Patent ID: 8171982

Claim:
A device for manufacturing a metal strip ( 1 ), comprising a solidification section ( 3 ) formed as a horizontally extending conveyor element for transporting cast metal in a transport direction (F) and having a first location ( 4 ) and a second location ( 5 ) spaced from the first location in the transport direction (F); a delivery vessel ( 2 ) for delivering liquid metal to the first location of the solidification section ( 3 ); means provided at or downstream of the second location for maintaining a desired tension in a metal strip; and a rolling mill located downstream of the tension maintaining means of the metal strip ( 1 ) for rolling the metal strip; wherein tension maintaining means ( 6 , 7 ) comprises two drivers ( 8 , 9 ) arranged downstream of a transport section ( 10 ), which is located downstream of the second location ( 5 ) in the transport direction (F), for transporting the metal strip in form of a loop, and a movable roll ( 11 ) arranged between the two drivers ( 8 , 9 ) for deflecting the strip in a direction of its normal (N).