Nov 21 2005
Jiangyin Xing Cheng Special Steel Works Co. Ltd located in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China, have placed an order with Concast AG, Switzerland, for the supply of a three-strand bloom caster.
The new bloom caster is designed for an annual production of approximately 900,000 tons of good bloom. This order follows the successful operation of the first bloom caster supplied by SMS Schloemann-Siemag in 1996.
It will cast a bloom size of 370 x 490 mm and be equipped with stateof- the-art technology such as submerged casting by stopper control, resonance mould and hydraulic oscillation, mould and strand stirrers, mechanical soft reduction, as well as a sophisticated process control system for dynamic control of process parameters and assurance of the product quality.
The new caster, which will be fed from the new 80 t converter meltshop at Jiangyin that is currently under commissioning, will be used to extend Jiangyin’s leadership position in the production of high-quality steel grades for the Chinese automobile industry and pipe steel.
Concast AG forms part of the Metallurgical Plant and Rolling Mill Technology Business Area of the SMS group.
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