Caster Projects

IPACT has designed and developed several control and monitoring systems for continuous casters, including:

• A mold level control system which measured the level of molten steel in the mold (via a Hall effect transducer), and controlled the level of molten metal in the mold via slide-gate position and caster speed.

• Torch cut and spray water control. The system monitored slab flow, and subsequent cooling rate, and supervised the torch cut process.

• A caster breakout detection system within a Level II environment.  The system monitored caster thermocouples and utilized the customer's proprietary breakout model to predict potential breakouts in time for corrective action to be taken.

• A slab disposition monitoring system that acquired slab process data and forwarded slab process history to a plant-wide slab history process system.  The system also monitored the motor load currents for the 44 motors on the caster to support preventive maintenance and defect analysis.

Integrated Process Automation & Control Technologies