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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Hans Streubel, Erkrath, DE;
Axel Weyer, Wuppertal, DE;
Inventors:
Hans Streubel, Erkrath, DE;
Axel Weyer, Wuppertal, DE;
Assignee:
SMS Demag Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A continuously cast strand is subjected to soft reduction between the guide rollers below the mold and between the soft reduction stretch and the mold the strand is subjected to format or thickness reduction between at least one pair of position controlled guide rollers so that independently of the quality of the steel, the casting speed and the spray cooling, the position of the type of the mold cavity and hence the molten steel therein is maintained constant along the soft reduction stretch.