Process and installation for casting thin metal products, with reduction of thickness below the ingot mold
US5042563A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 1990 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22D11/1206
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
According to the invention, molten metal 3 is poured into a continuous-casting ingot mold and the thickness of the product 1 emerging from the ingot mold is reduced using a device for reducing the thickness 20, while the core 5 of said product has still not solidified. The thickness of the product 1 is reduced only in a central zone, excluding the solidified edges of the product, using means for reducing the thickness such as rolls 22 whose working length is less than the width of the large faces 11 of the ingot mold. Means 8 are provided downstream of the rolls 22 in order to crop the edges 7' of the product in the manufacture of thin slabs 9.
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