Mould for continuous casting of metal strips

摘要

A mould for continuously casting metal strips comprises a pair of side walls ( 11 ) on opposite sides of an open-ended mould cavity (C) having an entrance end (E) for continuously receiving molten metal and an exit end (D) for continuously discharging a moving solidified strip (D) formed from the molten metal. Each mould side wall ( 11 ) includes a graphite block ( 13 ) formed of a stack of a multiplicity of elongate graphite laminae ( 16 ) having opposite faces ( 16 A) and inner edges ( 16 B), said inner edges ( 16 B) jointly forming a surface ( 16 A) directed toward the mould cavity (C). The mould further comprises a cooling system associated with each graphite block ( 13 ) and including coolant tubes ( 15 ) extending through the stack transversely to said opposite faces ( 16 A) of the graphite laminae ( 16 ) forming the stack.