DEVICE FOR HORIZONTAL CONTINUOUS CASTING OF PLATES

摘要

A die for continuous casting of bar stock is adapted to be received in an outer cooler and made up of a lower part and an upper part having a rectangular in transverse cross section passageway therebetween which is of relatively greater width than height. To prevent the parts from coming towards each other when heated, a spacer or distance piece of refractory material is inserted therebetween at the casting material entrance end and at about the center widthwise location. This distance piece has a stem projecting into the passageway to hold the parts apart and a cap thereon abutting the adjacent entrance ends of the parts of the die to prevent the distance piece from moving on into the passageway as the casting material flows therepast.