Strip casting plant

US6192973A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann AG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Schwerdtfeger · Feldkirch, AT
• Karl-Heinz Spitzer · Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE
• Ulrich Urlau · Moers, DE
• Dietmar Franke · Bayreuth, DE
• Bernfried Stache · Krefeld, DE
• Joachim Kroos · Meine, DE
• Heino Buddenberg · Wolfen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1999
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22D11/0631
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The cast steel strip must be supported, particularly after the casting device, to reduce stresses and mechanical deformations. A flexible support element, in particular, a chain with rolls, whose length can be changed by suitable adjustment devices, is arranged for the purpose of support after the casting device.