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AssigneeSMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJorg Bausch, Bernd Leifeld, Jurgen Muller
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The invention relates to a continuous casting plant (1), in particular for the continuous casting of thin slabs, which has a vertically oriented strand guide (3) arranged below a mould (2), wherein means (4, 5) for driving the cast strand (6) and for bending the same into the horizontal (H) are arranged below the strand guide (3). In order to be able to extend the strand guide without any drawbacks, the invention provides for a means (4) for exclusively driving the cast strand (6) to be arranged below the bottom end of the strand guide (3) and for a means (5) for exclusively bending the cast strand (6) to be arranged below the driving means (4). The invention also relates to a method of operating a continuous casting plant.
A continuous casting installation (1), especially for the continuous casting of thin slabs, which has a vertically oriented strand guide (3) arranged below a mold (2) and in which means (4, 5) for driving the cast strand (6) and bending it into the horizontal direction (H) are arranged below the strand guide (3), wherein means (4) that serve exclusively for driving the cast strand (6) are installed below the lower end of the strand guide (3), and means (5) that serve exclusively for bending the cast strand (6) are installed below the means (4) for driving the cast strand (6).
A method for operating a continuous casting installation (1), especially for the production of thin slabs, where the continuous casting installation (1) has a vertically oriented strand guide (3) arranged below a mold (2), and where means (4, 5) for driving the cast strand (6) and bending it into the horizontal direction (H) are arranged below the strand guide (3), wherein the cast strand (6) is initially guided vertically downward through the strand guide (3), where, below the lower end of the strand guide (3), the strand (6) is then conveyed downward by means (4) that serve exclusively for driving the strand (6), and where the strand (6) is then deflected from the vertical (V) to the horizontal (H) by means (5) that serve exclusively for bending the strand (6).
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