Patent ID: 7681626

Claim:
A continuous casting method for continuously manufacturing an aluminum or aluminum alloy metal cast member, comprising: driving a casting wheel, with a groove formed on an external peripheral surface thereof and an endless belt put on the casting wheel so as to close the groove, in a direction of casting; and causing the casting wheel and the endless belt to be differentiated in temperature therebetween at a portion of the endless belt where molten metal starts to come into contact with the endless belt, said causing including: heating the endless belt at a position before where the molten metal starts to come in contact with the endless belt such that said portion of the endless belt where molten metal starts to come into contact with the endless belt is heated to a temperature of ((melting point or liquidus-line temperature of the aluminum or aluminum alloy metal) ×0.35) or above, wherein said heating is performed by a heating device that is not configured to heat the molten metal; and cooling the casting wheel.