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Danieli Service was selected to supply new upper shell and roof for an electric arc furnace producing electro-fused refractory products, mainly used in the construction of melting furnaces. Furnaces that are a crucial in the production of glass and other products.

• Plants operate fully automatically and are ready for further digitalization
• Copper-clad lids increase service life and ensure high steel quality
• LiquiRob systems offer highest safety standards for temperature measurement and unmanned sampling
• New equipment reduces operating costs
• Treatment capacity amounts to 5.2 million metric tons of liquid steel per year

German steel producer Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) has granted Primetals Technologies final acceptance for two new ladle-treatment stands. The plants were built at the BOF steel plant at the Duisburg-Huckingen site.

• Achieves off-gas dust emissions below European standards
• New heat-recovery system with steam-operated cooling stack makes steam available for the existing network
• Reduced dust emissions inside the steel plant
• Increased productivity by optimal synchronization of the metallurgical aspects, the dedusting system, and automation
• Project finished on schedule despite pandemic conditions thanks to a special program

Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificates (FACs) from NLMK Group in Lipetsk for the construction of off-gas systems at LD converters (BOFs) No. 2 and 3 at steel plant LD2.

Italian minimill producer and industry innovator Ferriere Nord (Pittini Group) is first in operating a 6th generation Danieli billet welder.

SSAB and Swedish electric car company Polestar have signed a letter of intent to start strategic collaboration to create a climate-neutral car. The vehicle will be developed in close cooperation in a joint effort to advance climate mitigation and to create more sustainable mobility.

• New wire rod outlet will expand product range
• Thermomechanical rolling to improve drawability
• Rolling process monitoring with Process Expert Level 2 package
• Commissioning expected summer 2023

Metals producer Ege Çelìk Endüstrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. has contracted with Primetals Technologies for upgrades to its wire rod mill in İzmir, Turkey. The addition of a new wire rod outlet will expand its value-added product range for markets in Turkey and Europe, with greater capability for surface finish quality and dimensional tolerance in its wire rod products.

• Until now, part of the slag produced during hot metal desulfurization has been disposed of in landfills.
• thyssenkrupp MillServices & Systems: Components can be extracted and reused across industries.
• Economic efficiency and CO2 reduction potential are being explored in a cross-industry partnership.

thyssenkrupp MillServices & Systems is pursuing a promising approach to reusing the slag produced in hot metal desulfurization and reducing the carbon footprint: Instead of disposing of the slag produced in desulfurization, its components are to be reused across all industries – as a building material, as fertilizer in agriculture and in steel production.

Quick startup of a fully electrical soaking furnace for long products led to full operations in four weeks at Fagersta Stainless, Sweden.

The Danieli Centro Combustion design maintains and equalizes billet temperature between induction heater reheating furnace and rolling mill.