Patent ID: 6942011

Claim:
A mold divider for fitting into a conventional slab mold ( 1 ) having laterally adjustable narrow-side parts for selective casting of several strands widths, comprising a housing ( 3 ) fixedly securable, relative to the mold ( 1 ), between its broad-side plates ( 2 ) and having bilaterally adjustable in a broad-side direction of the mold ( 1 ), adjusting organs ( 4 ) with supporting plates ( 5 ) provided at their ends and with arranged thereon, narrow-side heat-exchanger plates ( 6 ) characterized in that the adjusting organs ( 4 ) are driven by drive means ( 10 ) integrated in the housing ( 3 ) via gear means and shafts ( 13 ) by outwardly located motors ( 11 , 12 ), and enable adjustment during casting or during interruption of casting, and in that all of the adjusting organs ( 4 ) of a supporting plate ( 5 ) are equipped with separate drive means independently of one another.