Continuous casting plant for the continuous horizontal casting of metals

摘要

A continuous casting plant for the horizontal casting of steel in several strands includes a casting ladle with two discharge openings provided in the bottom of the casting ladle. Each discharge opening is provided with a closure device. Each discharge opening has at least one tundish channel provided with at least one outlet opening. A mold fixedly attachable to the tundish channel is arranged in axial alignment with each outlet opening. Each tundish channel is mounted with the corresponding mold or molds on a tundish car. The tundish cars are movable underneath the casting ladle horizontally and transversely of the casting direction on a track formed by rails between a preparation position and a casting position. Between the preparation position and the casting position, the rails have rail sections which are displaceable from the rail travel direction. The length of the rail sections is such that the rail sections can receive one of the tundish cars.