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Application examples for carbon steel products Application examples for carbon steel products Background Continuous Casting is the process whereby molten steel 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 ingots. Since then, continuous casting has evolved to achieve improved yield, quality, productivity and cost efficiency. Figure 1 - Examples of Continuous Casters Depending on the product end-use, various shapes are cast. In