UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it has received an order from German steel producer BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH to modernize the electric arc furnace (EAF) at its Freital site in order to optimize the furnace movements and convert its tapping system. The furnace will be modernized in two conversion stages, and the work is scheduled for completion during the summer shutdown in 2017.
BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH runs an electric arc furnace-based mini-mill meltshop in Freital, Germany, with an electric arc furnace, downstream secondary metallurgy, an ingot casting plant and a horizontal continuous caster. Further processing takes place in a rough block mill and a wire rod mill. The company has several independent production sites in Germany and Poland.