Bekaert Solaronics to Supply Electrical Infrared Drying Furnace to Baosteel
03/24/2014 - Bekaert Solaronics received an important order from Baosteel to supply a post treatment near infrared furnace to its CGL 2030 cold rolling mill.
Baosteel’s CGL 2030 will be revamped with to bring on-stream 280,000 tons of high-strength and ultrahigh-strength galvanized products and 100,000 tons of hot-dip aluminum-silicon galvanized products beginning in October 2015.
Bekaert Solaronics’ post treatment near infrared furnace featuresh WebMate® M2000 modules, combining the advantages of radiation and convection with no drawbacks. These modules are designed especially for process industries and coil-coating applications in particular.
Moreover, the compactness of the system fully meets the process requirements of high-speed production lines (such as CGL and EGL), focusing on state-of-the-art post treatment coatings.
The Webmate technology is part of Bekaert Solaronics’ infrared-drying-technology portfolio targeting flat-metals processing lines such as CGL, CCL and many more.
Bekaert Solaronics supplies customized drying and heating systems based on gas and electrical infrared technology to a wide range of industries including paper and board, converting and metal processing applications. Today, more than 1,000 systems have been installed worldwide, of which 60% come from repeat orders with existing customers. The company provides service and maintenance options worldwide for the upgrade optimization and improves energy efficiency of existing systems.
Bekaert is a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coatings. Bekaert is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 27,000 people worldwide. Serving customers in 120 countries, Bekaert pursues sustainable profitable growth in all its activities and generated combined sales of € 4.1 billion in 2013.
Bekaert Solaronics’ post treatment near infrared furnace featuresh WebMate® M2000 modules, combining the advantages of radiation and convection with no drawbacks. These modules are designed especially for process industries and coil-coating applications in particular.
Moreover, the compactness of the system fully meets the process requirements of high-speed production lines (such as CGL and EGL), focusing on state-of-the-art post treatment coatings.
The Webmate technology is part of Bekaert Solaronics’ infrared-drying-technology portfolio targeting flat-metals processing lines such as CGL, CCL and many more.
Bekaert Solaronics supplies customized drying and heating systems based on gas and electrical infrared technology to a wide range of industries including paper and board, converting and metal processing applications. Today, more than 1,000 systems have been installed worldwide, of which 60% come from repeat orders with existing customers. The company provides service and maintenance options worldwide for the upgrade optimization and improves energy efficiency of existing systems.
Bekaert is a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coatings. Bekaert is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 27,000 people worldwide. Serving customers in 120 countries, Bekaert pursues sustainable profitable growth in all its activities and generated combined sales of € 4.1 billion in 2013.
