Abstract: An apparatus for keeping cold strip dry in the runout of cold rolling and strip rolling plants includes units for deflecting liquid rolling medium in the area of the strip runout and/or for the removal of spray liquid adhering to the surfaces of the strip, wherein these units are logistically combined, the apparatus including the following components a fixedly installed partition wall having an upper portion above the strip runout extending to the stand platform and a lower portion below the strip runout extending to the base plate, a moveable partition equipped with moveable components for facilitating a problem-free roll exchange, a roll body blower constructed for deflecting squeezed-out rolling medium from the finish-rolled strip, a roll body sealing unit constructed for sealing the roll space above the strip relative to the strip, a strip edge blower constructed for producing an air flow perpendicularly to the strip in the roll gap on the exit side above the strip runout, and a vapor-exhaust unit for pro