Abstract: A strand-guiding roll for supporting and guiding cast metal strands in a continuous casting installation, having a central rotatable shaft and having at least one roll shell supported fixed against rotation on this shaft. To enable the strand-guiding roll to cope with the mechanical and thermal stresses, the roll shell is supported by support rings or by a support-ring sleeve on the shaft. An annular space, which is axially delimited by the support rings for the shell, is formed between the shaft and the roll shell. The annular space is a coolant conduit.

Abstract: An internally cooled strand-guiding roll for a continuous casting installation, having a central rotatable shaft and at least one roll shell supported fixed against rotation on the shaft. To make the strand-guiding roll better able to withstand the mechanical and thermal stresses, to ensure that it is suitable for large strand widths and to enable maintenance work to be carried out, the roll shell has coolant passages passing through it, and the coolant passages are arranged in the roll shell at a constant distance from the cylindrical roll shell outer surface of the roll shell and preferably at the area between the shaft and the roll shell. It is preferable for at least one water guide ring to be arranged between the roll shell and the central shaft.