US 11,717,882 B1
Mold casting surface cooling
Craig Cordill, Spokane Valley, WA (US); and Nicholas Shaber, Post Falls, ID (US)
Assigned to WAGSTAFF, INC., Spokane Valley, WA (US)
Filed by WAGSTAFF, INC., Spokane Valley, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/651,708.
Int. Cl. B22D 11/055 (2006.01)
CPC B22D 11/055 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A continuous casting mold component comprising:
a mold wall substrate defining a groove proximate a bottom of the mold wall substrate;
a graphite liner having a bottom edge defining a first angled surface and a top edge defining a second angled surface, wherein the bottom edge is received into the groove of the mold wall substrate; and
a clamping element defining an angled clamping surface attached to the mold wall substrate with at least one fastener,
wherein the bottom angled surface of the graphite liner is driven into the groove defined in the substrate in response to the angled clamping surface of the clamping element engaging the second angled surface of the graphite liner and the fastener pressing the clamping element toward the mold wall substrate,
wherein the graphite liner defines a resting state and an installed state, wherein the graphite liner in the resting state comprises a curvature along a back face of the graphite liner between the top edge and the bottom edge, and wherein the back face is straightened in the installed state in response to the fastener pressing the clamping element toward the mold wall substrate.
 
13. A graphite liner for a continuous casting mold comprising:
a bottom edge defining a first angled surface; and
a top edge defining a second angled surface;
wherein the graphite liner defines a resting state and an installed state within a continuous casting mold, wherein the graphite liner in the resting state comprises a curvature along a back face of the graphite liner between the top edge and the bottom edge, and wherein the back face is straightened in the installed state.
 
20. A graphite liner for a continuous casting mold comprising:
a bottom edge; and
a top edge;
wherein the graphite liner defines a resting state and an installed state within a continuous casting mold, wherein the graphite liner in the resting state comprises a curvature along a back face of the graphite liner between the top edge and the bottom edge, and wherein the back face is straightened in the installed state.