Disclosed herein is a casting cluster for casting a body of a golf club head made of titanium or a titanium alloy. The casting cluster comprises a receptor and a plurality of runners coupled to the receptor and configured to receive molten metal from the receptor. The casting cluster also includes at least twenty-eight main gates. At least two of the main gates are coupled to each of the runners and each main gate is configured to receive molten metal from a corresponding one of the plurality of runners. The casting cluster further comprises at least twenty-eight molds. Each mold of the at least twenty-eight molds is configured to receive molten metal from a corresponding one of the main gates and to cast a body of a golf club head that has a volume of at least 100 cm.sup.3.

An apparatus for continuous or semi-continuous low pressure casting of metal, in particular directly-cooled (DC) casting of extended objects such as a rods, bars or billets of aluminium. The apparatus includes a frame construction with at least one chill or mould having a mould cavity that is provided with an upwardly open inlet and an outlet with cooling means. The inlet of the mould is connected to a distribution chamber receiving liquid metal from a metal store such as a holding furnace via a metal supply channel or launder. A flexible launder section is provided between the launder and the metal distribution chamber whereby the frame construction with the moulds and distribution chamber can be raised and lowered to enable complete filling of metal to the moulds. Subsequently it is possible to control the metal level in each respective mould cavity in relation to the metal level in the launder and thereby controlling the low pressure casting.

An apparatus for continuous or semi-continuous low pressure casting of metal, in particular directly-cooled (DC) casting of extended objects such as a rods, bars or billets of aluminium. The apparatus includes a frame construction with at least one chill or mould having a mould cavity that is provided with an upwardly open inlet and an outlet with cooling means. The inlet of the mould is connected to a distribution chamber receiving liquid metal from a metal store such as a holding furnace via a metal supply channel or launder. A flexible launder section is provided between the launder and the metal distribution chamber whereby the frame construction with the moulds and distribution chamber can be raised and lowered to enable complete filling of metal to the moulds. Subsequently it is possible to control the metal level in each respective mould cavity in relation to the metal level in the launder and thereby controlling the low pressure casting.

A vessel used for containing molten metal has a refractory liner with an exterior surface and a metal-contacting interior surface and is made of at least two refractory liner units abutting at a joint. A housing at least partially surrounds the exterior surface of the refractory liner with a gap present between the exterior surface and the housing. Molten metal confinement elements, impenetrable by molten metal, are positioned within the gap to partition the gap into a molten metal confinement region between the elements and at least one other region. For example, the other region may be used to hold equipment such as electrical heaters that may be damaged by contact with molten metal. A drain outlet positioned in the housing allows molten metal entering the gap to drain out of the gap at the drain outlet.

A vessel used for containing molten metal has a refractory liner with an exterior surface and a metal-contacting interior surface and is made of at least two refractory liner units abutting at a joint. A housing at least partially surrounds the exterior surface of the refractory liner with a gap present between the exterior surface and the housing. Molten metal confinement elements, impenetrable by molten metal, are positioned within the gap to partition the gap into a molten metal confinement region between the elements and at least one other region. For example, the other region may be used to hold equipment such as electrical heaters that may be damaged by contact with molten metal. A drain outlet positioned in the housing allows molten metal entering the gap to drain out of the gap at the drain outlet.

A continuous casting nozzle includes a deflector at a bottom portion of the nozzle having a bore extending through the deflector from an open end to a closed end along a longitudinal axis and a pair of ports extending through the deflector from the bore to an outer surface of the deflector. A diameter of the bore substantially rapidly decreases along the longitudinal axis above the pair of ports such that a portion of a flow of fluid through the deflector becomes detached from a surface of the bore to thereby redirect the flow of fluid toward the longitudinal axis prior to exiting through the pair of ports.

A continuous casting nozzle includes a deflector at a bottom portion of the nozzle having a bore extending through the deflector from an open end to a closed end along a longitudinal axis and a pair of ports extending through the deflector from the bore to an outer surface of the deflector. A diameter of the bore substantially rapidly decreases along the longitudinal axis above the pair of ports such that a portion of a flow of fluid through the deflector becomes detached from a surface of the bore to thereby redirect the flow of fluid toward the longitudinal axis prior to exiting through the pair of ports.

A method for producing ultra-thin hot-rolled strip steel, the method comprising the following process steps: A. a smelting process: feeding scrap steel into an induction electric furnace (1) for smelting so that the scrap steel melts into molten steel; B. a refining process: using a ladle refining furnace (2) and a ladle vacuum degassing furnace (3) to refine the molten steel; C. a continuous casting process: casting the refined molten steel into a cast strip blank that has a thickness of 1.6-2.5 mm by means of a dual-roller thin strip continuous casting system (4); D. a hot rolling process: directly feeding the cast strip blank that was cast in the continuous casting process to a single-stand hot rolling mill (9) for rolling to produce hot-rolled strip steel, the thickness of the hot-rolled strip steel being 0.8-1.5 mm; E. a cooling coiling process: performing atomizing cooling on the hot-rolled strip steel, and coiling after the strip steel temperature is controlled to be 400-750 C. The present method achieves an extremely compact, environmentally-friendly and economical ultra-thin hot-rolled strip steel production process flow, and achieves the environmentally-friendly and economical continuous production of metal plates and strips.

A thin metal strip continuous casting method using momentum flow distribution, comprising the steps of: adjusting the position of a flow distribution device (2), and starting a double-roller thin strip continuous casting apparatus; molten metal (3) forming a uniform sheet-shaped molten metal flow (4) having an initial momentum after the molten metal (3) passes through the flow distribution device; the sheet-shaped molten metal flow entering a molten pool (5) at a superheat degree of 50-100 C. and an initial velocity of 0.5-2 m/s, wherein the flow distribution device is spaced apart from the molten pool; under the action of the initial velocity of the molten metal and in the molten pool, forming a whirlpool, which is adjacent to surfaces of two cooling rollers and has a momentum stirring action; and completing the solidification of the molten metal under the momentum stirring action of the whirlpool along with the rotation of the two cooling rollers. In the method, a whirlpool, which is adjacent to surfaces of cooling rollers and has a momentum stirring action, is formed in a molten pool by means of the kinetic energy of molten metal, such that equiaxed crystals can be prepared when a superheat degree is as high as 50-100 C., and the proportion of equiaxed crystals can be increased to 100%, thereby refining crystal grains and alleviating segregation.

A thin metal strip continuous casting method using momentum flow distribution, comprising the steps of: adjusting the position of a flow distribution device (2), and starting a double-roller thin strip continuous casting apparatus; molten metal (3) forming a uniform sheet-shaped molten metal flow (4) having an initial momentum after the molten metal (3) passes through the flow distribution device; the sheet-shaped molten metal flow entering a molten pool (5) at a superheat degree of 50-100 C. and an initial velocity of 0.5-2 m/s, wherein the flow distribution device is spaced apart from the molten pool; under the action of the initial velocity of the molten metal and in the molten pool, forming a whirlpool, which is adjacent to surfaces of two cooling rollers and has a momentum stirring action; and completing the solidification of the molten metal under the momentum stirring action of the whirlpool along with the rotation of the two cooling rollers. In the method, a whirlpool, which is adjacent to surfaces of cooling rollers and has a momentum stirring action, is formed in a molten pool by means of the kinetic energy of molten metal, such that equiaxed crystals can be prepared when a superheat degree is as high as 50-100 C., and the proportion of equiaxed crystals can be increased to 100%, thereby refining crystal grains and alleviating segregation.