Arrangement for separating the starter bar from the hot strand in the strand guideway of a continuous casting plant

摘要

An arrangement for separating a starter bar from a hot strand in a continuous casting plant employs a starter bar head that that is tong- shaped and includes a latch movable between between a position in which the cheeks of the tong are locked and a released position. A switch member is movable into and out of a recess of the starter bar head for driving the latch from its locked position to its released position. The latch includes a projection which cooperates with a counter stop on the strand guideway to reclose the latch once the separation has occurred. the separation has occurred.