Metallurgy, Vol. 61 No. 3-4, 2022.
Original scientific paper
Graphite crystallizer and its surface quality as a factor affecting the copper continuous casting process
S. Kordaszewski
orcid.org/0000-0002-5455-2025
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, Cracow, Poland
P. Kwasniewski
orcid.org/0000-0002-7826-6672
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, Cracow, Poland
P. Strzepek
orcid.org/0000-0002-5495-1253
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, Cracow, Poland
G. Kiesiewicz
orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-5498
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, Cracow, Poland
W. Sciezor
orcid.org/0000-0001-8974-5970
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, Cracow, Poland
M. Sadzikowski
orcid.org/0000-0002-9791-4137
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, Cracow, Poland
K. Franczak
orcid.org/0000-0002-0135-3700
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, Cracow, Poland
Abstract
Pure copper is one of the best conducting metals among known materials, making it the first choice for wires and microwires. However, before subjecting to metal working, the material is being manufactured in the continuous casting lines. The experimental study conducted in laboratory conditions proved that the external surface quality, and thus the contact quality with the cooling system is being responsible for the worsening or improving of the heat transfer and therefore the temperature of the crystallizer itself. The conducted study might function as sort of a guideline for the industrial process.
Keywords
copper; graphite; continuous casting; crystallization; temperature distribution
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273818
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Publication date:
1.7.2022.
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