A dynamic production planning method for a continuous casting plant for casting a strand with a production system which has a predefined production plan, which method includes comparing target production parameters with actual production parameters. If the actual production parameters deviate from the target production parameters, a strand image is created on the basis of actual production parameters. With the aid of the calculated strand image, a check is carried out within the predefined production plan and, if possible, a new production plan is created. If no solution can be found from the predefined production plan, the strand image is transmitted to a production planning system. The production planning system creates a new production plan from all available orders on the basis of a predefined optimization criterion. The new production plan is subsequently transmitted to the production system.

A cutting position control device according to an embodiment includes an arithmetic processing circuit that receives an input of first data relating to a production schedule and material information of a material to be produced, uses the first data to calculate a first cutting position of a first cutter for a first slab cast by continuous casting equipment, generates a first parameter for setting the first cutting position for a control program introduced to a process control device, and determines whether or not to use a second cutter to further cut a second slab of a second length cut from the first slab based on the first parameter by comparing the second length and a first length set to be from a front end of the first slab to the first cutting position, wherein the second cutter is located downstream of the first cutter.

The present invention relates to a method for contactless determination of at least one property of an at least partially melted quasi-endless strand during a casting process of the quasi-endless strand, which cools down within a cooling zone, allowing successive hardening of the quasi-endless strand, comprising at least the following steps: Emitting a first signal, in particular a first radar signal, in the form of radiation by an emission device, in particular a radar emission device, Generating a second signal, in particular a second radar signal, at least partly by an interaction of the first signal with a region of the quasi-endless strand, receiving the second signal by a reception device, in particular by a reception device for radar signals, determining at least one property of the quasi-endless strand on the basis of the second signal, wherein at least the step of interacting takes place within the cooling zone or upstream of the cooling zone (K), in particular immediately after exit from a mold. The present invention further relates to a device for casting a material, in particular a metal, into a quasi-endless strand in the context of a continuous casting process and for contactless determination of at least one property of the at least partially molten quasi-endless strand during casting of the quasi-endless strand, comprising a mold adapted to form said quasi-endless strand, a cooling zone in which said quasi-endless strand cools down, whereby successive hardening of said quasi-endless strand is enabled, an emission device, in particular a radar transmitter, adapted to emit emitting a first signal in the form of radiation, in particular as a first radar signal, a reception device, in particular a radar receiver, which is arranged to receive a second signal, in particular a second radar signal, whereby the second signal being generated at least partially by interaction of the first signal with a region of the quasi-endless strand within in the cooling zone or upstream of the cooling zone (K), in particular immediately after exit from a mold, a data processing unit arranged to determine at least one property of the quasi-endless strand on the basis of the second signal. According to the invention, a corresponding use is also provided.

An apparatus for producing and further processing slabs of a metal, preferably steel, comprises: a continuous casting apparatus, which is designed to produce at least one cast strand and to transport it in a transport direction; a cutting device, which is arranged behind the continuous casting apparatus, as seen in the transport direction, and is designed to cut the cast strand into slabs; at least a first route and a second route, which implement, at least in some portions, different process lines for the further processing of the slabs; and a process control system, which is designed to make a route decision on a slab-specific basis as a function of at least one measured or calculated process parameter, which route decision assigns one of the plurality of routes to the respective slab, and to initiate the further processing of the corresponding slab along the assigned route.