We present a survey of the main specific features of the continuous casting of billets of copper-based alloys with small cross sections. It is possible to significantly increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of production of lengthy semifinished products made of nonferrous alloys either by replacing the process of deformation by continuous casting or by significantly decreasing the cross sections of the billets intended for plastic metal working. It is shown that, for the major part of alloys, the process of upward continuous casting has numerous technological, economic, and metallurgical advantages as compared with other procedures of drawing. We also describe the regularities of solidification of the billets and formation of defects in the course of upward continuous casting, the specific features of design of the mold, the requirements to the properties of the graphitic jacket of the mold, and the characteristics of the modes of casting depending on the properties of the alloys.

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铜基合金小截面钢坯连铸的特点

我们对小截面铜基合金钢坯连铸的主要特点进行了调查。通过用连续铸造代替变形过程或通过显着减少用于塑性金属加工的坯料的横截面，可以显着提高由有色合金制成的长半成品的生产效率并降低生产成本。结果表明，对于大部分合金而言，向上连铸工艺与其他拉拔工艺相比，具有诸多技术、经济和冶金优势。我们还描述了在向上连铸过程中钢坯凝固和缺陷形成的规律，模具设计的具体特点，