STRIP CASTING

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY CASTING METAL STRIP . MOLTEN METAL IS INTRODUCED BETWEEN A PAIR OF PARALLEL CHILLED CASTING ROLLS (16) VIA AN ELONGATE METAL DELIVERY NOZZLE (18) DISPOSED ABOVE AND EXTENDING ALONG THE NIP BETWEEN THE CASTING ROLLS (16) TO FORM A CASTING POOL (68) SUPPORTED ON T...

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Hauptverfasser: ANDREW ARTHUR SHOOK, STEPHEN BRUCE LEABEATER
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Zusammenfassung:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY CASTING METAL STRIP . MOLTEN METAL IS INTRODUCED BETWEEN A PAIR OF PARALLEL CHILLED CASTING ROLLS (16) VIA AN ELONGATE METAL DELIVERY NOZZLE (18) DISPOSED ABOVE AND EXTENDING ALONG THE NIP BETWEEN THE CASTING ROLLS (16) TO FORM A CASTING POOL (68) SUPPORTED ON THE ROLLS AND CONTRA-ROTATING THE ROLLS TO PRODUCE A SOLIDIFIED STRIP (20). THE MOLTEN METAL IS DELIVERED INTO A TROUGH (67) OF THE NOZZLE (18) THROUGH AN ENTRY NOZZLE (18) HAVING AN UPPER INLET END FOR RECEIVING MOLTEN METAL FROM A TUNDISH, AND A LOWER OUTLET END (84) EXTENDING INTO TROUGH (61) OF THE DELIVERY NOZZLE (19). THE OUTLET END (84) OF ENTRY NOZZLE (18) HAS A BOTTOM WALL (86), ELONGATE SIDE WALLS (88) SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE SIDE WALLS (62) OF THE DELIVERY NOZZLE (19) AND OUTLETS (92) FOR MOLTEN METAL IN THE SIDE WALLS (88).(FIG 6)