Patent ID: 7048032
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for casting metal melt to form a cast strip, comprising: two casting rolls, which are arranged axially parallel, are rotatable in opposite directions during a casting operation, delimit the longitudinal sides of a casting gap formed between the casting rolls; a frame having casting-roll bearings on which the casting rolls are supported rotatably and axially parallel, the frame being displaceable between a working position and a waiting position; a transport path for transporting away the cast strip emerging from the casting gap, and a casting roll shield carried by the frame, the shield being arranged beneath the two casting rolls and the casting gap, the shield has an inlet opening for passage of the cast strip past the shield, wherein the casting roll shield includes walls, and the inlet opening is defined by edges of the walls, and edges of the walls of the casting-roll shield extend at end sides of the casting rolls, with the edges of the walls being arranged to form a gap with respect to the end sides of casting rolls.