简介：Thecenterlinesegregationincontinuouscastingsteelisknowntobeformedbytheinterdendriticenrichedliquidflowatthesolidificationendinstrand.Atpresent,severalmethods,suchasthermalsoftreduction,electromagneticstirringanddynamicsoftreduction,areavailabletoreducethecentersegregationandtoimprovetheinternalquality.Althoughsomemethodscouldalleviatecentersegregationtosomeextent,theycanalsogiverisetonewproblems.Forinstance,thermalsoftreductioncanleadtosurfacecrackingduringcastingofsomesteelsandelectromagneticstirringcanresultinwhiteband.Dynamicsoftreductionisaneffectivetechnologyfortheimprovementofstrandqualityincontinuousslabcasting.Inthispaper,thekeyparametersofdynamicsoftreductiontechnology,suchassoftreductionregion,thetotalreductionamount,forlowcarbonsteelhavebeenstudiedbasedonexperimentalandtheoreticalanalysis.Thesoftreductionregionwasrelatedtothesegregationofchemicalcomposition,slabbulgingofnarrowsideandavoidinginternalcrackofslab.Thetotalreductionamountwascomposedofnaturalthermalshrinkageandactualreductionamountdependingoncriticalstrain.Forlowcarbonsteelwithslabdimensionof(950-1950)mm×170mm,thesolidfractionrangeinsoftreductionregionwasrecommendedfrom0.4to0.8,thetotalreductionamountwas2.0-2.8mm,andtheoptimizedreductionratewas0.4-1.2mm/min,respectively.Furthermore,adynamicsoftreductionsystemincontinuousslabcasting,VisualCast-Dynamic,hasbeendevelopedbymultithreadingmethod.Itdemonstratedthatthedynamicsoftreductionmodelinthisstudywascorrectwiththeabilityofonlinecontrol.