Angang buys furnaces from LOI

Angang buys furnaces from LOI

Northeastern China's Angang Group awarded a contract to supply two heat treatment plants for heavy-gauge steel plate to German furnace maker LOI Thermprocess. The contract covers two roller hearth furnaces designed for different plate widths. The first roller hearth furnace is for the heat treatment of low-allow carbon steel plates up to 2.8 m wide and weighing up to 15 tons. The second plant, for the quenching and tempering of steel plate, is to include a roller hearth furnace and a roller quench facility. This furnace line will be used to treat low-allow plates up to 4.8 m wide and weighing up to 30 tons. The special quenching technology ensures that the carbon steel plates are extremely level after treatment, reducing the need for straightening work. The plant will be able to handle 31 tons of steel plate per hour. The furnaces are due to be commissioned in the second half of 2006.