Patent ID: 6102100
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
An improved continuous casting mold for steel ingots, of a type including an assembly of a first pair of metallic plates each having a first size and a second pair of metallic plates, each having a second size smaller than said first size and a feeder structure including refractory material mounted on top of said assembly, wherein the plates of said assembly have channels in their respective interiors for circulating a cooling fluid, which channels are vertically oriented but do not extend through an upper portion of said plates, wherein the improvement comprises:at least one horizontal channel in the upper part of each of the plates, which channel can circulate cooling fluid and is independent of said vertical channels, and wherein said at least one horizontal channel is confined to said upper part and is located along a thickness of its respective plate,wherein at least one of the first plates has two horizontal channels for circulating cooling fluid in said upper part, said horizontal channels being mutually separated by a partition and having respective inlet openings disposed in a region between side faces of the at least one of the first plates and respective outlet openings disposed in the vicinity of said side faces,wherein each second plate comprises a horizontal channel includinga single inlet opening disposed in a midplane thereof, andtwo outlet openings each of which is disposed adjacent one of the sides thereof.