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 At Severstal, SMS Siemag successfully commissions a second production line comprising an   electric steel plant, a second CSP casting strand and a push-pull pickling line

For Severstal Columbus, U.S.A., SMS Siemag, Germany, supplied and  successfully commissioned a second production line comprising an electric steel plant and a second CSP caster. SMS Siemag also erected a new push-pull pickling line for downstream processing of the strips.

The commissioning of the second produ ction line enables the company to supply the market with 2.7 million tpy of high-grade steel. The production  embraces among others autobody sheet and high strength steels for the automotive industry, API grades for the pipe and tube industry and deep-drawing steels for suitable areas of application.

On the CSP plant, Severstal produces hot strip in from 900 to 1,880 mm and gages from  900 to 1,880 mm and gages from 1.3 to 12.7 mm.  Severstal  thus operates the world’s widest CSP plant.

SMS  Siemag  supplied  the complete X-Pact electrical and automation package for the CSP facility.  The supply scope comprised the level-1 automation system including the technological control systems and level-2 automation with the process models and an HMI (Human Machine Interface) for operation of the plant.

For downstream processing of the strips, SMS Siemag built a new push-pull pickling line, which processed the first coil in mid-November 2011. The line is used for uncoiling, leveling, pickling, side trimming and recoiling the hot strip. A special feature of the 540,000- typ line is that the turbulence pickling section is equipped with plastic thanks.

Furthermore, SMS Siemag installed a hot-dip galvanizing line with a horizontal furnace at the same works. The annual capacity of the line is 544,000 t.

Ellwood National Steel orders  VOD  facility from SMS Siemag LLC

  SMS Siemag LLC, Pittsburgh, PA has received an order for the supply of a VOD facility (Vacuum Oxygen Decarburizing) from Ellwood National Steel (part of the Ellwood Group, Inc.)  in Irvine, Pennsylvania. The project is undertaken to enable the production of low-carbon stainless steel  forgings with a demanding combination of strength, toughness and corrosion resistance.

This unit will be equipped with a mechanical vacuum pump rather than a steam ejector system with a boiler. This will be the first VOD unit in the U. S. A with mechanical vacuum pumps, including gas cooler and  bag filter system to reduce the environmental impact. The scope of supply is comprised of the mechanical process equipment, complete with an alloy addition system. Also the entire electrical and automation systems will be provided, including the latest level-1 and level-2 control technologies.