From STEEL GRIPS online
Continuous pickling line for Usiminas Cubatão, Brazil
Sep 3, 2009
Brazilian steel group Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA (Usiminas), one of the largest steel producers in South America based in Belo Horizonte, placed an order for the supply of a continuous pickling line with acid regeneration for hot rolled carbon steel for its plant in Cubatão wih Andritz group, Austria.
The continuous pickling line will have a capacity of 1.7 million tons per year and will process coils with strip thicknesses from 1.2 to 6.5 mm, at a maximum strip width of 1,800 mm. The acid regeneration plant, which will reprocess the hydrochloric acid used in the pickling process, is based on fluidized-bed-technology and designed to treat 12,000 liter per hour of waste acid.
Start of production is scheduled after 24 months.
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