Patent ID: 6158496
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A continuous casting mould comprising:several substantially rectangular mould plates with side faces and complementarily shaped longitudinal edges;a self-supporting framework with lateral openings in which said mould plates are received so as to form a casting channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, said framework having:an upper frame with an upper passage opening above said inlet opening of said casting channel, a lower frame with a lower passage opening below said outlet opening of said casting channel, andcorner sections which join said upper frame to said lower frame, so that each of said lateral openings is bounded by border faces formed by a pair of corner sections and said upper and lower frames;wherein said mould plates are fitted in said lateral openings of said framework so as to have their side faces in guiding contact with said border faces of said lateral openings and to be slidable in said lateral openings perpendicular to said casting channel until they positively engage with their complementarily shaped longitudinal edges to form said casting channel.