STEEL + TECHNOLOGY 04/2019 EXTRACT

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PIOMA Odlewnia in Piotrków Trybunalski,
south west of Warsaw. The AOD has
a 7 tonnes capacity as to produce special
and stainless steel grades needed for
their foundry products. The project was
realised as a turnkey project by UHT
which included civil works, rooms and
fume treatment plant. The AOD converter
is equipped with the UTCAS ® level 2
process control system. The new plant
enables PIOMA Odlewnia to apply secondary
metallurgical processes and
hence produce higher quality of cast
steel.
• UHT– Uvån Hagfors Teknologi AB,
Kista, Sweden
RUSSIA
Mechel signs major contract for coke and coal
International trading company Steel
Mont secures stock
Mechel reports signing a major contract
for coke and coal supplies with the
international trading company Steel
Mont. According to the agreement,
before the end of 2020 Mechel will supply
Steel Mont with up to 700,000
tonnes of products, including up to
350,000 tonnes of metallurgical coke
produced by Moscow Coke and Gas
Plant and up to 350,000 tonnes of pulverized
coal (PCI) and anthracites produced
by Southern Kuzbass Coal Company.
The supplies will be shipped by
sea through Port Mechel-Temryuk (Sea
of Azov) in Krasnodar Region in Southern
Russia as well as Russian ports in
the North and Baltic Seas.
• Mechel
NLMK orders bell annealing furnaces
Danieli Centro Combustion will supply
a bell annealing furnace installation
to NLMK Metiz for the Berezovki
facility.
Key equipment of the bell annealing facility for steel wire coils (Picture: Danieli)
The new system will heat-treat (recrystallize)
steel wire coils in 100% N2
atmosphere. The furnace can be
charged with 21 t coils in seven stacks
of three coils each. The project consists
of two phases. In each phase,
Danieli Centro Combustion will supply
two bases, one heating hood, two
inner covers, and one cooling hood.
The furnaces will have a direct coupled
base fan, a diffuser and plenum,
hydraulic locking system and silicon-carbide
head burners, each with
its own recuperator. Danieli will supply
all mechanical, electrical and automation
equipment, and provide technical
assistance during erection and commissioning.
• Danieli
Severstal places order for extensive plate mill
Danieli has been awarded a contract by
Severstal for the upgrade of plate mill
2800 at Cherepovets.
The purpose of the upgrade is to
improve the plate surface quality and
increase the production volume. The
order for Danieli includes a new hot
dividing shear, two new, disc-type
cooling beds, an upgrade to the plate
tilter for plate inspection, two chain
transfers, and new piling facilities consisting
of over 3,000 t of new equipment.
The fully hydraulic hot dividing shear
will be able to cut plates with thicknesses
up to 50 mm, at temperatures
up to 1,000°C. The shear will be shiftable
offline when not in use to protect
it from extended exposition to high
temperatures. The new pair of cooling
beds will assure the requested surface
quality of the plates thanks to the disctype
design. Danieli Automation will
provide new Level 1 and Level 2 automation
systems for the supplied equipment,
including a crop optimization system
for the hot dividing shear. The
project will be carried out in several
steps, with project completion scheduled
for spring 2021.
• Danieli
STEEL + TECHNOLOGY 1 (2019) No. 4