Pittsburgh, PA, February 27, 2013— Tenova Core has recently completed the installation and commissioning of a Consteel® system for the Ecuadorian steelmaker Andec, at the company’s Guayaquil works. It is the first Consteel® installation in the region and the world’s most compact Consteel system.
The Consteel® technology is an important part of a plant “micro-mill” project in progress at the Andec facility. Consteel is the proven continuous steelmaking process, which preheats and continuously feeds scrap and other raw materials directly into the EAF via a patented conveying system through the EAF sidewall. The Andec installation represents the second Consteel installation in South America, the first Consteel in the region was commissioned in late 2011 in Brazil for Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil VSB in Jeceaba, MG.
In addition to the Andec Consteel installation, a second Consteel system is currently being installed in Ecuador and will be commissioned in 2013. The reasons behind the success of this technology in South America reside in the environmental and productivity features of Consteel technology in an area where the electrical power grid and power demand may not always permit the installation or improvements of conventional electric arc furnaces. The Andec facility is producing reinforcing bar, additional Consteel applications include flat, long and specialty steel products.
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