Provided herein is a system, apparatus, and method for venting a direct chill casting mold by venting excess casting gas and retaining oxide from atop a casting during the direct chill casting process. Methods of venting casting gas from a direct chill casting mold include: supplying the direct chill casting mold with molten metal through a transition plate; supplying a casting gas through a casting surface of the direct chill casting mold; venting the casting gas from a gas pocket in the transition plate, wherein venting the casting gas from the gas pocket in the transition plate is performed in response to a pressure of the casting gas in the gas pocket reaching a predetermined pressure.

A horizontal continuous casting apparatus includes a fluid supply pipe for supplying a lubricating fluid to the hollow portion of the mold, which is arranged on one end side of the mold; and, a cooling water cavity for accommodating cooling water cooling an inner peripheral surface of the hollow portion of the mold, which is formed outside the inner peripheral surface, wherein the inner peripheral surface and the inner bottom surface of the cooling water cavity facing the inner peripheral surface form parallel surfaces with each other, and a cooling wall of the mold between the inner peripheral surface and the inner bottom surface is formed so that the heat flux value per unit area from the molten aluminum alloy to the cooling water is 10×10.sup.5 W/m.sup.2 or more.

A horizontal continuous casting apparatus includes a fluid supply pipe for supplying a lubricating fluid to the hollow portion of the mold, which is arranged on one end side of the mold; and, a cooling water cavity for accommodating cooling water cooling an inner peripheral surface of the hollow portion of the mold, which is formed outside the inner peripheral surface, wherein the inner peripheral surface and the inner bottom surface of the cooling water cavity facing the inner peripheral surface form parallel surfaces with each other, and a cooling wall of the mold between the inner peripheral surface and the inner bottom surface is formed so that the heat flux value per unit area from the molten aluminum alloy to the cooling water is 10×10.sup.5 W/m.sup.2 or more.

Crystallizer for the continuous high-speed casting of a metal product (P), which has a casting cavity (13) defined by walls (14) connected to each other in correspondence with edges (15) and provided with cooling means (16).

Crystallizer for the continuous high-speed casting of a metal product (P), which has a casting cavity (13) defined by walls (14) connected to each other in correspondence with edges (15) and provided with cooling means (16).

A mold powder which prevents surface defects from occurring on a surface of a cast slab of Al-containing hypo-peritectic steel having Al: 0.2% to 2.0%, by mass %, and, in a hypo-peritectic region, C: 0.08% to 0.17%, by mass %. The mold powder includes CaO, SiO.sub.2, Na.sub.2O, Li.sub.2O, F, and C. Li.sub.2O/Na.sub.2O is 0.6 or more, 1.0+0.05×Al≤CaO/SiO.sub.2≤2.0−0.35×Al, 10<Li.sub.2O+0.5×Na.sub.2O+0.8×F<20, and 1.00≤F/(Li.sub.2O+0.5×Na.sub.2O+1.46)≤1.24 are satisfied where Al is content by mass % of molten steel, and respective contents of the remaining elements are by mass %. A viscosity of the mold powder at 1,300° C. is in a range of 0.05 Pa.Math.s to 0.20 Pa.Math.s, and a crystallization temperature of the mold powder is in a range of 1,100° C. to 1,250° C.

Provided is a mold flux used for casing a cast slab, the mold flux including, bases on a total wt % of thereof, 32-38 wt % of aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2O.sub.3), 8-12 wt % of strontium oxide (SrO), 8-12 wt % of potassium oxide (K.sub.2O), 8-12 wt % of fluorine (F), 5-8 wt % of boron oxide (B.sub.2O.sub.3), 3-5 wt % of lithium oxide (Li.sub.2O), and inevitable impurities. Thus, according to the mold flux, a change in components due to silicon oxide (SiO.sub.2) and calcium oxide (CaO) may be suppressed or prevented compared to those in the conventional art.

Provided is a mold flux used for casing a cast slab, the mold flux including, bases on a total wt % of thereof, 32-38 wt % of aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2O.sub.3), 8-12 wt % of strontium oxide (SrO), 8-12 wt % of potassium oxide (K.sub.2O), 8-12 wt % of fluorine (F), 5-8 wt % of boron oxide (B.sub.2O.sub.3), 3-5 wt % of lithium oxide (Li.sub.2O), and inevitable impurities. Thus, according to the mold flux, a change in components due to silicon oxide (SiO.sub.2) and calcium oxide (CaO) may be suppressed or prevented compared to those in the conventional art.

Crystallizer for the continuous high-speed casting of a metal product (P), which has a casting cavity (13) defined by walls (14) connected to each other in correspondence with edges (15) and provided with cooling means (16).

Crystallizer for the continuous high-speed casting of a metal product (P), which has a casting cavity (13) defined by walls (14) connected to each other in correspondence with edges (15) and provided with cooling means (16).