SMS SIEMAG
Technical planning of revamp of continuous caster no. 1 in
Duisburg-Beeckerwerth
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has
awarded SMS Siemag a contract covering the comprehensive and detailed planning
for the revamp of its continuous caster no. 1 at the Duisburg-Beeckerwerth
works. SMS Siemag supplied the continuous caster no. 1in 1974 and modernized it
in 1985 and 1998. It is used for the production of high quality starting
material for high-strength steel, ULC and IF steels as well as tinplate, sheet,
pipe and tube strip and quarto plate.
The revamp scheduled for 2014
is designed to designed to improve the slab quality and expand the product portfolio.
The caster will be rated to produce
slabs that are between 1,000 and 2,150 mm wide and 257 mm thick. It is intended
to increase the strand lengh (segments 14 and 15).
Planning also includes the
replacement of the present single-fluid cooling system by an air-mist
cooling system with adjustable,
width-dependent breakdown of the cooling zones (ten control circuits per
segment). After the revamp, casting is to be effected dry, starting with
segment 9.
SMS Siemag will supply the
complete basic and detail engineering for the mechanical equipment and the
complete X-Pact electrical and automation system.
SMS Siemag was awarded this
contract after more than 400 technical criteria had been reviewed by
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe. SMS Siemag thus continues to be the leading supplier
to German flat-rolled steel producers.
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