Li Gang, Ding Wenbin, Zhang Chaolei, et al. Practice of Pilot Production on Φ600 mm Continuous Casting Round Bloom of 4130X Steel for Large Volume Seamless Gas Cylinders[J]. Special Steel, 2022, 43(1): 44-46.
Li Gang, Ding Wenbin, Zhang Chaolei, et al. Practice of Pilot Production on Φ600 mm Continuous Casting Round Bloom of 4130X Steel for Large Volume Seamless Gas Cylinders[J]. Special Steel, 2022, 43(1): 44-46.DOI:
The Φ600 mm cast bloom of 4130X steel ( /% :0. 31C
0. 26Si
0. 80Mn
0. 008P
0. 003S
0. 99Cr
0. 21Mo
0.005Ti
0.023Al) is produced by the technological route of umolten iron→vanadium extraction converter→pretreatment desulfurization→70 t converter→LF→VD→Ground bloom continuous casting→slow cooling". By control [ P
]
≤ 0. 140%
[ S
]
≤0.070% in hot metal; KR pretreatment after vanadium extraction in converter
KR stirring speed 80 r/min for 15 min
and KR end [ S
]
w0. 005% ; converter end point 0. 06% ~0. 10% C
end point [ P
]
≤0.008%
tapping steel temperature m 1 620 ℃
and using slide plate slag blocking technology; LF using high Al refining slag system
with the initial slag 40% ~45%( CaO )
10% ~15%( SiO
2
)
the final slag 35% ~40%( Al
2
O
3
)
50% ~55%( CaO )
5% ~15%( SiO
2
);VD Ca treated to control 0. 000 5% ~ 0. 001 0% [ Ca
]
the vacuum degree less than 67 Pa for ≥18 min
and the soft blowing time ≥20 min; in the process of continuous casting
using the mould ( 200 A/2. 0 Hz ) + solidification end electromagnetic stirring ( 900 A/6. 0 Hz ) combined stirring mode
the superheat 20 ~30 °C
the constant drawing speed 0. 21 m/min
and the secondary cooling specific water volume 0. 08 L/kg
the Φ600 mm casting bloom of 4310X steel for large volume seamless gas cylinder is successfully developed with class A and class D inclusions in steel ≤1. 0 grade
class B and class C inclusions 0
class Ds ≤l. 5 grade
and all the indicators to meet the requirements of users.