BELT TYPE CAST SHEET CONTINUOUS CASTER AND METHOD FOR PREVENTION OF MELT LEAKAGE IN SUCH CASTER

• Main Authors: KIMURA, TOMOAKI, KUGA, MASAAKI, YASUKAWA, NOBORU, NOZAKI, TSUTOMU, TOZAWA, HIROKAZU, SUZUKI, MICHIO, TAMURA, NOZOMU, FUJII, TETSUYA, MORIWAKI, SABURO, BESSHO, NAGAYASU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.02.1990
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; ACTUATING-FLOATS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES ORLIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE; CASTING; CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES; COCKS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; CYLINDERS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PISTONS; POWDER METALLURGY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SEALINGS; STORING; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; TAPS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; VALVES; VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES; WEAPONS

A belt type cast sheet continuous caster of the type comprises a pair of opposed circulatorily movable belts (1,2), a pair of opposed side plates (3,4) arranged along opposite side edge portions of the movable belts, coolers (7,8) which each have numerous water feed openings and water discharge openings opened to the movable belt and are arranged behind the respective movable belts, and movable partition plates (9a,9b,10a,10b) which are placed in respective cooling headers (7,8) and each connected to driving means (13a,13b,14a,14b) for moving the partition plates in a width direction of a cast sheet. A casting space (5) is defined by the movable belt and the side plates. Melt leakage at sliding portions between mold short side (3,4) plates and the metal belts in a belt type cast sheet continuous caster comprising the metal belts and the mold short side plates arranged along side edge portions of the metal belts and coolers, which each have numerous water feed openings (11) and water discharge openings (12) opened to the metal belt and are arranged behind the respective metal belts, is prevented by controlling gaps between the metal belts and the mold short side plates through varying a pushing force of the metal belts to the mold short side plates.