Continuous casting apparatus

US5947183A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• VAW aluminium AG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Schneider · Marl, DE
• Werner Droste · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 7, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22D11/083
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The apparatus has a starter bar of novel design which avoids the problems of deformation of the billet base, loss and waste of casting metal and loss of billet stability. The apparatus includes a tub-like having a peripheral wall and a central raised element or cone having tapered outer surfaces, to stabilize the base of the billet during casting and to dislodge the cooled billet as it shrinks.