TWIN BELT TYPE CASTING MACHINE AND METHOD OF CASTING BY USING THE SAME

摘要

A twin belt type continuous casting machine for producing thin slabs has a pair of belts and a pair of edge dams for forming a metal pool. These edge dams are movable in the transverse direction of the belt. A plurality of cooling/heating chambers partitioned in the transverse direction of the belt are provided on the rear surface of the belt in the vicinity of respective side end portions of the belts. A plurality of supporting means which are capable of pressing the rear surface of the belt are respectively provided in the plurality of cooling/heating chambers. The movement of the edge dams is synchronized with the operation of the plurality of supporting means, A fluid introduced into each of the cooling/heating chambers is changed into a heating fluid or a cooling fluid in synchronism with the movement of the edge dams.