Patent ID: 7143809

Claim:
Horizontal continuous casting equipment for casting of metal, said equipment comprising an insulated reservoir for containing liquid metal, and a mold removably connected to said reservoir and defining a mold cavity, said mold comprising: a mold housing having a plurality of channels for delivering oil and gas to the mold cavity; a primary cooling section including a circumferential wall formed of permeable wall material, provided along an interior wall of said mold housing, so as to define a wall of the mold cavity, wherein oil and/or gas can be supplied through said permeable wall material to the mold cavity; a secondary cooling section including at least one annular slit arranged along a circumference of the cavity for directly supplying coolant into the cavity so as to provide secondary cooling of the metal being cast; and an insulating plate provided with through holes communicating said reservoir with the mold cavity, said insulating plate having a protrusion extending in an axial direction of the mold along the wall of the cavity, and the length of the protrusion is selected based on a required primary cooling effect.