China-based Puyang Steel commissions new slab caster

Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:53:38 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

Germany-based plantmaker has announced that SMS Siemag Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd, China, has put a continuous caster for medium-sized slabs into operation at the works of Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd (Puyang Steel) in Wuan city in China.

The single-strand continuous slab caster is designed for a yearly production of 1.2 million mt of slabs with thicknesses between 150 mm and 180 mm and widths between 1,000 mm and 2,300 mm.

Puyang Steel is extending its slab production to include above all high grades, such as peritectic, microalloyed and high-strength steels, high-carbon and boron-alloyed steels, high-quality steels and pipeline grades.


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