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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Taijiro Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Fukunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Imawaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kohichiroh Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taijiro Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Fukunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Imawaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kohichiroh Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a continuous casting method, the outside surface of a continuous casting nozzle which supplies molten metal into a mold while immersed in the molten metal in the mold, is heated to 1000° C. or higher by a nozzle heating device comprising an external heater which performs radiant heating, while the molten metal passes through the continuous casting nozzle.