Patent ID: 8167264

Claim:
Apparatus comprising a mould lower part for use in a casting equipment, wherein the mould lower part includes a frame having opposite side walls, gable walls ( 9 ), welded together and reinforced and replaceable surfaces in the frame, the replaceable surfaces further comprising replaceable partitions extending across the frame parallel to the gable walls, replaceable gable plates, replaceable end plates, and replaceable intermediate walls, where one or more of the intermediate walls ( 12 ) together with the partitions ( 8 ) are made as a self-supporting construction, each intermediate wall ( 12 ) further comprising two wall parts ( 18 , 20 ), of which a first wall part ( 18 ) is provided with lower pins and a second wall part ( 20 ) is provided with upper pins, where said pins engage and interlock openings in adjacent partitions ( 8 ) when said intermediate wall parts are assembled and, the pins are releasably connected to openings in an adjacent gable plate ( 9 ) and wherein the intermediate wall parts are connected by releasable joining fasteners.