FIRST COMPACT BILLET CASTER FROM SIEMENS GOES OPERATIONAL IN ARMENIA
Steel Guru, India
Nov 14 2013
In August, a newly designed billet caster from Siemens Metals
Technologies commenced operations at the Charentsavan works of the
Armenian ASCE Group OJSC. Thanks to the compact design of the plant,
the project could be implemented quickly and cost-effectively within
16 months. The two-strand caster is designed for annual production of
200,000 metric tons of billets made out of carbon steels.
ASCE Group OJSC is the market leader in scrap recycling in Armenia and
runs an electric arc furnace-based minimill melt shop in Charentsavan.
The new billet caster has a machine radius of six meters and is
designed to produce up to 200,000 metric tons of billets per year with
a square cross-section of 120×120 millimeters on two strands. The
strands can be operated independently of each other. The plant’s
capacity can therefore always be utilized to the best possible degree,
depending on the available quantity of liquid steel. Both quality
steel as well as low and medium carbon steel can be cast. The scope of
supply included engineering, process turnkey equipment and basic
automation as well as the operator control and monitoring system
together. Siemens was also responsible for installation and
commissioning supervision. The billets produced at the Charentsavan
plant are processed further to make structural steel in a bar mill,
also supplied by Siemens.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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