Top Zone Rolls in Continuous Caster

Premature failure of the Rolls like deep fire cracks and roll wear out .This resulted in break-outs and reduced Heat size leading to expensive down time of the Caster operation adding to the increased TCO Customer was earlier using Rolls as per OEM drawing and cladding was done by other vendor. But did not get the desired life from these top zone rolls(from Mould to Bender zone) Dia of the rolls range from 130 mm to 165mm .

WA recommended another product to enhance the life of these rolls considering the harsh working environment in Top zones of the slab caster. Foot rolls and other rollers in the top zone were refurbished with WA product CHROMECORE MS 2020-S. After cladding the rolls were re machined with respect to OEM drawing for internal bores and bearing fit locations . These work was done in the customer premises as part of long term contract awarded to WA.