Patent ID: 8100166
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
1. A continuous casting installation ( 1 ), which has a vertically oriented strand guide ( 3 ) arranged below a mold ( 2 ), wherein means ( 4 , 5 ) for driving a cast strand ( 6 ) and bending it into the horizontal direction (H) are arranged below the strand guide ( 3 ), and where means ( 4 ) that serve exclusively for driving the cast strand ( 6 ) are installed below the lower end of the strand guide ( 3 ), and means ( 5 ) that serve exclusively for bending the cast strand ( 6 ) are installed below the means ( 4 ) for driving the cast strand ( 6 ), wherein the means ( 4 ) that serve exclusively for driving the cast strand ( 6 ) are installed at least partially in a cassette ( 10 ), which is detachably mounted in the continuous casting installation ( 1 ), wherein the cassette is arranged beneath the vertical strand guide and above the bending means, where the continuous casting installation ( 1 ) also has a cooling chamber ( 12 ), and the cassette ( 10 ) with the means ( 4 ) that serve exclusively for driving the cast strand ( 6 ) is installed in the cooling chamber ( 12 ), the cassette being removable from and insertable into the cooling chamber as a whole together with the means for exclusively driving the cast strand.