Patent ID: 8343417

Claim:
An oxygen strand cutting machine for flame-cutting cast cold and hot slugs, steel blocks and slabs in and after continuous steel casting units, the oxygen strand cutting machine comprising: a crane tower permanently fixed near a cast strand; an articulated arm mounted on the crane tower and horizontally pivotable in a set angular sector; a boom rotatably and horizontally mounted to the articulated arm and movably connected to a lifting carriage movable along the articulating arm such that the boom is erectable perpendicularly to a continuous casting direction; and one or two torch carriages with flame cutters provided on the boom and perpendicularly movable with respect to the cast strand, wherein the boom is fitted with roller bearings around which the boom is pivotable to be situated perpendicularly to the continuous casting direction during flame cutting via digital programming, and wherein the articulated arm simultaneously houses driving means, a cooling water supply, and power and control cables as a common line.