Modular in design, compact in size – beam blank casting solutions to meet individual requirements

Beam blank casting is the ideal link between the steelmaking plant and the rolling mill. This method produces high-quality structural beams with a wide range of product dimensions. Beam blank casting results in fewer passes in the section mill, lower manipulation costs and reduced energy expenses.

Siemens VAI has been a leader developer of beam blank casting technology from the very inception of this technology. We have developed numerous pioneering innovations, including continuous straightening, small roller pitches, dynamic secondary cooling, and integrated quality control systems. Today these are standard elements in all advanced Siemens VAI beam blank casting machines.

As the result of our continuous focus on research and development, Siemens VAI has become the world leader in beam blank casting technology. Our customized beam blank casting solutions comprise new machines, modernizations and upgrades, technological packages, advanced machine equipment, and automation packages.

The commercial benefits of beam blank casting include cost savings due to reheating, reduction of deformation energy and a reduced number of passes in the rolling mill.

SIMETAL LiquiRob

Robot-aided automation for the casting floor

SIMETAL LiquiRob enables fully automated casting floor operation, from the start of casting to finalizing a sequence. This system is capable of a multitude of tasks such as temperature and oxygen measurement, steel sampling, and tundish powder dosing, monitored by the operator from the safety of the control room. The imminent danger of handling liquid steel above floor level is thus avoided. SIMETAL LiquiRob is a major advance in operator safety and also enhances product quality and productivity.

SIMETAL LiquiRob for CC

Plate Mold

Homogenous cooling, low investment costs, and easy re-machining and assembly

The main benefits of Siemens VAI’s advanced plate mold design are homogeneous cooling, low investment costs due to reduced mechanical machining and copper thickness, use of an energy-optimized external stirrer even for large sections with small strand-center distances, constant flow of mold cooling water as a result of an equalized pressure distribution system, easy re-machining and assembly of the mold, and no need for specially trained staff for mold preparation.

Caster Technology Consulting

Expert assistance for optimal performance in continuous casting

Based on decades of experience in the engineering, installation, start-up and commissioning of continuous casting machines, our specialists are skilled in identifying caster deficiencies and weaknesses. Our expertise is available at short notice and covers all aspects of continuous casting technology. The detailed optimization solutions proposed by Siemens VAI can help producers meet their production, quality and business targets, as well as save money.

Caster Technology Consulting

SIMETAL DynaFlex

Flexible adjustment of oscillation parameters for improved surface quality

The SIMETAL DynaFlex oscillation system allows the online adjustment of non-sinus factor, stroke and oscillation frequency for optimizing positive and negative strip time during casting. This results in substantial operational and metallurgical improvements such as minimization of oscillation mark depth. Wear-free mold oscillation is assured by a leaf-spring guiding system which is superior to other systems based on the use of bearings.

DynaFlex

SIMETAL LevCon

Mold level control and stabilization at utmost precision

SIMETAL LevCon applies an advanced control algorithm that takes into account delayed system reaction, clogging, and mechanical wear of the tundish stopper or slide gate through improved dynamic behavior. Automatic starting and resumption of the casting process are available for single, twin, triple, and multistrand casting. The newly included bulging compensation feature allows to reliably overcome instationary bulging effects by precisely modeling the mold level behavior and applying a compensating signal thus assuring stable mold level conditions. Thanks to the modular concept, all common types of mold level measurements, flow control mechanics, and actuators can be used.