Method for the production of a hot-rolled finished strip in a combined casting/rolling installation, wherein in a continuous operation a strand of an endless starting material passes through a facility for cutting and outward conveying at a transport speed in an uncut state, and the starting material is finish-rolled in a finishing train to form the finished strip, then cooled, cut and stored, wherein the following method steps are carried out in the facility for cutting and outward conveying so as to bridge an interruption in production in a section of the installation which is downstream in the material flow direction: a) accelerating at least one cutting edge of a first cutter, thereby initiating the cutting of the endless starting material; b) clamping of the endless starting material by a clamping roller pair, wherein the clamping roller pair is arranged downstream of the first cutter in the material flow direction; c) lifting of the endless starting material by a lifting apparatus, wherein the lifting apparatus is arranged between the first cutter and the clamping roller pair in the material flow direction; d) cutting off a strand section from the starting material by the at least one cutting edge of the first cutter; e) lifting of the strand section by the lifting apparatus; f) cutting the starting material that is passing the first cutter into scrap pieces by means of the first cutter; g) conveying the scrap pieces outwards; h) removing the strand section until the combined casting/rolling installation is ready for operation again, characterized in that the lifting apparatus comprises: - a two-part lifting arm having an inner section and an outer section, wherein the outer section is articulated with respect to the inner section, - a lifting actuator for raising the inner section of the lifting arm, and - a pivot drive for pivoting the outer section of the lifting arm, wherein as the endless starting material is lifted, the lifting actuator unfolds the inner section of the lifting arm, and wherein as the strand section is lifted, the outer section of the lifting arm is pivoted with respect to the inner section of the lifting arm and in the direction in which the inner section of the lifting arm is unfolded, thereby further raising the outer section of the lifting arm. a) accelerating at least one cutting edge of a first cutter, thereby initiating the cutting of the endless starting material; b) clamping of the endless starting material by a clamping roller pair, wherein the clamping roller pair is arranged downstream of the first cutter in the material flow direction; c) lifting of the endless starting material by a lifting apparatus, wherein the lifting apparatus is arranged between the first cutter and the clamping roller pair in the material flow direction; d) cutting off a strand section from the starting material by the at least one cutting edge of the first cutter; e) lifting of the strand section by the lifting apparatus; f) cutting the starting material that is passing the first cutter into scrap pieces by means of the first cutter; g) conveying the scrap pieces outwards; h) removing the strand section until the combined casting/rolling installation is ready for operation again, - a two-part lifting arm having an inner section and an outer section, wherein the outer section is articulated with respect to the inner section, - a lifting actuator for raising the inner section of the lifting arm, and - a pivot drive for pivoting the outer section of the lifting arm, wherein as the endless starting material is lifted, the lifting actuator unfolds the inner section of the lifting arm, and wherein as the strand section is lifted, the outer section of the lifting arm is pivoted with respect to the inner section of the lifting arm and in the direction in which the inner section of the lifting arm is unfolded, thereby further raising the outer section of the lifting arm.