A device for adjusting the distance between a pair of work rollers (40) in an edger of a rolling mill comprising actuator means associable with a respective work roller (40). The actuator means comprise a roll group (10; 10s) including two cylinders (20, 20s; 30, 30s) associated with each other so to slide inside each other and movable between a withdrawn or maximum distance position between the rollers (40) and an advanced or minimum distance position between the rollers (40).
