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Ingot casting

Casting of billets in metal.

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Illustration of Ingot casting

The process

The casting method used by steel plants to produce billets of metal which is done with a simple simple mold form. Molten metal is poured down through a vertical pipe which is then transferred to one or more horizontal pipes who leads the melt further and drops it into the bottom of the vertical molds.

The molds are usually of solid and reused when the melt has solidified and the crude material removed. These raw blanks are called ingots and are available in a number of different shapes depending on the application.