Continuous casting, also known as continuous casting, is a process in which molten metal solidifies into "semi-finished" billets, blooms or slabs for subsequent rolling in finishing mills. Before the introduction of continuous casting in the 1950s, steel was poured into stationary molds to form ingo
READ MOREStarting the caster requires passing a dummy bar (essentially a curved metal beam) up through the spray booth to seal off the bottom of the mold. The metal is poured into molds and removed with dummy rods once solidified. It is extremely important to secure the supply of metal afterwards to avoid un
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