Patent ID: 7156153

Claim:
A method for starting a casting operation in a two-roll casting device without start-up strand, comprising the following steps: setting an operating casting thickness (D); rotating the casting rolls at a casting-roll circumferential velocity which corresponds to a starting casting velocity (V gSt ) and which is lower than a steady-state operating casting velocity (V gBetr ); feeding metal melt into a melt space, which is formed by the rotating casting rolls and the side plates bearing against them, and forming a cast metal strip with a substantially constant, predetermined cross-sectional format while at the same time increasing the casting velocity (V g ) to a strip-forming casting velocity (V gBd ); then increasing the casting velocity (V g ) to a strip-separating casting velocity (V gTr ), which is significantly higher than a casting velocity (V g ) which is sufficient for prevailing full solidification conditions, and separating off the metal strip which has been cast thus far; setting the steady-state operating casting velocity (V gBetr ); and commencing steady-state casting operation.