Posted on 04 Feb 2014
Rourkela Steel Plant doubles production capacity by means of slab caster supplied by SMS Siemag
In 2013, Rourkela Steel Plant (Steel Authority of India Limited) in
Orissa, India, successfully cast the first slabs on the X-Cast? continuous caster supplied by SMS Siemag (www.sms-siemag.com).
Rourkela Steel Plant mainly processes sophisticated micro-alloyed steels
and heavy-plate grades on the caster. By means of the third slab caster
in Steelworks No. 2, RSP has doubled its slab production capacity to
three million tons per year, thus strengthening its market position.
The single-strand caster, designed as a vertical bending plant, is
intended for slabs of 220, 250 and 300 millimeters thickness in widths,
ranging from 1,200 to 2,500 millimeters.
SMS Siemag supplied the basic and detail engineering, all mechanical components, the complete X-Pact? electrical and automation systems including the control systems (level 1) and process models (level 2).
The caster equipment includes several Intelligent Slab Casting (ISC?)
modules which determine quality and production. Among these are the
hydraulically actuated resonance oscillation system, remote-controlled
narrow mold faces for width change during casting and the
position-controlled CYBERLINK segments for performing Dynamic Soft
Reduction. In combination with the width-dependent air-mist secondary
cooling and the Dynamic Solidification Control process model, these
guarantee that slabs of high internal quality are produced.
Rourkela Steel Plant has already two single-strand slab casters from SMS
Siemag in operation and will soon commission a converter shop supplied
by SMS Siemag.
