SEMI-CONTINUOUS CASTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ROLL INGOTS

摘要

Direct chill, semi-continuous casting equipment for the manufacture of roll ingots. The equipment comprises an upper metal reservoir (10), a casting die or die (2) fitted below the metal reservoir with an inlet and an outlet and a vertically moveable base (7) fitted at the outlet with a casting shoe (5) which is designed to bear against the outlet at the start of a casting cycle. The casting shoe is mounted as a moveable shoe (at 6) on the base (7) and is designed to be locked in relation to the base when it has been brought into a centred position in relation to the casting die (2). Furthermore, corresponding centring devices (3, 4, 8) for the casting die and the casting shoe respectively are fitted for centring the casting shoe in relation to the casting die.