Continuous Casting
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2018) | Viewed by 68790
Special Issue Editor
Interests: casting of metals; fluid mechanics; continuous casting
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Continuous casting is a process whereby molten metal is solidified into a semi-finished billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling in finishing mills; it is the most frequently used process to cast not only steel, but also aluminum and copper alloys. Since its widespread introduction for steel in the 1950s, it has evolved to achieve improved yield, quality, productivity and cost efficiency. It allows lower-cost production of metal sections with better quality, due to the inherently lower costs of continuous, standardized production of a product, as well as providing increased control over the process through automation. Nevertheless, challenges remain and new ones appear, as ways are sought to minimize casting defects and to cast alloys that could originally only be cast via other means. For this Special Issue in Metals, we welcome reviews and articles in all aspects of experimental work and theoretical modelling related to the ongoing development of the continuous casting processes.
Dr. Michael Vynnycky
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Continuous casting
- Casting defects
- Experiments
- Theoretical modelling