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Charter Steel to enter SBQ straight bar market with Primetals Technologies upgrade

• Complete mechatronic package supplied with electrics and automation • Unique stepless-reform and coil transfer technology works with existing compactor • Upgrade allows for rapid response to the varying demands of Charter Steel´s customers Charter Steel has selected Primetals Technologies to supply the cooling bed, cold shear, abrasive saws, stackers, banders, bar bundling and banding …

AOD converter and dedusting system from Primetals Technologies brought into operation for SIJ Acroni

• Additional secondary metallurgy route increases production capacity by over 20 percent • Savings on alloying elements reduce production costs In April, an AOD converter with a capacity of 95 metric tons and a dedusting system from Primetals Technologies were brought into operation for SIJ Acroni d.o.o, a Slovenian steel producer belonging to the Slovenian …

Primetals Technologies develops automatic testing system for temperature sensors of molds

• System offers reproducible and standardized heating and testing for all types of thermocouples • Damage to copper plates is ruled out • Defective thermocouples and poor contacts are detected • Measured data can be saved for later use, for example in quality management With the Automatic Thermocouple Checker, Primetals Technologies offers operators of continuous …

Primetals Technologies to supply three SIAS surface inspection systems to ArcelorMittal Liège

Systems to be installed on two continuous galvanizing lines and a continuous pickling line • Quality control improved to optimize production costs and maintenance activities • High resolution detection for automotive continuous galvanizing lines real time classification of defects • Coil grading, parallel classifier and DCR functionalities included Belgian steel producer ArcelorMittal Liège has ordered …

World´s largest HBI plant from Primetals Technologies and Midrex begins operation at voestalpine in Texas

• Plant will produce two million metric tons of hot briquetted iron (HBI) per year • Order volume was in the three-digit million euro range On October 26, the direct reduction HBI plant built by Primetals Technologies and consortium partner Midrex Technologies, Inc. was officially started-up in the presence of the voestalpine board after an …

Last of three LD (BOF) converters from Primetals Technologies starts up at SSAB in Finland

Optimized converter design boosts productivity • Maintenance-free converter suspension ensures long useful life • New blowing lance geometry and Vaicon slag stopper improve steel quality • New refractory concept will ensure long converter lining campaign In September, the last of three LD (BOF) converters supplied by Primetals Technologies commenced operation at the Raahe, Finland works …