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An apparatus for continuously casting metallic strip material includes a tundish, and a nozzle comprising a slotted element, with the slot having substantially uniform cross-sectional dimensions throughout the longitudinal extent thereof. Disposed outside the nozzle is a cooled casting surface movab

An apparatus for continuously casting metallic strip material includes a tundish, and a nozzle comprising a slotted element, with the slot having substantially uniform cross-sectional dimensions throughout the longitudinal extent thereof. Disposed outside the nozzle is a cooled casting surface movable past the nozzle in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the slot. The slot is defined between first and second lips of the nozzle which have inside surfaces facing one another at least at an inner portion of the slot. The facing inside surfaces diverge from one another at an outer portion of the slot. The first and second lips are further provided with bottom surfaces facing the casting surface at a standoff distance less than 0.120 inch.

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An apparatus for continuously casting metal strip comprising: a tundish for receiving and holding molten metal, a nozzle comprising a slotted element disposed in the tundish with the longitudinal extend of the slot approximating the width of the strip to be cast, said slot having substantially unifo

An apparatus for continuously casting metal strip comprising: a tundish for receiving and holding molten metal, a nozzle comprising a slotted element disposed in the tundish with the longitudinal extend of the slot approximating the width of the strip to be cast, said slot having substantially uniform cross-sectional dimensions throughout the longitudinal extent thereof, a cooled casting surface at least as wide as the strip to be case, disposed outside the nozzle, moveable past the nozzle in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the slot, said slot defined between a first lip and a second lip of the nozzle, and having an inner portion near the tundish and an outer portion adjacent the casting surface, said first lip and said second lip having substantially planar inside surfaces, facing one another at the inner portion of the slot, said inside surfaces are parallel to one another at least at the inner portion of the slot and diverging from one another at the outer portion of the slot, the width of the outermost divergent portion being in excess of four times the width of said slot, as measured between inner parallel facing surfaces, and said first lip and said second lip having bottom surfaces facing the casting surface at a standoff distance less than about 0.120 inch, the bottom surface of said first lip having a length at least twice the width of said inner portion of said slot.