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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Gerald Hohenbichler, Kronstorf, AT;
Armin Schertler, Guntramsdorf, AT;
Thomas Reiter, Gmunden, AT;
Günther Staudinger, Gmunden, AT;
Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH, Linz, AT;
Abstract
In a casting roll for a thin strip casting plant, comprising an essentially cylindrical core ( ), a mantle ( ) of copper or a copper alloy optionally being provided with at least one outside layer ( ), an internal cooling system ( ) as well as an adjusting means ( ) for adjusting the outline of the casting roll in its front-end regions ( ), the adjusting means for the purpose of levelling out thermally caused crowns with the aid of constructively simple means has in each front-end region of the casting roll a supporting disk ( ) adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the casting roll and engaging a ring ( ) radially surrounding the supporting disk ( ) and abutting the mantle ( ) from the inside in its front-end regions, which ring is fixedly attached with regard to the core ( ) in the longitudinal direction of the casting roll (Fig.).