Patent ID: 8267153

Claim:
A continuous casting mold for continuous casting of a metal strand, comprising: opposite broad-side walls; opposite narrow-side walls arranged so as to be clampable between the broad-side walls and displaceable, along the broad-side walls transversely to a direction of casting, the narrow-side walls tapering in wedge-like manner in a direction of casting, wherein the broad-side walls have a funnel-shaped pouring region that extends to an end of the mold in the direction of casting, wherein the narrow-side walls are interchangeably arranged according to a thickness to be set for the metal strand to be cast; and a narrow-side adjustment system for adjusting positions of the narrow-side walls laterally with respect to a center axis of the metal strand to be cast, the narrow-side adjustment system including an upper adjusting device and a lower adjusting device, wherein the adjusting devices each actively effect only adjustments of the narrow-side wall, the narrow-side adjustment system further including at least one control element that acts in common on the adjusting devices transversely to the center axis, and an alignment device for aligning positions of the upper and lower control devices with respect to a specified reference position, which positions are adjusted by the at least one control element.