Process
News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.
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ANDRITZ Receives Order for Second Expansion of Stainless Cold Rolling Mill in Taiwan
12 November 2014 - International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Walsin Lihwa to supply a stretch-bend-leveling line, a rolling mill, and a regeneration plant for the stainless steel cold rolling mill in Taichung, Taiwan. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2016.
SMS Supplies Ladle Degassing Plant and Steckel Mill to Project in Venezuela
11 November 2014 - SMS Siemag has been awarded an order for the supply of plants for the second construction stage of a new integrated steel making and processing complex of Siderúrgica Nacional (SN) in Venezuela.
JSW Steel Accepts Sublance-Based Process Control Systems from Danieli Corus
11 November 2014 - On 5 October 2014, the performance acceptance tests for four sublance systems and static and dynamic process model/level 2 systems supplied by Danieli Corus and installed at the No. 2 BOF steel plant operated by JSW Steel in Toranagallu, India, were successfully completed.
First EAF Waste Heat Recovery ORC-Based System Now in Operation at German Steel Plant
10 November 2014 - Turboden —a leading company in the production of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbo-generators for distributed power generation employing renewable sources and waste heat, a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) — implemented the world’s first ORC-based heat recovery plant on an electric arc furnace (EAF).
Severstal Plans to Build New Coating Shop in Cherepovets
06 November 2014 - OAO Severstal has launched a project to build a new coating shop at its Cherepovets site in Russia. The total investments in the project will exceed 6 billion RUB.
NLMK Expands Production of Premium Quality Cold Rolled Steel
06 November 2014 - NLMK Group has begun hot-testing of eight new bell-type annealing furnace stands at its rolling operations at the Lipetsk site.
Kanto Steel Confirms Savings from New EFSOP® Holistic Optimization System from Tenova Goodfellow
05 November 2014 - Kanto Steel Ltd. has signed off on performance savings for the supply and purchase of one EFSOP® Holistic Optimization System from Tenova Goodfellow that was commissioned in the spring 2014.
MLP Steel Installs New Rolling Mill for Shapes and Profiles
03 November 2014 - MLP Steel LLC has installed a state-of-the-art rolling mill at its facility in Scottsdale, Pa., to add to the company’s capabilities of rolling special shapes and profiles.
ESTROP EBT Cleaning Manipulator from MORE Successfully Installed at TenarisTamsa
03 November 2014 - In September 2014, an ESTROP manipulator from Italy’s MORE srl was installed on TenarisTamsa’s 170-t EAF with the aim to increase the operators’ safety by avoiding the manual operation of the EBT tap hole cleaning.
Siemens to Modernize Pickling Line for ArcelorMittal Asturias in Spain
03 November 2014 - Spanish steel producer ArcelorMittal Asturias has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to completely modernize the pickling line at its Avilés plant.
Oerlikon Leybold to Deliver Record-Sized Vacuum System for Siemens VAI for AHMSA Degassing Plant
31 October 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has ordered another mechanical vacuum system from Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum which will be used by end customer AHMSA in Mexico.
APEM Introduces FR Series Hall Effect Thumb Control
31 October 2014 - APEM Inc., a manufacturer of joysticks, trackballs and pushbutton switches, has introduced the new FR Series, a single axis three position Hall effect thumb control designed for material handling and construction applications requiring a reliable device for “change direction” and “gear switching” functions.
Modernized Stainless Steel Continuous Caster from Siemens Goes On Stream at Posco
29 October 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has modernized and put into operation a single-strand continuous caster at Pohang Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (Posco) in Pohang, Korea, for production of stainless steel slabs.
NLMK Upgrades Hot Rolling Mill at Lipetsk Production Site
28 October 2014 - NLMK Group has completed an upgrade of its continuous wide-strip hot-rolling Mill 2000 with a capacity of 5.7 million metric tons of rolled steel per year.
SMS Siemag to Revamp SSAB Converter Shop
28 October 2014 - SSAB Luleå, Sweden, has awarded SMS Siemag the contract for the revamp of the converter shop and related environmental technology.
Siemens to Supply Bar Rolling Line for India Mini-Mill
27 October 2014 - SLR Metaliks Ltd., an Indian pig-iron producer, has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to supply a state-of-the-art bar rolling mill for its new steel plant near Hospet.
Continuous Slab Caster from Siemens Receives FAC from Maanshan
22 October 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies received the final acceptance certificate for a continuous slab casting machine with an annual capacity of 2.4 million metric tons from China's Maanshan Iron & Steel Corp.
Quaker Chemical Develops Fire-Resistant Grease for Hot Mills
21 October 2014 - Quaker Chemical has developed a fire-resistant grease to be used on the roller bearings in hot mills to reduce the amount of slag fires.
Metalloinvest Begins Construction of World’s Largest HBI Plant
20 October 2014 - Metalloinvest has entered the active phase of construction and installation for the third hot briquetted iron plant (HBI-3 Plant) at Lebedinsky GOK in Gubkin, Belgorod region of Russia.
Ori Martin Revamping with New Consteel Evolution® and a Tenova iRecovery System
15 October 2014 - A new Consteel® Evolution combined with a Tenova iRecovery system will guarantee Ori Martin a reduction in the consumption to the lowest level while contributing district heating to the local community.
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