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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Applicant:
Mark Vincent, Leighton Buzzard, GB;
Inventor:
Mark Vincent, Leighton Buzzard, GB;
Assignee:
Pyrotek Engineering Materials Limited, Wymbush, Milton Keynes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A continuous casting installation includes a furnace () for heating metal to a first liquid metal temperature, a degassing unit (), a filter (), a heating unit () and a casting machine (). The casting machine () includes a pair of casting rollers and a nozzle arranged to deliver liquid metal into a nip between the casting rollers, such that the metal solidifies as it passes through the nip. The heating unit () is located between the furnace and the casting machine, and is thermostatically controlled to heat the liquid metal to a second liquid metal temperature.