Patent ID: 6913065

Claim:
Device for the continuous casting of metals, especially of steel, comprising several successive segments, each of which has a pair of rolls, consisting of an upper and a lower roll, the segments forming a strand guide for cast strands of different widths, where the rolls are rotatably supported on the tie-bars of a segment frame, and where each of the tie-bars is braced on both sides by strand guide frames, wherein, at least on fixed side of the segment frame ( 5 ), a force-exerting mechanism ( 13 ), lying approximately on the center axis ( 12 ) of the strand, is provided between the segment frame ( 5 ) and a transverse tie-bar ( 11 ), which connects the two strand guide frames ( 10 ), the force-transmitting element ( 13 a ) of the force-exerting mechanism acting on the segment frame ( 5 ), whereas the base ( 13 b ) of the force mechanism is supported on the transverse tie-bar ( 11 ).