Continuous casting plant

In a continuous casting plant, in particular an arcuate continuous casting plant for steel strands, of the type including,

• a through-type mould,
• supporting elements following said mould and including strand guideways having a longitudinal axis,
• a stationary cooling chamber surrounding said supporting elements, and
• a stationary structure to which said supporting elements are connected, at least one of said supporting elements being movable relative to said mould and to another of said supporting elements in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis of said strand guideways, the improvement comprising;
• at least one means for adjusting the position of said at least one supporting element from outside of said cooling chamber, said adjusting means including
• a variably movable adjustment member mounted exteriorly of said cooling chamber,
• actuating means coupled to said adjustment member and extending into said cooling chamber, and
• means coupling said actuating means to said at least one supporting element for displacing said supporting element within said cooling chamber transversely to said longitudinal axis by amounts selectively determined by the extent of movement of said adjustment member,
• whereby said at least one supporting element may be aligned relative to said mould and said another said supporting element along said longitudinal axis by controlled movement of said adjustment member.