Patent ID: 7284593

Claim:
Method for collecting and removing runoff water from an inner arc of a strand guide of a beam blank casting machine, in which a cast strand ( 2 ) is solidified, and necessary heat dissipation is achieved at least by sprayed water, during which operation, runoff water can possibly collect on the inner arc ( 9 ) of the strand ( 2 ), the method comprising the steps of: collecting the runoff water; sucking up the runoff water with a suction head; separating the water-air mixture that is sucked up into water and air; and fluidizing the runoff water collected in the suction head ( 1 ) using a large number of air jets distributed in the suction head ( 1 ), and the suction head being shaped in such a way that a fluidizing chamber is formed for expansion of the water to be sucked up.