Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Atsushi Murata

Toshihiko Murakami

Masahiko Oka

Hirohisa Kikuchi

Takashi Usui

Among the slab-supporting guide roll pairs disposed in the region in which a liquid core exists within the slab, at least four consecutive guide roll pairs are disposed under such conditions that the roll axis-to-axis distances on the fixed side and loose side of the guide roll pairs and the roll halfway-to-halfway distances on the fixed side and loose side are all different from one another. Casting is carried out while disposing the guide roll pairs under sucb conditions.

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Osaka, Japan

Atsushi Murata