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Orissa Metaliks Prepares for November Start-Up of New Billet Caster

The supplier, Primetals Technologies Group’s Concast (India) Ltd., said the caster has a capacity of 384,000 metric tons annually and has been designed for direct hot rolling of carbon steel billets to into rebar, eliminating the need for reheating.

The caster has a machine radius of 6 meters, a metallurgical length of 11 meters and a curved tube mold. The maximum casting speed is 4.1 meters per minute.

Concast (India) was responsible for designing, engineering and manufacturing the ladle support; tundish and tundish support; mold and oscillator; straightener segments; secondary cooling system; dummy bar system; and the pusher and cooling bed.

It also supplied a basic automation package and HMI system, and it is overseeing installation and commissioning. The caster was installed at Orissa Metaliks’ facility in Kharagpur, West Bengal.