MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617096952 A) filed by Ebds Engineering on August 11, 2026, for Facility For The Continuous Casting Of Metals Comprising An Ingot Mould Provided With Optical Fibre And Method For Preparing An Ingot Mould Comprising The Insertion Of An Optical Fibre Into Such A Facility.
Inventors include Zuliani, Gianni; and Castiaux, Etienne.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to a facility for the continuous casting of metals, which comprises: - means for casting liquid metal; - a location for receiving an ingot mould arranged under the means for casting liquid metal; - an optical device for processing light signals (32); - at least one optical fibre (26) having a first end connected, permanently, to the optical device (32) and a second free end; and - a driver (36) for advancing or retracting the optical fibre, in order to introduce the free end into a plate of the ingot mould or to extract it therefrom. The optical device (32) is configured to receive reflected light and/or light transmitted by the at least one optical fibre (26) and configured to transform data on the reflected and/or transmitted light into information on the temperature around the optical fibre (26).
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