Arrangement for continuous manufacture of metal ingots in a mold with open bottom
AssigneeLeybold-Heraeus GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Schwartz-Domke, Helmut Grof, Anton Wamser
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Abstract
An arrangement for the continuous manufacture of metal ingots by progressive crystallization below a slag layer in a mold open at the bottom. Below the bottom edge of the mold, there are distributed along the periphery of the mold, several blocking elements moveable in the direction of the ingot surface. The edges and surfaces facing the ingot are adapted to the shape of the ingot cross section, and the blocking elements may be sectors of an annular ring.
Claims11
An arrangement for continuous production of metal ingots by progressive crystallization below a slag layer in a mold comprising, in combination, a mold having an open bottom;
- and a plurality of blocking elements immediately below the bottom edge of the mold and distributed along the periphery of the mold, said blocking elements being moveable in the direction of the ingot surface, the edges and surfaces of said blocking elements facing the ingot being adapted to the shape of the ingot cross section, an annular gap prevailing between the ingot surface and the hollow space in the mold, said annular gap being substantially tightly sealed by said blocking elements.
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