According to SMS group the project is intended to expand the number of grades and sizes the mill can roll. It includes installation of a new plate cooling system and related water treatment equipment, a new thick plate cooling bed, an updated leveling model for the hot plate leveler and a rebuild of the cold plate leveler.

SMS group said the plate cooling system will utilize laminar cooling and will be designed to process plates in thickness of between 10 and 260 millimeters. 

“This will allow NLMK DanSteel to produce high-strength plate for line pipes, shipbuilding and offshore wind parks. NLMK DanSteel can also use the cooling system between the various rolling phases for the thermomechanical rolling and manufacture of heavy plate,” the company said. 

SMS group’s full announcement is here.