Abstract: A continuous casting device comprises a hollow body having one or more side walls and a heat-destructible base portion having one or more inclined surfaces. The device is for location beneath a ladle nozzle through which a tundish is to be supplied with molten metal e.g. steel. When the device is lowered through a layer of slag floating on the surface of the metal in the tundish the slag is deflected away from the base of the device. In this way a substantially slag free zone is provided into which molten metal may pass from a ladle into a tundish virtually free from contamination.

Abstract: In order to supply and control the deposit, on the surface of the metal bath of a continuous casting mold, of an evenly distributed layer, of predetermined thickness, of a powdery or granulated material, by way of a supply conduit whose end portion is provided with a delivery nozzle situated above the surface of said metal bath. The delivery nozzle is situated above the surface of the metal bath, at a height equal to or slightly more than the predetermined thickness, the said delivery nozzle is permanently open, and the end portion of the supply conduit is permanently supplied with the said material.