Process and apparatus for casting a strip with laterally extending lugs.

摘要

A cast strip (21) with laterally extending lugs (28) is produced by casting molten metal at the inlet (15) of a molding zone having a bottom and sidewalls, the bottom of the molding zone being formed by a moving endless belt (2) and the sidewalls being formed by two moving endless sidedams (12). Each sidedam (12) comprises an endless strap and a multiplicity of blocks strung thereon. Some of the blocks form lug molding pockets, the height of each pocket being lower than the height of the molding zone. The passage of the lug molding pockets or blocks forming these pockets in each sidedam is detected and the difference between the temperatures of the sidedams is corrected so as to change the advancing speed of at least one of these dams, if an unwanted lag is found between the molding pockets of the respective sidedams. The result of the correction measures is controlled by detecting the passage of the externally extending lugs (28) in the cast product, modifying the correction as a function of the lug detection, and modifying the difference between the temperatures of the sidedams by use of cooling (36) and heating means (38).