CORPORATE NEWS:
Danieli conticasting and hot rolling facilities in operation in Russia
Danieli, Italy, has recently announced that a new 6-strand continuous casting machine and the upgraded “250-1” rolling mill were officially inaugurated at Mechel (Chelyabinsk Integrated Iron and Steel Works), Russia, fully on time within schedule. The Danieli high-speed caster has introduced a radical change in the plant’s production route, enabling the existing rolling mills to be directly fed with conticast billets instead of cogged billets produced at the blooming mill as in the previous arrangement. Elimination of the blooming route will significantly benefit productivity and production costs. In addition, a new caster’s direct connection to the rolling mill for direct hot charging of billets will further enhance cost saving.
Upgrading of the “250-1” rolling mill, also carried-out by Danieli, included two additional SHS roughing stands plus two QTB lines and associated auxiliaries. After modification, the mill can take 100mm conticast billets instead of the previous 80mm rolled billets. The new QTB lines enable production of water-quenched and self-tempered deformed bars, avoiding the addition of the more costly alloy elements at the melt-shop. Mechel, a giant producer of special and quality steel, has a total capacity of up to 5 million toones per year of rolled bars, forgings and flat products in stainless, high-speed, tool, spring, ball bearing, engineering, free-cutting, heat-resistant steels and super alloys of any grade.
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Danieli & C Officine Meccaniche SpA |
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Italy |
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+39 0432 59 82 89 |
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www.danieli.com |