Open AccessEddy current method for steel billet mould level control
Author(s) -
I. V. Terekhin,
É. A. Chernova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1636/1/012010
Subject(s) - eddy current sensor , eddy current , signal (programming language) , materials science , metallurgy , casting , slag (welding) , continuous casting , current (fluid) , transient (computer programming) , liquid metal , copper , mechanical engineering , engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , programming language , operating system
The relevant issue of metal level control in a mould of continuous casting machine (CCM) is improving the measurement accuracy when adding slag powders in a mould. The main disadvantage of the widely used radiometric metal level control devices (MLCDs) is the dependence of the output signal on the amount of slag in a mould. Eddy current (EC) sensor for metal level control is not sensitive to the slag. It detects metal level indirectly by temperature of copper mould wall, which is in contact with liquid metal. As a consequence, eddy current MLCD speed of response is limited to the time constant of thermal transient processes in a mould wall, which is insufficient to modern steel industry. This paper deals with a mould CCM metal level control method by means of the EC sensor based on signal detection from the liquid metal through a copper mould wall. The direct method provides required signal speed of response of eddy current MLCD in the case of steel casting with the slag.