JINDAL SOUTH WEST STEEL

JINDAL SOUTH WEST STEEL
State-of-the-art solutions for efficiency and productivity
PLANT INFORMATION
Products
Billets: 150 – 180 mm sq.
Steel grades: medium and high C Steel TMT bar grades
Capacity
1,700,000 t of good billets per year
Key features
8 strands, CONVEX Technology® moulds, mould EMS, CONSEAL IV System
PROJECT INFORMATION
Customer
Jindal South West Steel Ltd.
Location
Toranagallu, state Karnataka, India
Commissioning
2009
FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR
GREATER PRODUCTIVITY
First high-speed 8-strand billet Caster in India
Jindal South West Steel (JSW) has commissioned
the first eight-strand billet caster on the Indian subcontinent. With their comprehensive technological
know-how, the long product experts of SMS Concast
built a state-of-the-art caster – with all necessary
equipment to achieve the required quality and productivity.
The caster at JSW is part of the company’s expansion program “Cheetah”. The aim: a production capacity of 7.5 million t per year – which makes JSW the
privately-owned steelmaker with the highest output
in India.
Excellent cooperation within
the SMS group
The project management and procurement was
jointly made between two SMS offices, the headquarters in Zurich and India Office in Pune. The
majority of the engineering was also executed in
the Pune office in coordination with SMS Concast
Technologies in Udine. In addition to this vast collaboration network, the ladle turret was engineered
by SMS Siemag Hilchenbach with joint procurement
with SMS Concast Zurich. Due to the close and
result-oriented cooperation between all involved
companies the project was carried out successfully
and accurately timed.
JSW – India
SMS Concast
8-Strand Caster
THE 8-STRAND CASTER AT JSW
Maximum output with customized casting technology
Thanks to the tremendous progress in high-speed casting,
especially through SMS Concast’s CONVEX Technology®,
JSW reaches production rates of over 200,000 t per year
and strand. The modern casting plant at Jindal incorporates all the equipment and technology required for highquality products: CONVEX Technology® moulds, electromagnetic mould stirrers, hydraulic oscillators as well as Conseal
IV systems. The production process features hot discharging
Type
Radius
Number of strands
Section range
Cast section range
Billet length
Ladle support type
Tundish car type
Tundish shape
18 – 9 CCS
9m
1 x 8
150 – 180 mm sq.
165 mm sq.
8 – 12 m
Butterfly type with lifting/
lowering and weighing
Cantilevered overhead type
T-type
and the caster is directly linked to the downstream wire
rod and rebar rolling mills. In addition to the mechanical
equipment, SMS Concast supplied the complete automation
including the level 2 control which is linked to the plant’s
level 3 system.
Tundish content
Mould type
Electro magnetic stirring
Casting speed
Dummy bar type
Cutting device
Discharge
Cooling bed type
Automation
45 t
CONVEX Technology®
Mould EMS
2.5 – 3 m/min
Rigid
Automatic torch cutting
Cross transfer
Hydraulic turnover
Level 1 and level 2
To rolling mill
Plant layout
3
4
2
1
1
Continuous casting machine 2
Cooling bed
3
Transfer roller table
4
Hot charging
SMS Concast
8027 Zurich
Switzerland
Phone:+41 44 204 65 11
Fax:
+41 44 202 81 22
sales@sms-concast.ch
www.sms-concast.ch
MEETING your EXPECTATIONS
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