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Corus engineering steels in brief - Tata Steel

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Aldwarke Cast Products<br />

<strong>Steel</strong>mak<strong>in</strong>g and cast<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Recyclable steel forms virtually 100%<br />

of the raw materials required by the<br />

environmentally susta<strong>in</strong>able electric<br />

arc melt<strong>in</strong>g process. Our flexible<br />

range of secondary steelmak<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and cast<strong>in</strong>g facilities provides the<br />

optimum metallurgical process route<br />

for every product.<br />

Product range<br />

Ingots square 5.4 & 6.6 tonnes<br />

Cast Blooms large bloom 560 mm x 400 mm<br />

small bloom 180 mm sq<br />

<strong>Steel</strong>mak<strong>in</strong>g facilities<br />

• Reiterative computerised models for scrap selection<br />

• 2 x 160t electric arc furnaces<br />

• 3 x ladle steelmak<strong>in</strong>g furnaces<br />

• Advanced ladle lead<strong>in</strong>g systems<br />

• 2 Vacuum degass<strong>in</strong>g units<br />

• VOD unit (Vacuum oxygen decarburisation)<br />

Cast<strong>in</strong>g facilities<br />

• WEU bottom poured <strong>in</strong>got cast<strong>in</strong>g<br />

• Tw<strong>in</strong> strand large bloom caster with complete shroud<strong>in</strong>g, electromagnetic<br />

stirr<strong>in</strong>g, air mist cool<strong>in</strong>g and full computer control<br />

• Five strand small bloom caster with shroud<strong>in</strong>g, electromagnetic stirr<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

air mist cool<strong>in</strong>g, full computer control and onl<strong>in</strong>e predictive quality system<br />

and mark<strong>in</strong>g<br />

14 In Brief

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