DEVICE FOR THE CONTINUOUS CASTING OF METALS, IN PARTICULAR STEEL MATERIAL, TO FORM ELONGATED PRODUCTS IN A MULTIPLE CASTING LINE

摘要

A device for the continuous casting of metals, especially steel material, to elongated products in a multistrand casting apparatus with a plurality of continuous casting molds which are oscillatingly driven in an oscillating frame ( 2 ) by means of leaf springs ( 4 ) whereby the leaf springs ( 4 ) extend transversely to the casting direction ( 1 ) and serve for guide and weight compensation. The smallest possible strand spacing "A" is provided for that on a longitudinal foundation frame ( 5 ) to housings ( 6 a) in the form of compact flat cassettes ( 6 ) are secured one behind the other in the strand travel direction. In the housings upper and lower leaf spring pairs ( 4 a ; 4 b) run transversely to the cast strands ( 3 ) and the oscillating strands ( 11 ) engage the leaf spring pairs ( 4 a ; 4 b), whereby a front oscillating drive ( 11 a) works synchronously with the rear oscillating drive ( 11 b).