Continuous casting

Continuous casting is a casting method, in which the steps of pouring, solidification and drawing of casting from an open-end mould are carried out continuously. When the liquid iron passes through the water-cooled mould, it solidifies as a profile which is determined by the shape of the mould. When the bar leaves the open-ended die, it has not yet solidified all the way through; the core of the bar remains molten. The entire bar then cools in the air until the drawing station pulls the solidified material forward in a series of steps, and the bar is then cut into standard lengths.8i4R