Hydraulic narrow side adjustment for slabs and Dünnbrammenstranggießanlagen

A continuous casting mold (1) for liquid metals, particularly for liquid steel, with adjusting elements for several copper plates (7), which enclose the mold cavity (2), wherein the adjusting members of pairs arranged one above another hydraulic piston-cylinder units (6a; 6b) exist, and the copper plates (7) at an angle (C) and / or in the Giesstrangbreite (W) are adjustable, is used both for electromechanical adjustment drives (11) and for hydraulic adjustment drives for new plants, or by conversion application by at least the mold narrow-plates are connected (5) respectively at the cylinder housing (6c) with a joint (8), the piston rods (6d) with their opposite ends (6e) are each held at a fixed point (9) and by the cylinder housing (6c) in a longitudinal guide (10) is adapted for relative sliding movement.