STIRRING COIL WHICH PARTLY SURROUNDS A METAL STRAND

The invention relates to a stirring coil (7) for a strand casting system, said stirring coil being used to cast a metal strand (6) in a casting direction (x). The stirring coil has a number n of segments (9, 9') which surround the metal strand (6) on a sectional plane running orthogonally to the casting direction (x) when viewed over a partial circumference in each case. Each of the segments (9, 9') has multiple coil assemblies (11, 11') which follow one another sequentially when viewed on the sectional plane. Each of the segments (9, 9') forms a partial ring section. The number of segments (9, 9') can equal 1. If so, the segment (9) extends, with respect to a central point (M) of the partial ring section, over an angle (α) which lies between 135° and 225°. If the number n of segments (9, 9') is greater than 1, the segments (9, 9') extend, with respect to a central point (M, M') of each partial ring section, over an angle (α, α') which lies between 180°/n and 270°/n.