Patent ID: 7143810

Claim:
Horizontal continuous casting equipment for horizontal casting of metal, said equipment comprising an insulated reservoir for containing liquid metal, and a mold removably connected to said reservoir and defining an interior cavity, said mold comprising: a mold housing; permeable wall material provided along an interior wall of said mold housing, wherein thermal transfer through said permeable wall material provides primary cooling to the metal being cast; at least one annular slit arranged along a circumference of the cavity for directly supplying coolant into the cavity, thereby providing secondary cooling to the metal being cast; wherein oil and/or gas can be supplied through said permeable wall material, and annuli are formed between said permeable wall material and said mold housing to distribute the oil and/or gas to the permeable wall material, and wherein each of said annuli is divided into a plurality of sectors by restriction members, and each of the sectors is supplied with oil and/or gas via separate supply channels, thereby permitting differentiation of the oil and/or gas around the circumference of the mold.