Patent ID: 6945311

Claim:
A method for the continuous vertical casting of a steel band, which comprises the steps of (a) first casting a strand of a parallelogram-shaped cross section in a casting direction in a revolving chill-mold which progressively cools the strand to form a band comprised of an increasingly thicker solidified shell having completely solidified edges and a liquid core, (b) then passing the band into a forming device changing from a parallelogram-shaped inlet cross section to a plane-parallel outlet cross section, (c) progressively compressing the band in the casting direction in the forming device without subjecting the completely solidified longitudinal edges to compressive strain, and (d) finally guiding the compressed band still containing the liquid core into a forming gap of a constant width corresponding to the thickness of the completely solidified longitudinal edges, the liquid core being completely solidified in the forming gap as the band is being calibrated.