ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada commissions walking beam furnace

Friday, 02 August 2019 14:02:21 (GMT+3)   |   Brescia
       

In July this year, ArcelorMittal Long Products CanadaArcelorMittal's Canadian division, commissioned the walking beam furnace supplied by the Italian plant manufacturer Forni Industriali Bendotti to its Contrecœur-Ouest plant north of Montréal.

Installation of the plant started last January. The furnace has a capacity of 130 tons per hour and feeds the existing rolling mill for rounds and SBQ (special steel bars).

The global steel giant has commissioned a total of seven Bendotti heating furnaces, of which four in the last six years: ArcelorMittalAnnaba - Algeria; ArcelorMittal BH Steel - Bosnia Herzegovina; ArcelorMittal Temirtau - Kazakhstan; ArcelorMittal Longueuil - Canada;ArcelorMittal Industeel - France; ArcelorMittal Contrecoeur West - Canada; and ArcelorMittal Contrecoeur Est - Canada.