STRESSES IN ANVILS OF VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION OF CONTINUOUS CASTING AND DEFORMATION PLANT AT PRODUCTION OF SHEETS FROM STEEL FOR WELDED PIPES

A comparative assessment of strenuous state of the anvils with and without channels has been carried out for the installation of combined continuous casting and deformation process in the production of steel sheets for welded pipes. The conditions of operation and loading of the anvils of combined continuous casting and deformation process are described. The design of anvil with channels for water cooling and the nature of its loading are given. Using the algorithm for solving problems in the elasticity theory by finite element method, the laws governing the distribution of axial stresses in anvils from the slab reduction force are determined. Effect of the channels for anvils cooling with water on the magnitude and nature of stresses distribution in them from the stress of the slab reduction was estimated. The calculation results of temperature fields and axial and equivalent thermoelastic stresses in anvils with channels are presented for the production process of steel sheets for welded pipes in a combined continuous casting and deformation unit. The article considers regularities of total stresses distribution in anvils with channels. To assess the effect of anvils structure on their stress state, regularities of distribution of thermoelastic and total stresses in strands without channels have been determined. The graph of dependence of thermoelastic stresses in the anvil on temperature of its contact surface is given. Recommendations for choosing the material of the fighters are given. The advantages and disadvantages of the anvils with channels for the unit for combined continuous casting and deformation are described. The parameters of such a pilot installation are presented. The authors also describe the results of an experimental study of the parameters of a combined process at the manufacture installation for continuous casting and deformation of JSC Ural Pipe Plant.

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