Device for supporting a side wall of an installation for the twin-roll continuous casting of metal strips

A device for supporting a side wall of an installation for the twin-roll continuous casting of thin metal products including two cooled rolls with horizontal axes, two side walls applied against the sides of the rolls, said support device including a carriage which can be displaced on command in a direction parallel to the axes of the rolls, a thrust device carried by said carriage and a panel, integral with the side wall, connected to said thrust device by means by a thrust plate and thrust members bearing on said thrust plate and said panel, the amount of thrust force that said thrust members apply to said panel diminishing with a length of extension of said thrust members, wherein said panel includes at least one elongated tie having a length passing through the thrust plate parallel to a direction of extension of said thrust members and having a free end of which is equipped with a stop which can be applied against the rear face of said thrust plate, the length of said tie being chosen so that the thrust members have extended to a length associated with a thrust force that results a sealing force with minimum frictional contact between said side wall and rolls when said tie stop is applied against said face of said thrust plate.