METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY CASTING A METAL STRAND

The invention relates to a method for continuously casting a metal strand, especially a steel strand (1). According to the method, a strand (1) is drawn out of a cooled open-ended mold (3), is supported in a strand supporting device (7, 11) located downstream from the open-ended mold (3), is cooled by a coolant, and optionally undergoes a thickness reduction. The aim of the invention is to stipulate the formation of a desired structure of the metal. To this end, the continuous casting is carried out with online calculation while using, as a basis, an arithmetic model which describes the formation of the defined structure of the metal, whereby the variables of the continuous casting method which influence the structuring, e.g. the specific amount of coolant provided for cooling the strand, are set in an online dynamic manner, i.e. during continuous casting.