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continuous casting

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noun

Metallurgy.
  1. a technique of casting ingots, bars, etc., in which the metal is poured into an open-ended mold, being withdrawn as it solidifies so that the solid portion of the piece retains the fluid portion within the mold.


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Our semi-attempts, along with continuous casting from the other fishermen, had netted a grand total of one fish, so we climbed back in the boat and continued upriver.

From New York Times • May 6, 2013

My former company, Rokop Corporation, which supplied continuous casting machines to steelmakers, owned a couple of airplanes.

From Inc • Dec. 8, 2011

Steel the world leader by 1986 in continuous casting, the technology that allows the making of semifinished products without the intervening ingot stage.

From Time Magazine Archive

That technique is the continuous casting process, in which molten steel is formed into semifinished slabs in one unbroken step.

From Time Magazine Archive

Progressive McLouth was also first with continuous casting.

From Time Magazine Archive

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