ABSTRACT
A special place is occupied by the theme of saving energy in the production of rolled steel in sheet-casting modules using ‘thin’ slabs. Implementation of the energy-saving direction of metallurgy is considered as a relevant way to solve the energy dependence number of many countries. Trends in the global energy market indicate that the price of gas, oil, coal will increase continuously. Among the different types of rolled products the most energy is consumed by cold-rolled steel and tin plate. The energy consumption when rolling tin plate is strongly influenced by differences in the properties of the strip plate of the same thickness. The energy consumption during the cold rolling of tin plate substantially depends not only on thickness but also on the plastic properties of hot-rolled strip plate. The most widely used fibrous refractory mullite–silica materials are used for lining the walls and arches of the bell furnaces in rolling production.
