Slovakian Producer Completes Billet Caster Overhaul
02/19/2024 - Slovakia’s Železiarne Podbrezová mill recently restarted a billet caster after a planned outage that lasted less than four weeks, completing the replacement of an existing carbon steel cooling chamber with a new stainless steel one.
According to project contractor Danieli Service, the project included the complete disassembly, repair of civil foundations, new stainless steel structure alignment by laser tracker, and complete reconstruction of piping inside the cooling chamber.
“All these steps were completed in record time, including the manufacturing of 60 tons of stainless steel components carried out in Danieli workshops in Italy,” Danieli said. “This was possible thanks to the excellent cooperation of the engineering teams, starting from site surveys to precisely measure the existing casting curve condition, assembly and commissioning.”
Železiarne Podbrezová is an internationally recognized producer of rolled and precision drawn seamless tubes and pipes.