Patent ID: 7337827

Claim:
A method of operating a strip casting machine for producing a metal strip, the method including the steps of: continuously pouring of a metal melt between two, casting gap-forming, casting rolls ( 1 , 2 ); providing lateral seals ( 10 ) for forming a lateral limitation of a casting gap; providing sealing plates ( 11 ) on the lateral seals ( 10 ); and moving the sealing plates ( 11 ) to be placed or pressed against end surfaces of the casting rolls ( 1 , 2 ) with a predetermined placement or press-on force; wherein the sealing plates ( 11 ) are placed in repeatable intermittent steps, wherein in a go-step, the sealing plates ( 11 ) are placed against the end surfaces of the casting rolls ( 1 , 2 ) with a predetermined force and time, and are held in the stop position for a predetermined holding time significantly longer than the placement time.