	US 12,109,609 B2
	Mold casting surface cooling
Craig Shaber, Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Assigned to WAGSTAFF, INC., Spokane Valley, WA (US)
Filed by WAGSTAFF, INC., Spokane Valley, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/517,780.
Application 18/517,780 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2023/062022, filed on Feb. 6, 2023.
Application PCT/US2023/062022 is a continuation of application No. 17/651,708, filed on Feb. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,717,882, issued on Aug. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0091848 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B22D 11/055 (2006.01)

CPC B22D 11/055 (2013.01)

20 Claims

1. 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 bottom edge is received into a groove of the continuous casting mold; and

wherein the graphite liner is configured to be reversible, where the bottom edge becomes the top edge, and wherein a mold wall and a clamping element cooperate to clamp the graphite liner to the mold wall of the continuous casting mold,

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 graphite liner being clamped to the mold wall of the continuous casting mold.

7. 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 graphite liner is configured to be reversible, where the bottom edge becomes the top edge, and wherein the mold wall and the clamping element cooperate to clamp the graphite liner to the mold wall, and

wherein the graphite liner defines a resting state and an installed state, where the graphite liner is in the installed state when the clamping element and the mold wall cooperate to clamp the graphite liner to the mold wall, and wherein a back surface of the graphite liner defines a curve between the top edge and the bottom edge in the resting state, and wherein the graphite liner is straightened between the top edge and the bottom edge in the installed state.