CASTING HARDWARE DUMMY BAR Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC B22D11/08 

FIELD: process engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to semi-continuous casting with direct cooling of slabs or different-size slabs, in particular, for rolling. This equipment comprises mould frame (2) with two opposite sidewalls (3) and two opposite short end walls (4) to make the open metal feed hole and discharge hole. Dummy bar (6) is arranged in said discharge hole before every casting process at moving support that closes said hole. To vary the sizes, at least one end wall can be shifted for making the casts of different sizes. This equipment can comprises means to cool metal at casting and, no necessarily, the means for bending of long sidewalls for compensation of metal shrinkage. Dummy bar (6) comprises long sidewalls and at least one end part with short end wall. Said end part can displace inside sidewalls to control the cast sizes prior to casting.

EFFECT: easier adjustment of dummy bar sizes.

9 cl, 5 dwg