Patent ID: 8256494

Claim:
In combination with a continuous-casting unit producing a strand extending and traveling in a longitudinal travel direction and having a solid shell and a liquid core, a strand-guiding apparatus comprising: a plurality of longitudinally spaced section frames; respective pairs of roller assemblies carried on the frames and transversely flanking and bearing transversely on the strand, each pair forming a gap through which the strand passes, each roller assembly being formed by two aligned subrollers; a respective center bearing between the subrollers of each roller assembly and bracing inner ends of the respective subrollers transversely against the respective frame; respective outer bearings at outer ends of the subrollers of each roller assembly bracing the respective outer ends transversely against the respective frame, the subrollers being shaped or being supported on the respective frame such that in an unloaded condition the gap is transversely narrower at the center bearing than at the outer bearing, the outer bearings including respective cushioned supports by means of which they are more transversely deflectable than the respective center bearings.