AK Steel Sets World Casting Record
02/12/2004 -
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AK Steel Sets World Casting Record
Feb. 12, 2004 — AK Steel employees have set a world record for consecutive heats of carbon steel cast on a twin-strand continuous caster.
Caster employees worked accident-free during the record-breaking run. During the sequence, the shop produced 300,588 tons of carbon steel slabs. Employees in the maintenance, transportation and blast furnace departments also contributed to the record performance. |
In a sequence that began on December 28, 2003, crews at AK Steel’s Middletown Works cast 1,354 consecutive heats of steel. The sequence was ended on February 5, 2004 for a planned maintenance outage.
“Achieving a world casting record is an extraordinary performance by AK Steel employees,” said James L. Wainscott, President and CEO of AK Steel. “My congratulations go to each Middletown Works employee who contributed to this record-setting effort.”
AK Steel holds two other sequential casting records. The company’s Ashland, Ky., Works set a world record for consecutive heats of carbon steel continuously cast on a single strand caster. They set that record on September 26, 2002 when crews achieved 1,851 consecutive heats of steel. And, AK Steel’s Mansfield, Ohio, Works holds the world record for sequential casting of Type 409 stainless steel (32 consecutive heats) reached in October 2002.
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products for automotive, appliance, construction and manufacturing markets, as well as tubular steel products. The company has plants and offices in Middletown, Coshocton, Mansfield, Walbridge and Zanesville, Ohio; Ashland, Ky.; Rockport and Columbus, Ind.; and Butler, Pa. In addition, the company produces snow and ice control products and operates an industrial park on the Houston, Texas, ship channel.
