Patent ID: 7121324

Claim:
A device for continuous or semi-continuous casting of metal, comprising a mold with a number of mold elements, which together form a casting mold adapted to receive a liquid metal, a mold supporting structure which surrounds the mold and mechanically supports it, and an induction coil arranged close to the mold to reduce the contact pressure between the melt and the mold, wherein at least one of the mold elements is divided into at least a first and a second part arranged so as to be electrically insulated from one another, whereby the first mold element part is arranged before the second mold element part relative to the casting direction and said induction coil is arranged close to the first mold element part, wherein the first and the second mold element parts are arranged spaced from each other so as to form a gap between them and that the gap is arranged substantially transversely of the casting direction, and wherein the gap is arranged at a distance from the lower edge of the coil that is smaller than 15 cm.