Patent ID: 7156150

Claim:
A two-roll casting installation comprising: two casting rolls which rotate in opposite directions about respective horizontal axes, the rolls being sized and the axes being placed for defining a casting gap between the rolls, the gap being sized for forming and discharging a thin cast metal strip; supports defining a conveying path for the metal strip, the supports diverting the metal strip which leaves the casting gap from a vertical casting direction into an approximately horizontal conveying direction, the supports comprising diverter devices placed for diverting the metal strip along the conveying path; a sealed housing which has a base and surrounds the conveying path for the metal strip, the path being within the housing; a displaceable scrap collection container for removing scrap and scale produced from the two-roll casting installation, the base of the housing, including at least a subregion, which forms a collection trough for the scrap; an emptying device including the trough; and the displaceable scrap collection container arranged in a receiving position below the emptying device.