The equipment shall consist of an MS ring mold of 1200 mm diameter support-ed on a heavy duty fabricated steel base frame. The drive to the ring mold is by variable frequency drive system and motor through double stage reduction gear box . The equipment is essentially a four wheel construction to cover the outer face of the ring mold by an endless steel belt. The caster is provided with inner and outer SS spray nozzle. Each nozzle can be controlled individually for fine setting of solidification pattern of as cast strip. The belt guide rollers are pneumatically operated with pressure control valve to regulate the working pressure between ring mold and belt guide rolls. The width of as cast strip shall be 300 mm with a minimum thickness of 20 mm. The production capacity of the caster shall be 2 tons per hour.