METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING OF METALLIC BLANKS AND PLANT FOR PERFORMING THE SAME Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: process and equipment for continuous casting. SUBSTANCE: method comprises steps of casting metal into vertically oriented rectangular mold 9; bending rectilinear billet at outlet of mold 9 at least in one first bending zone 12 along circle arc with first radius (R_min) of band after first bending zone; at least in one successively arranged first straightening zone 14 bending billet according to transition curve along circle arc with larger radius (R_min) than first radius (R_end) of band behind first bending zone. Larger radius corresponds to radius Rend of arc-shaped guide 2 in front of final zone 7 for straightening transition curve where billet is straightened; then billet is shifted aside on almost horizontal rectilinear guide. According to method plant for continuous casting of billets with curvilinear mold is reconstructed to continuous casting plant with rectilinear mold at keeping maximally possible number of components of plant with curvilinear mold such as arc-shaped guide, casting equipment and so on. EFFECT: casting of high-quality metallic billets having no impurities and gas blisters, elimination of overloads acting upon skin of billet at primary bending of it, lowered time period and costs for making continuous casting plant with rectilinear mold. 18 cl, 1 dwg