Liquid-cooled continuous casting mold

A liquid cooled mold for the continuous casting of steel along a direction of casting comprising:

• a stationary base frame;
• a support plate within said base frame, said support plate comprising first and second opposed sides;
• a metallic shaping wall mounted on said support plate and having a longitudinal axis in the direction of casting;
• a carrier plate attached to said base frame;
• a plurality of spring elements each having two ends and being uniformly distributed over and fastened at one end thereof to said first side of said support plate, said other ends of said spring elements being fastened to said carrier plate, said first side of said support plate facing away from said shaping wall, said spring elements extending in a direction transverse to said direction of casting and having a stiffness which is substantially less in said direction of casting than in the direction transverse thereto.