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Steel Authority of India orders three long-product casters
Dec 2, 2007
Siemens Metals Technologies received a major project from SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) for the supply of two new 6-strand billet casters and one new 4-strand bloom/beam-blank combi-caster which will be installed at the company's IISCO Steel Plant in Burnpur in the Indian State of West Bengal. The contract includes the supply of basic and detail engineering, equipment as well as advisory and training services.
The billet casters (casting formats: 100x100 mm; 120x120 mm; 150x150 mm) are designed for open and submerged casting which will be respectively applied for the production of rebars and high-quality steels comprising forging quality, high-carbon, cold-heading, spring-steel, electrode-quality and alloyed construction-steel grades. The casters will include advanced design features such as ladle support by means of butterfly ladle turrets, cantilever-type tundish cars, nozzle-changing devices for open stream casting and stopper rods for submerged casting, maintenance-free Dynaflex hydraulic oscillators, Diamold high-speed tube molds, advanced electromagnetic mold-stirring systems and Level 1 and Level 2 automation systems.
The bloom/beam-blank combi-caster (bloom formats: 235x235 mm and 280x200 mm; beam-blank sections: up to 686x350x90 mm) will cast carbon steel and alloyed-steel grades. The caster will also be equipped with advanced casting equipment such as Dynaflex, electromagnetic mold stirring and air-mist cooling.
In addition to engineering, the supply of equipment and the installation of electrics, Siemens Metals Technologies will also provide advisory services for erection, commissioning and training for all three casters.
The order volume for Siemens exceeds 80 million euros. The project is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2010.
SAIL, with an annual crude steel production output exceeding 13 million tons per year, is the largest steel producer in India. The company has five integrated iron and steel plants at Bhilai, Durgapur, Rourkela, Bokaro and Burnpur, and four plants at Salem, Durgapur, Bhadravati and Chandrapur which produce special and alloy steels as well as ferro-alloys. The new casters are part of a modernization and steel-capacity expansion project underway at SAILīs IISCO Steel Plant in Burnpur.
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