Tenova Core Consteel® Startup at CMC Mesa
03/15/2010 - Commercial Metals Co. (CMC) has recently completed the successful startup of a new Consteel system designed and supplied by Tenova Core. The new CMC micro-mill plant located in Mesa, Ariz., is producing reinforcing bar.
Commercial Metals Co. (CMC) has recently completed the successful startup of a new Consteel system designed and supplied by Tenova Core. The Consteel is one of several important processing systems at the new CMC micro-mill plant located in Mesa, Ariz.
Consteel is the continuous steelmaking process that preheats and feeds scrap and other raw materials directly into the electric arc furnace (EAF) via a patented conveying system through the EAF sidewall.
Tenova notes that this project represents the seventh Consteel system in the United States. There are 36 Consteel installations worldwide.
The CMC facility is producing reinforcing bar; additional Consteel applications include flat, long, and specialty steel products.
Tenova Core is a leader for the design and supply of reheating, heat treating, specialty, and carbon processing furnaces as well as meltshop equipment, technical services, and automation systems.
Tenova designs and supplies advanced technologies, products, and services for the metals and mining industries. The company operates through a network of 33 companies based on five continents.
