MUMBAI, India, Aug. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617016253 A) filed by Sms Group Gmbh on February 13, 2026, for Apparatus And Method For Degassing Melts In Continuous Casting Plants.

Inventors include Demirci, Cihangir; Weyer, Axel; Feldhaus, Stephan; and Hauenstein, Gian.

The application for the patent was published on August 07, 2026, under issue no. 32/2026.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) and to a method for degassing a melt in a continuous casting plant, said apparatus comprising at least one container (2), wherein the container (2) can be divided into an upper region (2.1) and a lower region (2.2), wherein the upper region (2.1) of the container (2) has a first inlet (3) for a pouring stream (A) of the melt, and the lower region (2.2) of the container (2) has an outlet (4) for a molten bath (B) of the melt that collects in the lower region (2.2), wherein the upper region (2.1) of the container (2) has a second inlet (5) for an inert gas and an outlet (6) for generating a vacuum, at least in the upper region (2.1) of the container (2), and wherein the upper region (2.1) and the lower region (2.2) of the container (2) form a shared volume.

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