Abstract: A method of making a cold strip with a ferritic structure includes casting a molten steel which forms a ferritic structure on cooling into a cast strip, wherein if necessary hot-rolling the cast strip in-line, coiling the hot-rolled strip and in one or more steps cold-rolling to form the cold strip. With such a method, cold strips can be produced, in which the risk of formation of an orange peel appearance or ridging is minimized during a cold forming process. The cast strip is cooled between the casting process and the coiling process from a starting temperature not lower than 1180° C., at a cooling rate of at least 150° C. per second, to a maximum intermediate temperature of 1000° C. and is then held for at least 10 seconds at a maintenance temperature of between 900 and 1000° C.

Abstract: A device for casting a molten metal comprising casting rolls and a housing arranged downstream from the rolls for the cast strip. The aim of the invention is to be able to replace the casting rolls with minimum mounting, and to simultaneously reduce the thermal load of the casting rolls and the adjacent units. A casting roll screen which forms a displaceable structural unit with a frame used to support the casting rolls.

Abstract: A device for casting a molten metal comprising casting rolls and a housing arranged downstream from the rolls for the cast strip. The aim of the invention is to be able to replace the casting rolls with minimum mounting, and to simultaneously reduce the thermal load of the casting rolls and the adjacent units. A casting roll screen which forms a displaceable structural unit with a frame used to support the casting rolls.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a casting roller for casting molten metal, particularly molten steel, having a roller body (2) made of a metallic material, onto which a coating (4) is applied, which is produced from a metal material having a greater hardness than the material of the roller body (2). The casting roller according to the invention has an increased service life and improved usage properties. This is achieved in that the coating (4), viewed over its thickness (D), has a lower hardness in its region bordering the roller body (2) than in the region of its free surface (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a protective coating for a refractory material member of an ingot mold for continuous casting of metals, especially of steel, which consists of a dispersion of particles in a solvent, said particles including essentially boron nitride and at least one of the following metal oxides: zircon, zirconia, alumina and silica, the boron nitride representing between 20 and 50% by weight of said particles.