Patent ID: 6810942
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A device for continuous casting of metals, in particular steel, for use in a solidified bending process, comprising a vertical strand guide located downstream of a continuous casting mold, a bending driver adjoining the strand guide and bending rollers of which reciprocate between a cold strand path-releasing position and an operational position, a bending device for separating a cold strand from a hot strand for guiding the hot strand along a radius to a following straightening driver, and at least one, lower lying drive roller pair for inserting or withdrawing the cold strand,characterized in that the bending driver (3) consists, on one hand, of a folding segment (9) pivotally supported on a fixed side and provided with a row (10) of rollers which limit a bending path (3c) in an operational position (3b) and, on the other hand, of a loose element (11) displaceable or pivotable, on a loose side (1b), into and out of the operational position (3b) and bending rollers (3a) of which form, respectively, in the operational position (3b), counter-rollers (3d) to rollers of the roller row (10); the adjustable loose element (11) is displaceable into and out of the operational position (3b) with paired, arranged parallel to each other, piston-cylinder units (14); and the loose element (11) is displaceable in a free space on the loose side (1b) with respect to the hot strand for overbending, i.e., for separating the hot strand (2) from the cold strand (5).