Development and Application of Fiber Bragg Gratings for Slab Casting
(Room 205A)
08 May 17
10:30 AM
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11:00 AM
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Mold Behavior Understanding
With the increasing demand on casting process stability, product quality and output, there is a strong need for advanced mold monitoring techniques. Key subjects are meniscus stability, mold fluid flow and mold temperatures. This paper describes the development and application of Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) for mold temperature monitoring on a broad face at a caster of Tata Steel Ijmuiden. The FBG-based system was tested on various steel grades and at casting speeds up to 1.9 m/minute. The system proved to be reliable and very useful. Results were linked to mold fluid flow studies, mold powder properties and product quality.