Patents Assigned to Sollac-Fos
  • Process for continuously casting metal and continuous casting apparatus used thereof
    Patent number: 6155332
    Abstract: In a process for continuously casting a metal strand by casting metal into a straight, vertically oriented mold and subsequently drawing off the strand formed in the mold, the straight strand at first is bent into a circular arc shape in a bending zone along a transition curve, is guided along a circular arc guide and finally is straightened in a final straightening zone along a transition curve and, after this, is extracted via an approximately horizontal straight guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignees: Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH, Sollac-Fos
    Inventors: Heinz Hodl, Michael Stiftinger, Andreas Eichinger, Kurt Engel, Jean-Francois Marioton, Gerard Zurita, Vincent Guyot, Catherine Lopes