APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS HORIZONTAL CASTING OF BILLETS Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: metallurgy, namely metal continuous casting. SUBSTANCE: continuous casting mold has the head sleeve 1 and the end sleeve 5, mounted in the deflectors 2, 6. The head sleeve 1 has the annular groove 13. The front deflector 2 and the rear deflector 6 have turnings, providing beads for flexible sealing members. A depth of the groove consists 0.05-0.5 of a thickness of the sleeve wall δ; its width consists no less, than 5 5·10^-5 of a height of a working cavity of the sleeve. Between the sleeves a partition is mounted in a casing of the mold with possibility of motion. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of the mold, simplified assembling process and decreased consumption of copper alloys. 1 cl, 3 dwg