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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2007
Albrecht Girgensohn, Düsseldorf, DE;
Lothar Schaps, Heinsberg, DE;
Uwe Plociennik, Ratingen, DE;
SMS Demag Aktiengesellschaft, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the continuous casting of a metal strand (), in which the cast strand () leaves a die () vertically or arcuately downwards and is subsequently guided in a strand guide (), wherein the strand guide () has a number of pairs of rollers (), which define between them an adjustable roller nip (), and wherein, at the start of casting, to close the die () in the downward direction, a piece of strand () is introduced into the die () and is followed by the cast strand (). In order to improve the adjustment of the roller nip, the invention provides that the piece of strand (), which is produced with a defined or calibrated thickness (d), is inserted between the respective pairs of rollers to calibrate and/or measure the roller nip ().