Improvement of Inner Quality of High Carbon Wire Rod Steel Using Combined Electromagnetic Stirring

To improve the quality of high carbon wire rods,combined electromagnetic stirring was introduced in the continuous casting of round billets with a diameter of 250mm at Tianjin Rockcheck Steel Group Co.In this paper,the positioning of final electromagnetic stirring(F-EMS)was determined by nail-shooting method.Furthermore,the effect of mold electromagnetic stirring(M-EMS)on the macrostructure and internal defects in the round billets was investigated to find out the optimal operating parameters for continuous casting of SWRH 82B round billets.The results show the desirable positioning of F-EMS locates 9.7m below the mold level where the molten steel can be effectively driven by electromagnetic force and disperse central composition segregation.The shrinkage cavity is totally eliminated with the rotational M-EMS.The ratio and index of central composition segregation and center porosity can be reduced significantly.Furthermore,the equiaxed crystal ratio is considerably increased to 64%under 480A/3Hz M-EMS and 500A/10Hz F-EMS.Fine microstructure and mechanical property of wire rod are presented after optimization of combined electromagnetic stirring.Accordingly,the probability of occurrence of cup-cone fracture of wire rod is reduced dramatically.