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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2000
Other;
Abstract
The invention addresses the problem of edge bulging and breakout of as cast strip due to a decrease of perfect solid phase shell thickness of the strip caused by heat recuperation of the unsolidified portion of the strip, by providing a chamber,which encloses the travel path of a strip,delivered from a pair of chilled rolls,and,a pair of chilled blocks,arranged in the chamber to be positioned near a nip between the chilled rolls,and,with each chilled block,being shaped for loose fitting over an edge of a strip,and being capable of injecting cooling gas toward the edge of the strip,When the strip,is to be continuously cast, the interior of the chamber,provides an inert gas atmosphere, in which the cooling gas injected by the cooling blocks,injection-cools the edges of the strip,delivered from the chilled rolls,and,at a position near the nip between the chilled rolls,and