Experimental measurements of scale adhesion for a pre-oxidized steel charge

Abstract

In industrial practice, the charge is heated before the forming process and often reaches the furnace “cold”. This means that after leaving the continuous casting of steel, for various reasons it is not heated immediately, but stored instead. This causes not only the cooling of the charge but also its oxidation in the atmosphere of the surrounding air. The paper presents the research methodology and discusses the results of adhesion measurements for a preoxidized steel charge.

Keywords

• steel charge
• heating
• oxidation
• pre-oxidized steel
• measuring