Proposal of Semicontinuous Caster for Light Metal Plates

Abstract

A semicontinuous caster for a plate and a clad plate of light metals was designed, assembled and tested. It was composed of a cooling substrate, a copper roll, deformable side dam plates and a pouring unit of molten metal. When a clad plate was cast, a partition roll was mounted to prevent the mixing of the two molten metals. A plate with thickness ranging from 10 mm to 30 mm could be cast. A clad plate with a clear interface between the two plates could also be cast. The plates were strongly bonded at the interface.