continuous casting

American  

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 a technique of casting ingots, bars, etc., in which the metal is poured into an open-ended mold, being withdrawn as it solidifies so that the solid portion of the piece retains the fluid portion within the mold.

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Other Word Forms

• continuous caster noun

Example Sentences

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But the plant was relatively modern, with 100% continuous casting and three blast furnaces.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though continuous casting accounts for only 1% of the nation's 131 million-ton-a-year steel output now, some analysts predict that the system will grab 60% of U.S. production by 1975.

From Time Magazine Archive