US 12,109,609 B2 · Mold casting surface cooling

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, system, and apparatus for improving the efficiency of a continuous casting operation. A continuous casting mold component described herein includes: a mold wall substrate defining a groove proximate a bottom of the mold wall substrate; a graphite liner having a bottom edge defining a first angled surface and a top edge defining a second angled surface, where the bottom edge is received into the groove of the mold wall substrate; and a clamping element defining an angled clamping surface attached to the mold wall substrate with at least one fastener, where the bottom angled surface of the graphite liner is driven into the groove defined in the substrate in response to the angled clamping surface of the clamping element engaging the second angled surface of the graphite liner and the fastener pressing the clamping element toward the mold wall substrate.

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Dependent claims

A graphite liner for a continuous casting mold comprising:

a bottom edge defining a first angled surface and a top edge defining a second angled surface, wherein the bottom edge is received into a groove of the continuous casting mold;
and
wherein the graphite liner is configured to be reversible, where the bottom edge becomes the top edge, and wherein a mold wall and a clamping element cooperate to clamp the graphite liner to the mold wall of the continuous casting mold,
wherein the graphite liner defines a resting state and an installed state, wherein the graphite liner in the resting state comprises a curvature along a back face of the graphite liner between the top edge and the bottom edge, and wherein the back face is straightened in the installed state in response to the graphite liner being clamped to the mold wall of the continuous casting mold.

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A continuous casting mold component comprising:

a mold wall substrate defining a groove proximate a bottom of the mold wall substrate;
a graphite liner having a bottom edge defining a first angled surface and a top edge defining a second angled surface, wherein the bottom edge is received into the groove of the mold wall substrate;
and
a clamping element defining an angled clamping surface attached to the mold wall substrate with at least one fastener,
wherein the graphite liner is configured to be reversible, where the bottom edge becomes the top edge, and wherein the mold wall and the clamping element cooperate to clamp the graphite liner to the mold wall, and
wherein the graphite liner defines a resting state and an installed state, where the graphite liner is in the installed state when the clamping element and the mold wall cooperate to clamp the graphite liner to the mold wall, and wherein a back surface of the graphite liner defines a curve between the top edge and the bottom edge in the resting state, and wherein the graphite liner is straightened between the top edge and the bottom edge in the installed state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mold casting surface cooling

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Abstract

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