Patent ID: 6110416
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A tundish for continuous casting of metals, comprising:inside tundish walls formed from a refractory material;at least one plasma torch for heating liquid metal,at least one cover through which said torch extends, andan insert including refractory material and having an outside wall complementary in shape to an upper portion of said inside walls of said tundish, and an interior wall that defines a space which progressively widens toward a bottom thereof, said insert having a means for accommodating in said space a lower end region of said torch for heating liquid metal with a plasma including an upper and a lower opening in said insert, wherein said interior wall has a heat reflective surface that is lower than said tundish cover for reflecting heat generated by said plasma toward liquid metal in said tundish, the insert being fixed to one of said tundish cover and said inside tundish walls, anda dividing wall which delimits a heating compartment in an interior of said tundish.