System, apparatus, and method for providing casting gas in a direct chill casting mold

A system for supplying casting gas to a continuous casting mold, the system comprising:

• a controller;
• at least one continuous casting mold cavity;
• a casting gas manifold;
• and
• at least one automotive style fuel injector wherein each of the at least one automotive style fuel injector is associated with a respective one of the at least one continuous casting mold cavity,
• wherein the at least one automotive style fuel injector receives casting gas from the casting gas manifold at a first pressure and is controlled by the controller to supply casting gas to the respective one of the at least one continuous casting mold cavity at a second pressure, wherein a ratio of the first pressure to the second pressure is about two-to-one.

A method for supplying casting gas to a continuous casting mold, the method comprising:

• providing casting gas at a first pressure and temperature to an inlet of an automotive fuel injector;
• controlling the automotive fuel injector based, at least in part, on the first pressure and temperature, to open and close the automotive fuel injector;
• and
• receiving, at a continuous casting mold cavity, the casting gas at a second pressure, wherein the casting gas is provided to the continuous casting mold cavity through a porous graphite liner of the continuous casting mold, and wherein a ratio of the first pressure to the second pressure is about two-to-one.