A method for detecting a crater end of a continuously cast product
including installing an ultrasonic shear wave sensor for transmitting an
ultrasonic shear wave to a cast product and receiving the transmitted
ultrasonic longitudinal wave and an ultrasonic longitudinal wave sensor
for transmitting an ultrasonic longitudinal wave to the cast product and
receiving the transmitted ultrasonic longitudinal wave at the same
position in a continuous casting machine or at positions apart from each
other in a casting direction, but at the same position in a transverse
direction of the cast product, detecting based on variations of an
ultrasonic signal received by the ultrasonic shear wave sensor that the
crater end of the cast product is matched with the installed position of
the ultrasonic shear wave sensor, calibrating a calculation formula for
determining the crater end and determining the crater end.