Does anyone know about causes for rhombidity in continuous cast billets?

Iman El Mahallawi @Iman_El_Mahallawi

04 April 2013 1 4K Report

The billets has deviations in their dimensions.

Sathish Bangera

Rhombodity of billet occures mainly due to improper primary cooling. You can refer follwing lik.

http://www.dresseltech.com/billet%20rhomboidity.pdf

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