Arrangement for introducing a flexible starter bar into a continuous casting plant

摘要

An arrangement for introducing a flexible starter bar with a starter bar head from above into a continuous casting plant including a mould, a strand guide and an introduction part and has a lifting mechanism for the starter bar, a transporting car. The transporting car contains a sliding or roller path having arcuate end parts for transporting the starter bar to the introduction part and a conveying device for the starter bar provided on the transporting car. The conveying device is designed as a displacement car and is movable on the transporting car in the longitudinal direction of the sliding or roller path for introducing the starter bar into the introduction part. First and second catches are provided on the displacement car for engagement with the starter bar.