Position Control and Alignment of the CCM Equipment

Abstract:

The improved technology of position control and alignment of the continuous casting machine (CCM) equipment based on high-precision online geodetic measurements is considered. The mathematical model for the technological axis of the continuous casting machine, the technique of the rational alignment of the machine’s equipment and the software implementing this technique are proposed. The application experience of the developed technique for control and aligning the equipment of continuous casting machines of different types is shown. The data on the efficiency of the technique for continuous casting machine equipment and its impact on the quality of a continuously cast ingot are presented.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 946)
• Pages: 644-649
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.946.644
• Online since: February 2019
• Authors: Andrei Sholomitskii*, Aleksey Sotnikov
• Keywords: Casting, Continuous Casting Machine, Electronic Total Station, Geodetic Measurements, Model, Statistical Mechanics, Steel, Technological Axis

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