Patent ID: 6907915

Claim:
A method for producing a hot-rolled metal strip, the method comprising: delivering metal melt to a two-roll casting device; forming a cast metal strip in a casting gap between two casting rolls of the casting device that rotate along a horizontal axis, and forming the cast metal strip with a thickness of 1 to 20 millimeters; as the cast metal strip freely emerges from the two-roll casting device in a substantially vertical direction, directly deflecting the cast metal strip to travel in a substantially horizontal transport direction; passing the cast metal strip through an inertization chamber located after the strip passes the two-roll casting device, wherein the inertization chamber has an atmosphere that prevents or inhibits oxidation; receiving and regulating transfer of the cast metal strip at a first transport speed by means of a first driving-roller stand after the strip passes the inertization chamber; temporarily storing the cast metal strip in a strip store after the strip passes the first driving roller-stand; receiving and transferring the cast metal strip by means of a second driving-roller stand at a second transport speed after the strip passes the first driving-roller stand; roll-forming the metal strip by a rolling plant under strip tension to reduce thickness of the metal strip after the strip passes the second driving roller stand; and then winding the metal strip under tension into coils to produce the hot-rolled metal strip.