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Apparatus and method for cooling a continuously cast metal product

US4751960A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 1987
Grant dateJun 21, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22D11/124
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a secondary cooling zone below a continuous casting mold there is provided one or more chambers having an anterior wall with apertures facing the continuously cast metal product at a given distance from the surface of the product. Pressurized cooling liquid is supplied to the apertures to form a continuous layer of pressurized cooling liquid flowing in the direction of travel of the product.

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