Patent · US Expired

Method for pouring a metal melt into a mold

US6070649A · kind A · utility

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2References

10Claims

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Assignee

Mannesmann AG · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Urlau · Moers, DE
Wolfgang Reichelt · Moers, DE
Ewald Feuerstacke · Dorsten, DE
Wolfgang Dohring · Sonsbeck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 1997
Grant date	Jun 6, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22D11/113
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for a metal melt, especially steel, into a vertically oscillating mold via a tundish or intermediate vessel provided with an immersion nozzle to generate endless strands, especially thin strands of steel wherein the intermediate vessel has an open first chamber and a closed second chamber. The metal melt is supplied from the casting ladle to the first open chamber. The second chamber is connected with a vacuum device. An immersion pipe, which projects into the mold and which can be vertically oscillated, is provided in the base of the second chamber.

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