Device and method for laterally guiding a rolled or cast product on a transport track

A method for laterally guiding a rolled or cast product (2) in the form of a metal strip, a slab on a transport track (3) having a lateral guide device (10), which comprises a first guide rule (4) and a second guide rule (5), wherein the guide rules (4, 5) are arranged opposite one another on both sides of the transport track (3) and are each connected to at least one actuating drive (6) so as to move in a direction of a width of a the transport track (3), the actuating drives can be actuated perpendicularly to the transport direction (7) of the rolled or cast product (2),

• wherein the first and the second guide rule (4, 5) are adjusted independently from each other by the respective actuating drives (6) on a basis of an actual position of the rolled or cast product (2) on the transport track (3), such that respective longitudinal axes (4L, 5L) thereof are each be positioned, independently of the other, at a respective specified angle (α) relative to the transport direction (7) of the rolled or cast product (2), and/or at a different distance from a transport track center (3M),
• wherein at least an infeed-side ends (9) and an outlet-side ends (10) of the guide rules (4, 5) each have a contact roller (8), wherein the contact rollers (8) are placed in contact with and roll along a lateral edges of the rolled or cast product (2) by a displacement of the guide rules (4, 5) in the direction of the width of the transport track (3), in order to guide the rolled or cast product (2) and/or to reduce its width by compression and wherein, the contact rollers (8) are driven separately in order to exert an additional driving force on the rolled or cast product (2) in the transport direction (7) thereof.