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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Yoshizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
IHI Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An operation to acquire a strip with less thickness even if arcuate worn steps are formed on side weirs is disclosed. During an operation of a twin-roll casting machine with arcuate worn steps developing on side weirs due to rotational sliding contact of chilled rolls, the thickness of a steel strip from a nip is reduced, and the center-to-center distance between the rolls is increased with the side weirs in contact with ends of the rolls being displaced upward. This prevents interference of outer peripheries of the rolls with boundary surfaces adjacent to the arcuate worn steps of the side weirs.