PROCESS FOR THE CONTINOUS CASTING OF METAL, IN PARTICULAR STEEL FOR PRODUCING BILLETS AND BLOOMS.

摘要

Molten steel is continuously teemed into a casting passage to establish a bath of molten steel in the passage. The molten steel is partially solidified in the casting passage to form a strand having a plurality of bulges which are uniformly distributed circumferentially of the strand. The strand is continuously withdrawn from the casting passage and the bulges are deformed during strand withdrawal so as to reduce bulge size. The amount of deformation is regulated by varying the bath level as a function of one or more casting parameters.