In a statement, Danieli said its QSP-DUE mill at Shougang Jingtang’s facility in Tangshan city, Hebei province, is unique among hot strip mills because it can produce an unlimited range of steel grades in coil-to-coil, semi-endless and endless production modes. 

“The QSP-DUE® technology (can operate in any of those modes based on) the most suitable process in accordance with the high-quality requirement of various steel grades and strip dimensions, optimizing at the same time yield, energy consumption and OpEx.

This is something completely new, even compared with the latest-generation plants limited to pure endless capability,” Danieli said in a statement. 

Danieli said the equipment is capable of casting up to 37 heats in 24 hours, equivalent to about 7,800 metric tons, or a throughput rate of 6.4 t/minute, a world-record performance for thin-slab casting.

You can read more about the plant here.