Abstract: Compact plant for making steel bars and profiles with which, starting from the scrap, it is possible to obtain the finished product, for example bars with commercial length from 6 to 18 meters, pre-packed, packaged and ready for sale, with all the stations placed in line and operating continuously. All the stations are arranged in reduced spaces, thereby reducing both investment costs and plant management costs, and decreasing production times. Advantageously, the plant of the invention incorporates an extremely compact bar packaging apparatus which, through an innovative arrangement and innovative operating method of the components thereof, allows a further reduction in length.

Abstract: Compact plant for making steel bars and profiles with which, starting from the scrap, it is possible to obtain the finished product, for example bars with commercial length from 6 to 18 meters, pre-packed, packaged and ready for sale, with all the stations placed in line and operating continuously. All the stations are arranged in reduced spaces, thereby reducing both investment costs and plant management costs, and decreasing production times. Advantageously, the plant of the invention incorporates an extremely compact bar packaging apparatus which, through an innovative arrangement and innovative operating method of the components thereof, allows a further reduction in length.

Abstract: The device includes at least a mould (11) with a replaceable crystallizer (12), a downstream mould portion, a containing, guiding and cooling roller conveyor (14) and an extraction and straightening assembly (15). The extraction and straightening assembly (15) includes drawing rolls (16) with a flat portion (18) and with a longitudinally arranged circumferential outline portion (17) for round products, the lateral reciprocal position of the drawing rolls (16) in relation to the longitudinal axis of the mould (11) being able to be varied from a first position for the casting of round products (13a) to a second position for the casting of products with flat sides (13b).

Abstract: Method and continuous casting line for the continuous casting advantageously, but not only, of long products such as billets or blooms, whereby the solidification of the cast product (16) is completed at a position downstream of the outlet of the mould (13) and whereby the cast product (16) leaving a continuous casting machine (11) curving at a speed of at least 4 mts/min.