There is provided a method for producing a Cu—Ni—Sn alloy by a continuous casting method or a semi-continuous casting method, the method including pouring a molten Cu—Ni—Sn alloy from one end of a mold, both ends of which are open, and continuously drawing out the alloy as an ingot from the other end of the mold while solidifying a part of the alloy, the part being near the mold; and spraying mist-like liquid on the drawn-out ingot to cool the ingot, thereby making a cast product of the Cu—Ni—Sn alloy.

A crack-free continuous casting mold configured so that occurrence of cracks at a casting billet can be reduced even in a case where a casting speed exceeds 500 mm/min. The continuous casting mold continuously casts a casting billet while cooling molten metal by a cooling device provided at a cooling casting mold. The cooling device includes multiple cooling nozzles configured to release coolant water to the casting billet pulled out of the cooling casting mold to cool the casting billet. Multiple ejection ports of the multiple cooling nozzles are arranged along an outer circumferential direction of a surface of the casting billet. Each ejection port has a short side and a long side, and is configured such that the long side is arranged along an axial direction of the casting billet.

A secondary cooling method and a secondary cooling device for a casting product casted in a continuous casting machine, the continuous casting machine including, in a secondary cooling zone below a mold, a plurality of pairs of support rolls that support the casting product from both sides of the casting product in a thickness direction, a cooling device being disposed between support rolls adjacent to each other along a casting direction of the continuous casting machine, the cooling device including a coolant pipe that supplies a coolant, and a coolant guide plate with a flat plate shape for spreading the coolant on the casting product, the coolant guide plate being disposed parallel to and spaced in a perpendicular direction from a surface of the casting product.

The invention described herein shows a high surface area anode. The high surface area anode contains a flat surface on one side and a ribbed surface on the opposite side. On the ribbed surface there is a first edge-lip on its first-end and a second edge-lip on its second-end. Both the first edge-lip and the second edge-lip run parallel to each other. The high surface area anode further contains a plurality of ribs and groves between the first edge-lip and the second edge-lip also running parallel to each other. The high surface area anode is manufactured using a continuous casting method that includes the following steps; dissolving the anode metal into the holding furnace shaping the anode metal using a high surface area graphite mold; solidifying the anode metal using a liquid while extruding the anode metal through the high surface area mold; solidifying the anode metal by using a secondary cooling source; and extracting the now solidified and shaped high surface anode metal.

Provided is a production method capable of producing a high-quality continuously cast material. A cooling liquid is supplied to each of outer peripheral surfaces of a plurality of ingots extracted in parallel from a plurality of molds to cool the plurality of ingots. Of the outer peripheral surfaces of the ingot, a region which is open and does not face another ingot is defined as an open region, and a region which faces another ingot is defined as an ingot facing region. The open region is cooled with weak cooling in which the degree of cooling by the cooling liquid in the open region is set to be less than the degree of cooling by the cooling liquid in the ingot facing region.

In a method for producing a spray nozzle device, in particular for spraying a casting strand during casting of metallic products, the spray nozzle device includes a basic body with an air inlet, a water inlet and a nozzle body with a mixing chamber for producing an air/water mixture which emerges through at least one nozzle outlet. The air inlet is formed by at least one air inlet nozzle, with a nozzle tip projecting into the mixing chamber, and has at least one air outlet hole. The water inlet opens into the mixing chamber close to the nozzle tip of the air inlet through at least one water outlet hole oriented transversely to a longitudinal axis of the mixing chamber. At least one part region of the spray nozzle device is produced by a generative production process, preferably operating as a 3D printing process.

A continuous casting device having multi-stage convergence control is disclosed. Cooling surfaces of the continuous casting device can be articulated in stages, providing individual convergence control to longitudinally spaced-apart regions of the casting cavity. In a proximal region, during which the molten metal exhibits solidification shrinkage, a first convergence profile can be used to optimally account for the solidification shrinkage. In a subsequent distal region, a second convergence profile can be used, such as to provide optimal control of exit temperature of the continuously cast article. Multi-stage convergence control can be achieved through individually articulatable cooling pads or other supports positioned opposite the cooling surfaces from the casting cavity to displace the cooling surfaces and thereby adjust the convergence profile of the casting cavity. Actuation of the individually articulatable cooling pads can effect different convergence profiles along the length of the continuous casting device.

An aftercooler for horizontal continuous casting includes a plurality of aftercooler segments each of which includes a plurality of radially acting aftercooler sections. The radially acting sections each define inner surfaces which combine with the remaining radially acting aftercooler sections to form an aftercooler passage. The radially acting sections within each aftercooler segment are banded together by a plurality of resilient encircling bands. The bands draw the radially acting aftercooler sections together to constrain a casting within the casting passage. The plurality of aftercooler segments are provided with a surrounding coolant carrying jacket. A plurality of gas distribution passages are formed in the radially acting aftercooler sections which are provided with a flow of inert gas. The inert gas distributes itself between the surfaces of the casting and the surfaces of the aftercooler passage to prevent oxide formation and to ease the travel of the casting through the aftercooler.

A funnel shaped mold for casting slabs of steel which is configured to be cooled by a fine spray of a cooling liquid on the outside of the mold.

A spray apparatus for cooling a metal strand in a continuous casting machine, wherein at least one multiple-nozzle head and at least one switching valve are provided, wherein the multiple-nozzle head has at least a first and a second nozzle, wherein the switching valve is arranged upstream of the multiple-nozzle head, and wherein the switching valve is flow-connected to all the second nozzles in the multiple-nozzle head, in order to enable or to shut off a supply of spray liquid to all the second nozzles.