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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Toshiaki Ito, Shizuoka, JP;
Noboru Kubota, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazumi Touno, Shizuoka, JP;
Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a twin-belt casting machine which prevents an uneven cooling condition between the top surface and the bottom surface of a slab between a pair of endless belts disposed vertically. The twin-belt casting machinecomprises a pair of rotating belt unitsincluding respective endless beltsand arranged up and down so as to face each other, a cavityformed between the pair of rotating belt units, and cooling meanswhich is arranged inside the rotating belt unit. The twin-belt casting machinecontinuously casts a slab S as a metal liquid is supplied in the cavity. The twin-belt casting machinefurther comprises distance adjusting means which is arranged inside at least one of the pair of rotating belt units arranged up and down so as to face each other, and which moves apart or closer the endless belt relative to the slab S in accordance with a part where the slab and the endless belt become distant from each other.