• An in-depth knowledge of the continuous casting process, including machine design, operations and product.
• Technical knowledge for those responsible for the production of continuously cast product (slab, bloom & billet).

The course is aimed at people working in the steel industry, including suppliers of consumables and services. Typical delegates include senior production operators, engineers, manufacturing and operations managers, metallurgists, technical & quality control personnel

Classroom Lectures

• Casting machine design & engineering (slab, bloom, billet & thin slab)
• Casting mould powder & strand solidification
• Cast product defects (surface & internal)
• Steel Cleanness
• Process modelling
• Prime slab & yield optimization
• Scarfing & slitting
• Concast refractories
• Product requirements

Practical Activities

• Physical modelling laboratory; tundish & casting tube
• Mould powder laboratory; design and testing of casting mould powders
• Metallographic laboratory; inclusion assessment, SEM analysis and examination of typical casting defects
• Mathematical modelling of mould powder & oscillation practice, slab machine secondary cooling waters & strand solidification