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2. MOLD
Mold is the heart of continuous casting.
In the water cooled mold, molten stream enters from the tundish into mold
in presence of flux through the submerged nozzle immersed in the liquid
steel.
Solidification of steel begins in the mold.
3. SECONDARY COOLING
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Vertical continuous casting
• Molten metal poured by the basin into the
tundish which flow into the mould and gets
solidify
• After it solidifies, it is rolled and continuously
goes down
• There is length restriction for a vertical
process as controlling the continuously
incoming metal is difficult & consequently
deep underground arrangement are needed
Horizontal continuous casting
• It uses a graphite mold and is
commonly used to cast non ferrous
alloys like Cu alloys
• In horizontal the solidified bar right
from the beginning will be moving
horizontal
• Molten material are being allowed to
get solidifies & then finally guided
towards the cutting zone
Curved continuous casting
• Molten metal from tundish comes
downward to some extent and then it
takes a curve and it it becomes
horizontal .