Patent ID: 6619375
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
Casting roll for a thin strip casting plant, in particular for the continuous casting of thin strips of steel, comprising an essentially cylindrical core (1), a mantle (2) of copper or a copper alloy optionally being provided with a least one outside layer (5), an internal cooling system (4) as well as an adjusting means (8, 17, 20) for adjusting the outline of the casting roll in its front-end regions (7), characterized in that, in each front-end region of the casting roll, the adjusting means is furnished with a supporting disk (17) adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the casting roll and engaging a ring (8) radially surrounding the supporting disk (17) and abutting the mantle (2) from the inside in its front-end regions, which ring is fixedly attached with regard to the core (1) in the longitudinal direction of the casting roll.