PROCESS FOR HIGH SPEED VERTICAL CONTINUOUS CASTING OF ALUMINIUM AND ALLOYS THEREOF

摘要

A process for the vertical continuous casting of aluminum and alloys thereof in the form of billers and plates, the smallest dimension of which does not exceed 150 millimeters, at a speed of more than 500 millimeter per minute, by combining the use of a top feeder head for the feed of liquid metal, an electromagnetic induction means and a direct cooling means for shaping the product to be manufactured, characterized in that a constant distance is maintained between the base plane of the top feeder head and the plane passing through the solidification front at the periphery of the cast product in the course of the casting operation so that higher casting speeds than known in the art are achieved.