{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Continuous casting - Newikis","description":"Continuous casting, also called strand casting, is the process whereby molten metal is solidified into a \"semifinished\" billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling in the finishing mills. Prior to the introduction of continuous casting in the 1950s, steel was poured into stationary molds to form…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Cu-Scheibe.JPG/1280px-Cu-Scheibe.JPG","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":1269}