DEVICE FOR HORIZONTAL CONTINUOUS CASTING HOLLOW HALF-FINISHED ARTICLES FROM NON-FERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: casting equipment. SUBSTANCE: device has water-cooled sleeve, graphite crystallizer and graphite core having shaping sector and fitting bead with channels for feeding melted metal to working chamber of crystallizer. For increase of stability of horizontal continuous casting of hollow half-finished articles, multiple-strand casting of thin-walled tubes with wall thickness not exceeding 5 mm and diameter of up to 30 mm and widening type and size assortment of cast tubes channels for metal feeding at least in bottom half of core bead should have height equal to 1.01-10.0 of distance between shaping surface of core and working surface of crystallizer at its inlet. Channels can be made in the form of slots. On outlet side of fitting bead of core circular groove is made. EFFECT: enhanced operating capability. 8 cl, 6 dwg