Posted on 12 Mar 2013
SMS Concast, Switzerland, received an order to deliver a 150-t EAF (Electric Arc Furnace) and process equipment from the US American company Republic Steel, Cleveland, Ohio. The EAF will be installed in Lorain, Ohio.
Liquid steel supply at an comparable EAF.
‟This expansion will help us maintain our position as the
industry leader in the manufacturing of SBQ. The additional capacity
from the new furnace will allow us more flexibility and efficiency in
delivering the highly engineered products our customers require,” says
Republic Steel President and CEO Jaime Vigil.
The new electric
arc furnace will increase the company’s annual liquid steel production
by 1.2 million t. It has a 150-short ton heating volume, a 120/135-MVA
furnace transformer as well as eccentric bottom tapping and oxy-fuel
burners.
The new furnace will feed Republic Steel′s bloom and
billet casters for the production of 7.5-165 mm diameter SBQ flat steel
and bar coil, and 152, 280, 305 and 355 mm diameter seamless tube
rounds.
Republic Steel will tap the first furnace heat in the second quarter of 2013.
