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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Hans Streubel, Erkrath, DE;
Günter Kneppe, Hilchenbach, DE;
Olaf Norman Jepsen, Siegen, DE;
Holger Beyer-Steinhauer, Mettmann, DE;
SMS Demag AG, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
In a method for changing a billet section of a continuous billet casting device from an initial section to a final section, the opposed billet sides interact with oppositely positioned roll supports of a billet guide arranged below a continuous casting die. The roll supports have segments with rolls, and each segment is individually adjustable with respect to its angular position relative to the billet. A controlled sequence of adjusting steps of the segments successively arranged in a direction of continuous casting is carried out, wherein, for reducing the section of the billet, the segments are advanced successively toward the billet in the continuous casting direction and, and for increasing the section of the billet, the segments are moved successively away from the billet in the continuous casting direction.