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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Wolfgang Hennig, Neuss, DE;
Holger Beyer-steinhauer, Mettmann, DE;
Christian Bilgen, Düsseldorf, DE;
Wolfgang Hennig, Neuss, DE;
Holger Beyer-Steinhauer, Mettmann, DE;
Christian Bilgen, Düsseldorf, DE;
SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A method for the continuous casting of thin metal strip in a continuous casting installation, in which metal is discharged vertically downward from a mold, the metal strip is deflected from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction, and the metal strip is supported and/or conveyed and/or plastically deformed by a number of pairs of drive rolls. At least one pair of drive rolls plastically deforms the metal strip without significantly changing the mean thickness of the metal strip, namely with a change in the mean thickness of the metal strip of less than 5%, such that the deformation in the pairs of drive rolls produces material flow exclusively in the direction transverse to the direction of conveyance of the metal strip.