Patent ID: 8631854

Claim:
In a continuous casting method for producing preliminary profiles, in which a preliminary profile strand is guided through a curved strand guide and cooling water is applied to the preliminary profile strand as it is guided through the curved strand guide, the preliminary profile strand having a cross-sectional shape including a bar and two side flanges, the method comprising: directing diverting water from a first water nozzle against an internal curve of the preliminary profile strand and at a first crossover region from the bar to a first one of the side flanges of the preliminary profile strand, the first nozzle being oriented to have an outlet portion at a first end that is more proximate the first crossover region than a remaining portion of the first nozzle and the remaining portion of the first nozzle including a second end opposite the first end and being more proximate a center of the bar than the outlet portion of the first nozzle, and the first nozzle being in alignment with the first crossover region such that the diverting water being directed from the first nozzle pushes the cooling water out of the first crossover region of the preliminary profile strand via the first side flange of the preliminary profile strand; directing diverting water from a second water nozzle against the internal curve of the preliminary profile strand and at a second crossover region from the bar to a second one of the side flanges of the preliminary profile strand opposite the first side flange, the second nozzle being oriented to have an outlet portion at a first end that is more proximate the second crossover region than a remaining portion of the second nozzle and the remaining portion of the second nozzle including a second end opposite the first end and being more proximate the center of the bar than the outlet portion of the second nozzle, and the second nozzle being in alignment with the second crossover region such that the diverting water being directed from the second nozzle pushes the cooling water out of the second crossover region of the preliminary profile strand via the second side flange of the preliminary profile strand; and collecting cooling water pushed out of the internal curve of the preliminary profile strand and diverting water directed against the internal curve of the preliminary profile strand by means of a collecting apparatus arranged above the internal curve of the preliminary profile strand.