Discharge assembly for tundish

In a vessel for containing molten material and including at least one discharge assembly for discharging molten material from said vessel, the improvement wherein said discharge assembly comprises:

• a refractory perforated brick fitted in said vessel, said perforated brick having therethrough an opening that is at least partially defined by a surface that is rotationally symmetrical about a longitudinal center axis of said opening;
• a refractory nozzle brick having a peripheral surface that is rotationally symmetrical about a longitudinal center axis of said nozzle brick, said nozzle brick having therethrough a discharge opening having an outlet located eccentrically of said longitudinal center axis of said nozzle brick and an inlet;
• said nozzle brick fitting into said opening in said perforated brick with said longitudinal center axes thereof coincident, said nozzle brick being rotatable relative to said perforated brick about a rotation axis defined by said coincident longitudinal center axes;
• said inlet of said discharge opening being open through said perforated brick and in open communication with the interior of said vessel in all positions of rotation of said nozzle brick relative to said perforated brick;
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• said outlet of said discharge opening being open through said perforated brick and in open communication with the exterior of said vessel in all positions of rotation of said nozzle brick relative to said perforated brick.