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Method and apparatus for the manufacture of formable steel

US6276437A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1998
Grant dateAug 21, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21B2201/04
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Continuous casting machine for the casting of a thin slab with a thickness of less than 150 mm comprising a vacuum tundish having a first atmospheric chamber (7) and a second low pressure or vacuum chamber (1) hydraulically connected to the first chamber and purging means (11) for introducing a purging gas into the liquid steel after it has entered the first chamber but before it entered the second chamber.

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