Bethlehem Steel Corporation

Voest-alpine International Corporation

Lester A Foster, Jr

Philip D Stelts

Joseph W Hlinka

Thomas J Korpela

Barry S Glassman

Charles R Beechan

An improved method for controlling the clamping forces exerted on opposing sidewalls of a casting mold during a continuous casting operation, which comprises the steps of presetting the mold for the maximum load to be experienced by the sidewalls of the mold, securing the mold at the presetting, and, through displacement measuring devices and hydraulic spring mechanisms, controlling the forces exerted upon the sidewalls during the continuous casting operation as a function of the thermodynamic stresses to which the mold is subjected.

Method for controlling the clamping forces exerted on a continuous

A shield comprising a refractory material resistant to pentration by a continuous stream of molten steel and a retaining means to hold the refractory material contiguous to a heat absorption surface.

Protective shield having heat conductive properties

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Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Lester A Foster, Jr