Method and apparatus for the continuous casting of steel slabs

Abstract From the Canadian patent

In processes for the continuous casting of steel slabs in which molten steel is poured continuously into the upper and of a mold having a curved mold passage and in which an embryo casting (in curved form) is withdrawn continuously from the lower end of the mold, it is known that as the steel solidifies, accumulations of impurities such as non-metallics, occur in the surface of lesser radius. It is specifically proposed to prevent the accumulation of such non-metallics at or near the surface of the casting which is of lesser radius which is a defect of slab casting produced on the standard curved mold continuous casting machines by maintaining such, surface in continuous contact with the …