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Casting process for continuous castings

CA 2098572 C · Owner: Kawasaki Steel Corporation · Inventors: Takeuchi, Shuji; Tozawa, Hirokazu; Itoyama, Seiji

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In a process of withdrawing castings while vertically oscillating a mold formed with long side walls and short side walls in vertical continuous casting, the long side walls are separated from the castings by operating a hydraulic cylinder 4 in the time zones for which the castings are applied with a large frictional force. On the contrary the separated, long side walls are made close to the castings in the other time zones for which the castings are not applied with the large frictional force. By repeating the separation and approaching of the long side walls it, is possible to obtain the castings reduced in the depths of oscillation marks and suppressed in segregations at oscillation mark …

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  • Filed September 22, 1992 and granted December 21, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 22, 2012.
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FiledSeptember 22, 1992
GrantedDecember 21, 1999
Term endedSeptember 22, 2012
Patent numberCA 2098572 C
Classification (IPC)B22D11/04 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedSep 22, 1992Patent grantedDec 21, 1999Term endedSep 22, 2012

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