Abstract: The apparatus has a mould comprising conjugate stationary and movable parts, said movable part being a drum with a horizontal axis of rotation and having a drive for the rotation thereof. A bottom plate is fixedly attached to the drum and serves to strip the blank being cast from the mould through the action of said drum. The apparatus is provided with a carriage for the displacement of a consumable electrode relative to said drum, which is rotatably mounted on the drum shaft. The carriage has a separate drive for its rotation on the shaft and carries a holder with the consumable electrode.

Abstract: In a plant a carrier for withdrawing an ingot is a drum, rotatably mounted about the horizontal axis thereof, adjacent to the side of a mould near its wall shaping the internal surface of the ingot and coaxial with the wall, with a base plate having a dummy bar and an electrode holder being fastened to the drum shell; the electrode holder being electrically insulated from the drum and carrying at least one electrode curvilinear in shape and encompassing a part of the drum and having a clearance therewith to preclude electrical contact between the drum and the electrode; the drum, while turning, serving also as a mechanism for feeding the electrode into the mould melting space.