METHOD OF INTRODUCING THE DUMMY BAR INTO A CONTINUOUS CASTING MOLD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AFORESAID METHOD

摘要

A method of introducing a dummy bar into a continuous casting mold which comprises withdrawing at least one of two mold walls on opposite sides of the continuous casting mold in a direction substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the continuous casting mold. The dummy bar is introduced into the opened continuous casting mold and is subjected to the action of guide means so that the dummy bar is guided through the continuous casting mold at a given distance from the walls of the mold until the stopping and withdrawing head of the dummy bar assumes a prescribed position within the continuous casting mold. Then the guide means is removed from the continuous casting mold, and the previously displaced mold wall is returned into its casting position.