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Mold’s early wear and the influence in steel surface defect results

The continuous casting machines’ oscillator may suffer interferences from many factors, therefore, leading to mold’s early wear. The relation between it and steel surface defects is huge, but when the root causes are properly handled, the problems is solved.

Tozato Measurements team performed a consultancy service at a customer that was experiencing a high rate of product downgrading. That being the case, it was noticed that the strands were presenting severe early wear problems in their molds as a result of frontal and lateral displacement errors.

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Early wear and friction on continuous casting copper molds

The high friction level in continuous casting machine’s mold tubes strongly reduces their service life. A relation that can be proved by using appropriate tools to collect and analyze data.

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