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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J Korpela, Forest Hill, MD (US);
Lester A Foster, Jr, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Voest-Alpine International Corporation, Pittsburg, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164452 ; 164154 ;
Abstract
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.