摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for production of elongated rolled products comprising: -a steelmaking station(6) for producing liquid metal having at a first production rate, -a rolling mill (13) having a second production rate -a continuous casting station (11) located between the steelmaking station and the rolling mill (13), the continuous casting station (11) comprising at least two casting lines (21,19), each line being operable to produce elongated intermediate products, wherein: ï § a first casting line is directly aligned with the rolling mill to feed the rolling mill with casted product, and ï § at least a second casting line not aligned with the rolling mill and not feeding the rolling mill characterised in that the apparatus further comprises: varying means (27) for varying simultaneously the production rate of the first casting line and the production rate of at least the second casting line depending on the difference between the steelmaking station production rate and the rolling mill production rate.</p> |