REBAR measurement like never before with PROFILEMASTER® Systems from ZUMBACH
ZUMBACH Electronics, a leading supplier of noncontact measuring technologies for the metal and steel industry, introduces its newest PROFILEMASTER SPS 80 gauge for in-line measurement of any rebar type. Sophisticated capabilities allow the measurement of rebar products in hot rolling processes.
Additive manufacturing at SMS group – philosophy and products
Additive Manufacturing is being exploited at breathtaking speed. Now design engineers are not restricted by any manufacturing constraints such as having to consider the geometry of the input stock, so can start out from the function the component is going to perform and can immediately examine the ‘printed’ result in […]
Safe and efficient robotic removal of high strength steel straps from coils
To cope with the remarkable increase in recent years in the demand for high strength steel strip, coil producers have had to use higher strength steel straps to hold the coils securely during transport within the steelworks or to customers. Because of the higher coil locked-in stresses and the more […]
Optimal use of available floor space at a new storage location for steel coils
Use of mathematical modelling of a new steel coil storage/distribution warehouse has generated storage space for 300 additional coils and results in an 8-10% greater potential throughput than pre-modelling designs indicated.
New Danieli top charging unit with DANCU distributor for Zaporizhstal blast furnace No.3
Chute-type charging devices have proven to offer optimum control over the distribution of raw material on the blast furnace stock line. Traditionally, these systems are based on electro-mechanical tilting and rotating operations and many such devices have been known to be vulnerable to breakdown. Danieli Corus and Danieli Centro Metallics […]
Boosting productivity and quality in stainless steelmaking with an AOD converter
In mid 2015, SIJ Acroni, Slovenia, placed an order with Primetals Technologies to supply a new 95t AOD converter and a new dedusting system for their plant at Jesenice. The new equipment started production in April 2017, increasing annual liquid steel production capacity by about 35% to 530k t/yr while […]
Improved EAF availability and refractory maintenance with shell change practice
Even with in-campaign gunning repairs, EAFs need refractory relines every one to four weeks depending on plant design and operating practices. Relines can either be done in-situ with the furnace unavailable for steelmaking during this time, or via a shell exchange system. With this latter approach two shells are available, […]
Highlights and start-up of Big River Steel
Big River Steel (BRS) located in Osceola, Arkansas, USA, on approximately 1,300 acres (5 km2) of land is one of the country’s most modern and environment-friendly steelworks. Applying innovative, clean and effective processes, the company produces high quality steels for the energy, automotive and oil and gas industries from mainly […]
Innovative direct quenching at Nucor Steel, Tuscaloosa
The successful installation of the world’s first DQ system in a Plate/Steckel mill fulfilled the target of reducing the alloy content for selected steel grades. A rapid return of investment is expected.
Advanced technologies for heat treatment of heavy plates
In the past, steel plate was more or less a mass-produced commodity, However, over the past few years, increasing calls for high-strength, wear-resistant special steels from downstream industrial sectors have meant that steel plate has increasingly become a high quality product.