KOCKS intermediate block replaces traditional intermediate mill
KOCKS intermediate block replaces traditional intermediate mill. Successful integration of 3-roll intermediate Block at Nucor Steel.
Thermo Scientific ARL X’TRA Companion X-ray Diffractometer now enables high precision phase and structure analysis for quality control
Thermo Fisher Scientific is launching the Thermo Scientific™ ARL™ X’TRA Companion X-ray Diffractometer to support cost-effective routine phase analysis for quality monitoring in any laboratory. This benchtop θ/θ Bragg-Brentano X-ray diffractometer features a state-of-the-art configuration – offering accuracy, precision, safety, and ease of use – in a compact, low maintenance […]
Gerdau Midlothian enters a 3-year cooperation with Badische
The Gerdau Long Steel North America mill in Midlothian, Texas awarded Badische Stahl-Engineering (BSE) a three-year know-how contract in mid-June this year. Badische is a German-based steel mill consulting and engineering firm with 40 years of experience in the global steel industry on every continent. Midlothian selected them for their […]
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel contracts Danieli Corus
Three 350-ton converters at Hazira plant to be equipped with sublance-based BOF process control Effective BOF process control is essential for the efficiency and economy of steelmaking operations. It reduces the converter tap-to-tap time and as such increases plant output, while allowing for higher scrap input and reducing consumption of […]
Nucor-Yamato orders Danieli Centro Combustion reheating furnace for its section mill
Best thermal efficiency and minimum environmental impact through low carbon footprint and NOx emissions Danieli Centro Combustion will supply a 180-shtph walking-beam furnace, along with automation and material handling equipment upstream and downstream of the furnace, to Nucor-Yamato Steel beam mill in Blytheville, Arkansas, USA. The new, modern reheating furnace […]
Monitor non-metallic inclusions in steel manufacturing with the Thermo Scientific ARL iSpark 8860 Inclusion Analyzer
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the latest iteration to its range of ARL iSpark Series Optical Emission Spectrometers. The Thermo Scientific™ ARL iSpark™ 8860 Inclusion Analyzer with Spark-DAT boasts all the features necessary for both thorough elemental analysis of steel and ultra-fast inclusion analysis. It can help to guarantee keeping […]
Improved plates quality at NLMK Clabecq, Belgium
New Danieli plate mill technological packages improve profile and flatness control The purpose of the upgrade ordered by NLMK Clabecq to Danieli was to secure a key player position in the thin-gauge steel market, providing best-in-class surface, flatness and dimensional tolerance plates. New Danieli technological packages were implemented at the […]
AMETEK offers highly attractive delivery times for their Analog Linear Displacement Transducers, providing Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction
AMETEK Factory Automation continues a significant reduction in the lead time for the renowned 953A Linear Displacement Transducer (LDT). AMETEK is committed to streamline the production processes and optimizing supply chain management, and this has resulted in a substantial decrease in the time it takes to deliver this critical component […]
Seco/Warwick USA to begin fabrication of aluminum reverb furnace for aluminum extrusion plant
A major multinational aluminum producer has finalized an order for a new 100,000 lb. capacity tilt melting aluminum #furnace for one of its regional aluminum extrusion plants. SECO/WARWICK USA will fabricate the Aluminum Reverb Furnace in Pennsylvania. Several innovative features have been incorporated to meet the customer’s efficiency, production, and capacity requirements, along […]
KOCKS 3-roll Reducing & Sizing Block for Chinese Xingtai Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
The Chinese steel producer Xingtai Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. and Friedrich KOCKS GmbH & Co. KG have signed a contract for the installation of an RSB® 370++/4 Reducing & Sizing Block in 5.0 design, which is considered the centerpiece of the company’s new rolling mill complex for the production […]