Patent ID: 11883877
Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method to determine a crater end location of a cast metal product during casting, the crater end location being the location at which the cast metal product becomes fully solidified, the method comprising the steps of:
casting molten metal in a continuous casting machine including a plurality of upper and lower segment frames bearing rolls, the upper and lower segment frames being located respectively above and below the cast metal product;
estimating a location Pest within the continuous casting machine where the metal product becomes fully solidified;
at least measuring a bending of the nearest upper segment frame of the estimated location Pes, wherein the bending is measured at least on two ends of the nearest upper segment frame; and
calculating a location Pmes of the crater end based on the measured bending.