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• First rail production facility in Kazakhstan • Rail heads hardened with Idrha+ • Value of order in upper double-digit million euro range Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order to supply Aktobe Rail and Section Works LLP, Kazakhstan, with a rail and section mill with an annual capacity of 430,000 tons. The new rolling …
• Siroll LR simplifies plant operation and increases availability • Both projects completed quickly Siemens Metals Technologies has equipped two long rolling mills belonging to BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH with new drive and automation equipment. The wire rod mill in Freital was modernized for BGH Edelstahl Freital GmbH, and the flat bar line in Katowice, Poland, …
• Siemens to expand Baotou long product rolling mill in China • Idrha+ produces rails with improved resistance to contact fatigue and wear Baotou Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd., a Chinese steel producer, has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order for the supply of a new facility for the inline thermal treatment of heavy-duty …
• Successful pilot at French steel producer A scrap charging system recently developed by Siemens has been used successfully in Riva SAM’s electric steel plant in Neuves Maisons, France, since June 2012. Simetal EAF Chargeopt helps to optimize and fully automate crane movements during charging. Precisely repeatable movement patterns shorten charging cycles, reduce the need …
• Measuring accuracy of ± 0.07 mm Simetal Opal from Siemens Metals Technologies provides operators of continuous casting plants with an integrated laser measurement system for exact alignment of strand guide rollers. The system achieves high measuring accuracy of ± 0.07 mm, even under the hostile ambient conditions prevailing in a steelworks. Simetal Opal registers …
A new generation of pellet plants featuring a circular induration furnace as its core element was developed by Siemens Metals Technologies. Referred to as Circular Pelletizing Technology (CPT), this iron ore agglomeration facility is characterized by its highly compact layout and light-weight construction design. This is the basis for efficient and cost-effective installation at a …
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies put a new continuous casting plant into operation in August at the Taiwanese steelmaker Dragon Steel Co. The two-strand caster was installed at the Taichung, Taiwan location and is designed to produce approximately two million tons of slabs made of carbon and micro-alloyed steels annually for high-quality flat-rolled products. Previously, two …
Acciaierie di Calvisano, belonging to the Feralpi Group of Italy, commissioned Siemens Metals Technologies with the modernization of the billet caster in the Calvisano works in Italy. The aim of the project is to further improve the internal and surface quality of the billets and to be able to cast round (in addition to square) …
Siemens Metals Technologies received an order from the Taiwanese steelmaking company Formosa Heavy Industries Co. to supply four continuous casting lines as part of the new construction of a steelmaking plant in Vung Ang, Vietnam. The order is specifically for two slab casters, one billet caster and one bloom caster with a total installed capacity …
Swiss Steel AG has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies for major modernization work on the company’s electric arc furnace in Emmenbrücke, in the Lucerne canton. The main goals of the project are to shorten process times and cut conversion costs. Production capacity will rise to 650,000 tonnes of steel per year and, at …