Kawasaki Steel Corporation

Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Tsunehiro Ueda

Yasuhiro Habu

Takao Koshikawa

Tsutomu Nozaki

Hakaru Nakato

Hiromitsu Yamanaka

Yutaka Yoshii

Fumitaka Shimokawa

Hiromu Oka

Hideaki Kishimoto

Tadao Ozeki

A mold additive for use in continuous casting, which includes a base material having a chemical composition of CaO--BaO--SiO.sub.2 --F system, and contains 2-15% by weight in total of at least one carbonate of alkali and alkaline earth metals, 2-30% by weight in total of at least one fluoride of alkali and alkaline earth metals and 0.2-10% by weight of carbon, and, if necessary, 2-10% by weight in total of at least one oxide of Fe, Mn and Ni, and has a solidification temperature of not more than 900.degree. C. and a viscosity at 1,300.degree. C. of not more than 3 poises. The base material has a weight ratio of (CaO+BaO)/SiO.sub.2 of 0.6-2.5 and contains not less than 2% by weight of BaO and 2-15% by weight of F.

Mold additives for use in continuous casting

Method of heating a molten steel in a tundish for a continuous casting

The width of a slab can be easily increased during a continuous casting operation by a simple method, wherein casting of a molten steel is temporarily stopped during the continuous casting operation, the narrow side of a casting mold is moved to a predetermined width, corresponding to the increased width to be of the slab, to form a space between the narrow side of the mold and the solidified shell of a slab, a closing member having a width 1-5 mm smaller than the increased width of the slab, and a cooling and sealing material are inserted into the space to form a clearance of 1-5 mm between the closing member and the narrow side of the mold, and the casting of the molten steel is again started.

Method of increasing casting width for a slab during a continuous

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Tsunehiro Ueda