Patent ID: 6079479
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A twin roll continuous casting installation comprising pinch rolls for clamping a strip continuously cast by a pair of chilled rolls, a chamber for enclosing a travel path of the strip from the chilled rolls to the pinch rolls, said chamber having seal members airtightly in contact with outer peripheries of the chilled rolls and pinch rolls, and a pair of chilled blocks for injecting a cooling medium to the edges of the strip delivered from the chilled rolls, said blocks being shaped for loose fitting over the edges of the strip, a first block of said pair of blocks being positioned just below a first end of the chilled rolls, a second block of said pair of blocks being positioned just below a second end of the chilled rolls, wherein each of the chilled blocks has cooling medium passages therein to cool the chilled blocks.