SMS Demag AG, Germany, has successfully completed its revamp of the single-strand continuous slab caster at Industeel (formerly Fabrique de Fer), Charleroi/Belgium. Industeel, part of the Arcelor Group, has put the revamped plant into operation and has issued acceptance.

The caster, originally supplied by SMS Demag in 1978, was modified from 180 and 225 mm to a casting thickness of 300 mm. The purpose of this measure is to expand the product range.

SMS Demag’s scope of supply comprised all engineering and production. The following equipment items were modified or newly supplied: the moulds, Segment 0, the strand guide system with a new straightening segment for continuous straightening, the dummy bar system and the runout roller table.

SMS Demag AG forms part of the Metallurgical Plant and Rolling Mill Technology Business Area of the SMS group. The SMS group is internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering relating to the processing of steel, non-ferrous metals and plastics. The group is divided into the Business Areas of Metallurgical Plant and Rolling Mill Technology, Tube, Long Product and Forging Technology and Plastics Technology. In the year 2003 around 9500 employees worldwide generated a turnover of around EUR 2.20 billion.