| • | Range of high quality steel grade products to be widened |
| • | Product tolerance to be minimized |
| • | Operational reliability and process stability to be increased |
| • | Safety at work to be further improved |
Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to modernize slab caster no. 3 in its Duisburg-Huckingen plant in Germany. The project is intended to enhance the quality and product tolerances of the slabs produced, to widen the range of products, and to improve process stability, availability and safety at work. The casting plant will also be equipped with new basic and process automation, technology packages, such as DynaGap Soft Reduction, LevCon, DynaWidth and DynaFlex, and new safety equipment. The air mist secondary cooling will also be renewed to optimize the temperature control in order to produce high quality slabs. Modernization is scheduled to take place at the end of 2014 during a temporary plant shutdown.