Patent ID: 8151864
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
1. System for sealing a dummy bar head in a mould of a continuous casting plant for casting large-format preliminary sections, comprising: a flat gasket sealing a gap between the dummy bar head and the mould; a two-piece packing plate fixing the flat gasket onto the dummy bar head, said two-piece packing plate having approximately the cross-sectional form of a mould profile and covering the flat gasket, the two-piece packing plate being displaceable towards a center of the mould by an amount which is a function of conicity of the mould, the two-piece packing plate consisting of two plate halves which are displaceable towards the center of the mould and separated from each other by a space whose width is a function of the conicity of the mould; and a one-piece packing plate mounted on the dummy bar head and covering the two-piece packing plate, the one-piece packing plate being arranged on an opposite side of the two-piece packing plate from the gasket such that the two-piece packing plate is situated between the one-piece packing plate and the gasket.