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SMS Siemag Modernizes Converter at ArcelorMittal
03/16/2012 - ArcelorMittal Asturias, Spain, recently took into operation a new converter that features SMS Siemag’s lamella suspension and a 25% higher specific volume compared to the site’s first converter.
ArcelorMittal Asturias, Spain, successfully took a new converter into operation in late 2011 at the Gijon works. The meltshop, which produces heavy plates and rail grades, is equipped with two 120-tonnne converters.
ArcelorMittal Asturias based its decision to invest in a second converter on the positive experience with its first converter. The new vessel, which incorporates SMS Siemag's lamella suspension system, also features an approximately 25% higher specific volume. The higher specific volume translates to a higher yield since the slopping rate is reduced and converter’s availability increases.
The order scope for SMS Siemag included basic and detail engineering as well as supply of the converter vessel, slag skirt, trunnion ring, lamella suspension system and converter tilting drive.
ArcelorMittal Asturias is part of the ArcelorMittal group's Long Carbon Europe (LCE) division.
SMS Siemag AG is a company of the SMS group which, under SMS Holding GmbH, comprises a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. With some 11,000 employees, the group generates sales of over EUR 3 billion.
