Patent ID: 11951541
Assignee: VESUVIUS GROUP, S.A.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the opening of the first ladle is filled with a plugging material (19) and in case no molten metal flows out of the opening upon bringing the ladle sliding gate (15) of the first ladle (11) into casting station in step (b), the following steps are carried out,
bringing the ladle sliding gate (15) of the first ladle (11) into unclogging position,
with an appropriate unclogging tool (19r), unclogging the opening of the first ladle by disrupting the plugging material,
when the plugging material starts flowing out of the collector nozzle, bringing the ladle sliding gate (15) of the first ladle (11) into casting position for casting molten metal from the first ladle (11) through the thus unplugged opening and through the ladle shroud (11a) into the tundish (2).