Abstract: A method for continuous production of thin plate ingot of phosphor bronze by quenching molten metal of bronze, wherein molten metal of phosphor bronze is quenched at a rate of from 10.sup.2 .degree. C./sec. to 10.sup.5 .degree. C./sec. to thereby solidify the same, and then the solidified metal is continuously cooled to a normal temperature to thereby obtain a microstructure having a crystal grain size of 50 .mu.m or below and in which appearance of the dendritic structure and the segregation layer is suppressed.

Abstract: A wide thin metal sheet having a smooth surface may be manufactured directly from molten metal. A lower end of a nozzle installed vertically at the bottom of a molten metal vessel is held in contact with an inclined plate made of a refractory material, molten metal is discharged in a fan-shape from a notch formed in the peripheral wall of the nozzle end, the discharged molten metal being rendered into a constant shape laminar flow having a uniform flow rate distribution on the inclined surface as it flows down the inclined plate. The constant shape laminar flow is supplied to a molten metal pool between a pair of rollers of internally water-cooled type without any disturbance on the surface and in the inside. The metal solidified in the neighborhood of a portion of the gap between the two rollers is discharged from an open-at-the-bottom space defined between the two rollers.