Abstract: A varying length vibrating mold assembly for a continuous caster comprises a cooling jacket with an upper stationary portion and a lower removable portion. A tubular mold and an inner wall of the cooling jacket can be made to correspond to the varying length for the cooling jacket.

Abstract: A reconstituted pimiento strip useful for stuffing olives using automatic equipment is prepared by employing a forming apparatus comprising a pair of opposed, continuous belts, the lower belt being recessed on its mating surface to define a trough into which a mixture of pimiento and binder is introduced. The orientation of the belts relative the horizontal is such that both belts dip into a calcium chloride setting bath at a point intermediate their ends. The apparatus further includes discharge nozzle means to introduce the pimiento/binder mix onto the recessed area of the lower belt, the leading nip between the upper and lower belts being downstream of said nozzle means.