Abstract: So-called spraying beams, being supports for spraying tubes or nozzles, are arranged in a continuous casting plant for cooling the strand along the surface thereof relative to the strand surface so that the width of the fan-shaped cooling water jets can be adapted to changing strand widths and thicknesses. The adjusting device for the spraying beams comprises two or more pivotable radius levers to which the spraying beams are connected, at least in zones, and which said levers can be locked in different pivoting positions so that the spraying beams or zones of spraying beams can be adjusted parallel with themselves and can be locked at different distances. The radius levers can also be pivotable along inclined planes so that the change of distance of the spraying beam is accompanied by a transverse displacement relative to the longitudinal axis of the strand.