Patent ID: 6176298
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A continuous casting mould (1, 2) having a mould passage (3) extending from the inlet end to the outlet end of the mould and which is defined by at least one metal body, and wherein the wall of the mould passage has a non-metallic lining (5) characterized in that the lining (5) comprises a continuous coating the maximum thickness of which is 5 mm, and the thickness of the coating is different at first and third regions (6, 9) from that at a second region (8) of the mould passage, said first and third regions (6, 9) being closer to the inlet end and the outlet end respectively than is the second region (9), and the thickness of the third region (9) being greater than the thickness of the second region (8).