Evolution or revolution? - a new era in billet casting

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 347-362

  Samarasekera, I V ^a   Brimacombe, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARS (METAL); BILLETS (METAL BARS); FLOW CONTROL; LUBRICATION; MOLDS; PROCESS CONTROL; RECYCLING; STEEL SCRAP; STEELMAKING; TURBULENCE;

HIGH SPEED CASTING; SLAB CASTING;

CONTINUOUS CASTING;

EID: 0033316186     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4433(99)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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