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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Draper, Churchill Boro, PA (US);
Wayne C Sumpman, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Robert J Baker, Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, PA (US);
Robert S Williams, Plum Borough, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ; B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164429 ; 164443 ; 164485 ; 165 89 ;
Abstract
A continuous metal caster cooling system is provided in which water is supplied in jets from a large number of small nozzles 19 against the inner surface of rim 13 at a temperature and with sufficient pressure that the velocity of the jets is sufficiently high that the mode of heat transfer is substantially by forced convection, the liquid being returned from the cooling chambers 30 through return pipes 25 distributed interstitially among the nozzles.