Angang Group International Trade Co., China has awarded LOI Thermprocess a contract to supply two heat treatment plants for heavy-gauge steel plate.

LOI’s scope of supply includes two roller hearth furnaces designed for different plate widths. The first roller hearth furnace will be used to heat treat low-allow carbon steel plates with widths up to 2.8 meters and a maximum weight of 15 tonnes.

The second plant will include a roller hearth furnace and a roller quench facility. This 31 tonnes/hour furnace line will be used to quench and temper low-allow plates with widths up to 4.8 meters and a maximum weight of 30 tonnes. Special quenching technology will help to ensure that the carbon steel plates are extremely level after treatment, reducing the need for straightening work.

LOI’s scope of supply also includes fully automated control systems for all operations relevant to quality, safety and productivity.

The furnaces are due to be commissioned in the second half of 2006.