer to increases the flexibility and enhances the resource efficiency during CC. To achieve this Alleima (former Sandvik Materials Technology) installed a newly designed fibre optical sensor system from Proximion. The new Fibre Bragg Grating sensors system gives high density measurements of mould temperature and reduces maintenance costs of industrial application in bloom casters using sensors for long term use and measurements that are easy to move between different moulds. The system gives possibility to in detail follow mould temperature on all four bloom sides in real time during casting using 1380 sensor points. ABB has developed and installed an advanced OptiMold Monitor® for the caster with a high potential to increase both yield and quality. This is accomplished through an enhanced understanding of relationships between the measured mould temperature, process parameters and final product quality. The installation opens new opportunities for real-time control and monitoring of the CC process giving the operators and plant engineers possibilities to visualize what is happening in mould during casting for different steel qualities. By using the installed system, it has become possible to characterize thermo-physical properties of casting powders in detail which is used to improve thermal conditions at the meniscus. 
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