Method and apparatus for performing horizontal continuous casting

摘要

A horizontal continuous casting apparatus comprises, in one aspect, a tundish in which a molten metal material is stored, a mold assembly connected air-tightly to the tundish for casting a round billet, and an extraction device disposed on a downstream side of the mold assembly for forming a billet having a predetermined shape from the round billet fed from the mold assembly. The extraction device comprising a plurality of formation roll units arranged along a casting direction of the round billet and the formation roll units are composed of horizontal circular roll pairs, press units for pressing the roll pairs against the round billet and drive units for driving the roll pairs.