Primetals Technologies Receives Final Acceptance Certificate on Feralpi Billet Caster
11/04/2024 - Italian steel producer Feralpi Siderurgica (part of Feralpi Group) has granted the final acceptance certificate (FAC) to Primetals Technologies for a revamp of its 6-strand billet caster at its steel plant in Lonato del Garda, Italy, according to Primetals Technologies.
The revamped caster was implemented within six weeks during a planned shutdown in summer 2023. The project took 12 months from contract signing to the first cast.
Primetals Technologies engineered the caster bow as a single piece for all six strands and preassembled the equipment before transportation to Feralpi’s location. In addition, the molds and retractable oscillators were designed and built as a single unit, according to the equipment provider.
Included in Primetals Technologies’ scope of supply were key mechanical equipment and comprehensive electrics and automation solutions for the mold/oscillator, including the LevCon Autostart function. The new state-of-the-art LevCon function for open-stream casting enables improved mold level control, resulting in an average 34% improvement for the standard deviation of the mold level.
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Primetals Technologies engineered the caster bow as a single piece for all six strands and preassembled the equipment before transportation to Feralpi’s location. In addition, the molds and retractable oscillators were designed and built as a single unit, according to the equipment provider.
Included in Primetals Technologies’ scope of supply were key mechanical equipment and comprehensive electrics and automation solutions for the mold/oscillator, including the LevCon Autostart function. The new state-of-the-art LevCon function for open-stream casting enables improved mold level control, resulting in an average 34% improvement for the standard deviation of the mold level.
Read more here.
