Primetals Technologies wins order for Mulpic intensive cooling system from Baosteel Zhanjiang

Higher cooling rates and accurate cooling control reduce flatness defects
First system with individual header control for Direct Quench and Accelerated Cooling modes over entire length of cooling line

primetalsChinese producer Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. has ordered a new Mulpic (Multi-Purpose Interrupted Cooling) system from Primetals Technologies. The intensive cooling system will be installed in the company’s existing plate rolling mill which is currently being re-located from Shanghai to Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, and is scheduled to be operational in March 2016. The Mulpic system facilitates higher cooling rates and accurate cooling control, resulting in plates with uniform metallurgical properties and reduced flatness defects.