UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will upgrade the pickling line and tandem cold mill at Taiwan-based steelmaker China Steel Corporation’s (CSC) plant in Kaohsiung.
Primetals will revamp stands Nos 2, 3 and 4 of the tandem cold mill to incorporate Hyper UCM technology and add an induction heater as well as a No. 0 stand at the entry side of the existing mill. Hyper UCM technology offers higher reduction rates and greater control options to determine the shape of advanced high-strength steels.
With the upgrade, CSC’s production capacity of high-strength and thin high-grade electrical steel will increase.
The company has an annual crude steel production capacity of 10 million mt.