Abstract
Stellite No. 1 alloy has been successfully cast into a strip and rods with rectangular and triangular cross-sectional profiles by the vertical type Ohno Continuous Casting (OCC) process. Casting conditions have been examined to produce products with these shapes. It was found that by bringing the solid-liquid interface to the mold exit as close as possible, edged products of small dimension could be cast. However, cooling of the rod during casting must be controlled by changing the cooling nozzle positions according to the geometric shapes of the rods in order to obtain a straight solid-liquid interface profile and to avoid edge tearing of the cast products.
