Patent ID: 7926549

Claim:
A method of casting metal strip comprising: (a) assembling a pair of casting rolls laterally disposed to form a nip between them, (b) assembling an elongated metal delivery nozzle extending along and above the nip between the casting rolls, with at least one segment having opposing side walls and end walls, and an inner trough extending longitudinally between the side walls and forming passages between the side walls and the inner trough and communicating with side outlets adjacent bottom portions, (c) assembling each segment of the metal delivery nozzle with at least one partition extending between the side walls, and the passages between the inner trough and side walls extending between the partitions or between a partition and end wall, (d) introducing molten metal through the elongated metal delivery nozzle to form a casting pool of molten metal supported on the casting rolls above the nip, such that molten metal is caused to flow into the inner trough of the delivery nozzle, from the inner trough through the passages between the inner trough and side walls, and from the passages through the side outlets in a substantially lateral direction into the casting pool, and (e) counter rotating the casting rolls to deliver cast strip downwardly from the nip.