Patent ID: 8453712

Claim:
A twin roll caster comprising: two casting rolls that delimit a casting gap between them on its longitudinal sides; two side plates that delimit the casting gap on its narrow sides; at least one axial actuator, which is associated with one of the side plates and impacts the one side plate on its rear, which is turned away from the front sides of the casting rolls, with a force axially aligned toward the casting gap through which force the one side plate is kept pressed against the front sides of the casting rolls, wherein the axial actuator acts on the rear side of the side plate using a joint, which adjusts an angular offset between the normal level relative to the effective direction of the force applied by the axial actuator to the one side plate and the normal level relative to the axes of rotation of the casting rolls and a locking device, which arrests the joint after a certain angular offset by the joint has been reached.