Continuous casting was originally developed in Europe after World War II as an alternative method of producing cast iron bar stock without patterns and conventional molding methods.

HBMC Bar is one of the main suppliers of continuous cast iron bar in China. 

A water-cooled graphite die which is mounted onto a holding crucible, is machined to form the shape of the bar. As the bar is pulled horizontally from the crucible, the ferrostatic head pressure feeds the molten iron core, producing a fine-grained cast iron.