Patent ID: 6612362
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A thin-strip casting device that is supplied with steel melt from a steel foundry, the thin-strip casting device Comprising:a) a pair of rotatably supported parallel casting rollers axially spaced adjacent to each other so as to define a kiss point for receiving steel melt, wherein said casting rollers have approximately the same design, rotate in mutually opposite directions, and have a predetermined length which relates to a resulting strip width; and b) lateral seats disposed at each lateral end of said pair of casting rollers so as to form a funnel area between said pair of casting rollers and said lateral seals; wherein at least two interchangeable pairs of casting rollers are associated with the thin-strip casting device and wherein each of said at least two interchangeable pairs of casting rollers has a shell length and a diameter defined so that the product of said shell length and said diameters of every pair of casting rollers in the thin-strip casting device is approximately the same.