According to Primetals, the casters are bound for a new mill that is to be built in the Rizhao coastal region of Shandong Province.
They are being designed to produce 4.6 million metric tons of slabs per year, it said.

Scheduled to be put into service in June 2017, the casters will have a machine radius of 9.5 meters and metallurgical length of around 32 meters. They will produce slabs with a thickness of 230 millimeters in widths ranging from 1,000 to 1,950 millimeters.

The casting speed will reach up to 1.7 meters per minute, Primetals said.

The casters will be fed by basic oxygen furnaces that will have an overall annual capacity of 5 million metric tons. The casters will form up a wide range of carbon steels; peritectic grades; structural steels; high-strength, low-alloy steels; deep-drawn grade; and alloys for pipe-making.

Primetals said it will be responsible for the detail engineering of the casting platform and strand guide system; the basic engineering of the exit zone; and the basic and detailed engineering for the maintenance area. It also will configure the automation system and associated software.

It is supplying core components, hydraulic cylinders, drives, spray nozzles, and electrical and automation equipment.

“The equipment and technology packages will be installed according to the Primetals Technologies ‘Connect & Cast’ principle. This means that all plant functions and systems are completely ready for use from the very first batch,” the company said in a statement.