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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.

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Largest AUMUND Conveyor for Hot Sinter Material Goes to Japan

23 April 2015 - With the order for delivery of the largest pan conveyor for the transport of hot sintering material to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal, the Division Metallurgy of AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH at Rheinberg/ Germany won an outstanding reference project in Japan.

Phoenix™ to supply system for monitoring refractory temperature in ladles

22 April 2015 - A major manufacturer of refractory materials for the steel and foundry industries has recently placed an order on Phoenix™ for a ‘Hot Box’ system to monitor refractory temperatures in the linings of steel ladles.

A.G.T. Revolutionizes Thickness Gauging with Keyence Laser Sensors

21 April 2015 - Advanced Gauging Technologies (A.G.T.), L.L.C. in Plain City, Ohio, is a leading supplier of quality, affordable thickness gauges to the metals industry. The company’s newest gauge, the AGT800 is revolutionizing the way companies measure material by using patent pending laser triangulation technology instead of radioactive isotopes.

SSAB Is Launching Strenx, a New Brand for High-Strength Steels

21 April 2015 - SSAB is launching Strenx, a new high-strength structural steel product brand, which offers the most extensive portfolio of high-strength steels on the market. This will open up new competitive possibilities for customers to make stronger, lighter and more sustainable products.

ArcelorMittal Steel in the Largest Oil Discovery of Recent Years

20 April 2015 - ArcelorMittal will supply some 15,000 tonnes of clad plate to aid one of the largest and toughest oil projects of the last 30 years.

TimkenSteel Commissions World's Largest Jumbo Bloom Vertical Caster

20 April 2015 - TimkenSteel, a leader in customized alloy steel products and services, held an open house ceremony on Friday, 17 April, to celebrate the commissioning of its jumbo bloom vertical caster, the largest of its kind in the world, at the Faircrest Steel Plant in Canton.

HARTING's Ha-VIS preLink®: One Ethernet Cabling System for All Device Connectivity Needs

20 April 2015 - HARTING’s newly released Ha-VIS preLink® is an ingenious, Ethernet cabling system for the full gamut of industrial applications. It is based on the simplicity of a termination block the user wires separately, then snaps securely into any one of seven mating profiles: RJ45, PushPull RJ45, M12 D-coded, M12 X-coded, RJ45 HARTING Industrial Form Factor, RJ45 Keystone and a preLink® extender for cable extensions and transitions, solid-stranded.

Vollmer: Optical Thickness Measurement Directly in the Mill

16 April 2015 - The new "VTLG" laser strip thickness measuring system is compact and robust, and thanks to its design features is the only laser strip thickness measuring device that measures the strip thickness in the mill during rolling.

Warren Steel Holdings Successfully Upgrades Caster With Electromagnetic Stirring Capabilities

10 April 2015 - Warren Steel Holdings, LLC, a leading producer and global supplier of high-quality carbon and alloy steel continuously cast products, announced that it has installed and successfully tested new electromagnetic stirring (“EMS”) capabilities at its on-site caster.

SMS Siemag Commissions Continuous Slab Caster at Puyang Steel

10 April 2015 - SMS Siemag Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd, China, has successfully put a continuous caster for medium-sized slabs into operation at the Wuan City works of Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (Puyang Steel), China.

Primetals Technologies to Supply EAF Quantum to Acciaieria Arvedi

09 April 2015 - • First deployment of new furnace type in Europe. • Annual production capacity up to 1.57 million metric tons. • Integrated dedusting and heat recovery system improves environmental balance.

ArcelorMittal and CLN Group Form Joint Venture to Serve Italian Flat Product Market

03 April 2015 - ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions Italia (AMDSI) and CLN Group today announce the formation of ArcelorMittal CLN Distribuzione Italia, a joint venture between the two companies, that brings together two of Italy’s leading steel distribution companies.

Durable, High-Temperature, Furnace Camera Monitors and Records Steel Making Processes

03 April 2015 - Lenox Instrument Company’s next generation, high-temperature, video camera system is specifically designed to be mounted directly through the wall of all types of industrial furnaces, heaters, or other combustion chambers. The durable, Furnace Camera HD provides steel mill engineers and operators clear, high-resolution images of burner flames, material alignment and movement inside the furnace, and other “high-heat” process conditions in iron and steel manufacturing.

Woodings Chosen to Fill Major Blast Furnace Order

01 April 2015 - Woodings Industrial Corp., a worldwide leader in the manufacture of metals industry equipment, has been selected to design, manufacture and install a substantial amount of equipment that will be a part of a leading steel producer’s rebuild of its “A” blast furnace at its southern Illinois facility.

Primetals Technologies to Modernize Rolling Mill Drives for AMAG Rolling in Austria

31 March 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order from AMAG rolling GmbH, located in Ranshofen, Austria, to modernize the entire drive technology on its four-high hot rolling stand.

SMS Mevac Commissions VOD Facility at Fujian Fuxin Special Steel

27 March 2015 - After the successful start-up of the stainless steel melt shop of Fujian Fuxin Special Steel (part of Formosa Plastics Corporation) in Zhangzhou, China, by the SMS group in 2014, last month the Duplex VOD X-eed unit supplied by SMS Mevac, Germany, was put into operation. This plant represents the extension phase of the melt shop.

New Power Plant Halves Energy Costs, CO2 Emissions at Tata Steel Plant in Germany

25 March 2015 - Tata Steel has almost halved energy costs at its steel facility in Düsseldorf after building an innovative new power plant.

New Fine Dust Extraction Technology from SMS Group to Be Employed by Chinese Steelmaker

25 March 2015 - Shougang Qian'An Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. has placed an order with the SMS group to retrofit its steelworks with three hydro-hybrid filter systems.

Munroe Responds to Disaster, Turns Job in 10 Days

23 March 2015 - On 27 March 2014, a major U.S. steel producer in the Great Lakes region experienced a catastrophic failure of a giant collector duct pipe that collapsed and crashed through the roof of the company’s BOP shop.

Large Woodings Goggle Valve Bound for Detroit Steelmaker

23 March 2015 - A large steelmaking facility is going big, having placed an order for the design and production of a very large hydraulic goggle valve from Woodings Industrial.