Up-drawing continuous casting apparatus and up-drawing continuous casting method

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PATENT NO 9427797
APP PUB NO 20150251245A1
SERIAL NO

14638348

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An up-drawing continuous casting apparatus according to one aspect of the invention includes a molten metal holding furnace that holds molten metal; a shape determining member that is arranged near a molten metal surface of the molten metal held in the molten metal holding furnace, and that determines a sectional shape of a cast casting by the molten metal passing through the shape determining member, the shape determining member including a pattern provided on an upper surface of the shape determining member; an imaging portion configured to capture an image of the pattern that is reflected onto both retained molten metal that has passed through the shape determining member, and the casting formed by the retained molten metal solidifying; an image analyzing portion configured to determine a solidification interface from the image; and a casting controlling portion configured to change a casting condition.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHATOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571

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Sugiura, Naoaki Takahama, JP 19 7
Tsuchiya, Shoichi Toyota, JP 19 189
Yokota, Yusuke Toyota, JP 66 255

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