Patent ID: 7913744

Claim:
In a strip-casting machine for producing a metal strip including two rotatably supported casting rolls arranged next to each other to form a casting gap, wherein the casting rolls are movable between a casting position and a servicing position, and a sealable housing surrounding the casting rolls, the improvement comprising the casting rolls being movable together with the housing away from the casting position by a distance sufficient to allow a second prepared set of casting rolls to be moved into the casting position, wherein each of the casting rolls is comprised of a stationary axle and a motor-driven cylindrical jacket rotatably mounted on the axle and each casting roll being driven in a controlled manner by a separate motor, each stationary axle being supported at an end thereof in a structural frame, and wherein the casting rolls and the structural frames are surrounded by the sealable housing, further comprising means for moving the structural frame and the casting rolls, wherein the structural frame is moveable away from the casting position by said distance.