The mould contains a casting wheel, on the outer surface of which an open channel is made, a continuous tape adjacent to the casting wheel from its outer surface in such a way as to close the specified open channel, as well as a cooling system able of adjustable supply of coolant to the casting wheel and the continuous tape at least on the outer surface, on the inner surface and on both side surfaces of the wheel, in which the ratio of the coolant flow on the inner surface of the wheel to the coolant flow on the outer surface of the wheel is 1.9-3.0, and the ratio of the total coolant flow on the side surfaces of the casting wheel to the coolant flow on the inner surface of the casting wheel is 1.3-1.7.

A machine for manufacturing continuous bars of nonferrous metal by continuous casting includes a movable casting shell, composed of segments arranged in succession, each one having a portion defined, with a bottom and flanks, of the casting shell, and open on the sides directed toward the contiguous segments. The contiguous segments are movable along a closed path that has a substantially rectilinear portion at the casting region. Along the portion, the segments are substantially aligned and define a portion of the casting shell, with bottom and flanks, which is continuous, substantially rectilinear and closed, for at least one portion of the path downstream of the casting region, by a closure component.

A device for casting electrode carriers for the production of lead grid electrodes in a continuous casting process is provided, which includes a casting drum, the surface of which has been engraved with the shape of the lead strip to be cast, and a casting shoe which rests on the outer circumference of the casting drum in the region of the horizontal axis drawn through the axis of rotation when the casting drum rotates counterclockwise, whereat the exiting liquid lead flows into the concave mold of the casting drum surface and is removable as a solidified lead strip at the lower vertex of the casting drum after three quarters of a rotation and whereat draft angles of less than 7 degrees, in particular less than 3 degrees are provided.

A manufacturing efficiency of the wire rod made of the cast alloy including the additive element having the high activity to the oxygen is improved. An apparatus of manufacturing a wire rod includes: a tundish storing a molten metal; a mold for use in continuously casting the molten metal fed from the tundish; and an additive-element feeding unit continuously feeding an additive element (wire) to a feeding port of the mold.

A device for casting electrode carriers for the production of lead grid electrodes in a continuous casting process is provided, which includes a casting drum, the surface of which has been engraved with the shape of the lead strip to be cast, and a casting shoe which rests on the outer circumference of the casting drum in the region of the horizontal axis drawn through the axis of rotation when the casting drum rotates counterclockwise, whereat the exiting liquid lead flows into the concave mold of the casting drum surface and is removable as a solidified lead strip at the lower vertex of the casting drum after three quarters of a rotation and whereat draft angles of less than 7 degrees, in particular less than 3 degrees are provided.

A method and machine for continuous casting of a strip of a plurality of serially connected battery grids. The machine may have a rotatable annular mold ring with a cavity at least in part having a plurality of grid molds, and a movable belt overlying at least the axial extent and a portion of the circumferential extent of the mold cavity in at least the area where liquid lead may be supplied to the mold cavity. To supply liquid lead to the mold cavity the mold ring may have a runner system communicating with the mold grids and opening to an end of the mold ring.

A method and machine for continuous casting of a strip of a plurality of serially connected battery grids. The machine may have a rotatable annular mold ring with a cavity at least in part having a plurality of grid molds, and a movable belt overlying at least the axial extent and a portion of the circumferential extent of the mold cavity in at least the area where liquid lead may be supplied to the mold cavity. To supply liquid lead to the mold cavity the mold ring may have a runner system communicating with the mold grids and opening to an end of the mold ring.

The invention relates to an elongated electrically conductive copper-aluminum bimetal element, a cable comprising at least one such elongated electrically conductive element, a process for preparing said elongated electrically conductive element and said cable, and a device comprising such an electric cable and at least one metal connector.

A copper ingot of the present invention which is casted by a belt-caster type continuous casting apparatus includes: 1 ppm by mass or less of carbon; 10 ppm by mass or less of oxygen; 0.8 ppm by mass or less of hydrogen; 15 ppm by mass to 35 ppm by mass of phosphorus; and a balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, and includes inclusions formed of oxides containing carbon, phosphorus, and Cu.

This copper alloy wire is a copper alloy wire which is made of a precipitation hardening-type copper alloy containing Co, P, and Sn and is manufactured using a continuous cast-rolling method or cold working of a continuous cast wire rod manufactured using a continuous casting method, in which the copper alloy wire has a composition including Co: more than or equal to 0.20 mass % and less than or equal to 0.35 mass %, P: more than 0.095 mass % and less than or equal to 0.15 mass %, and Sn: more than or equal to 0.01 mass % and less than or equal to 0.5 mass % with a balance being Cu and inevitable impurities.