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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1996
Massoud Assefpour-Dezfully, Mt. Keira, AU;
Kenneth Michael Browne, Wheelers Hill, AU;
BHP Steel (JLA) PTY Ltd., Melbourne, AU;
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steel strip (12) is continuously cast from a pool (30) of molten metal that is supported on one or more chilled casting surfaces (22A). The casting surfaces (22A) are moved to produce a solidified strip (12) moving away from the casting pool (30) along a transit path (10). The formation of scale on the solidified strip (12) as it passes through the transit path (10) is controlled by confining the solidified strip within an enclosure (37) from which oxygen is extracted by oxidation of the strip and which is sealed to control ingress of oxygen containing atmosphere.