Baosteel chooses Siemens for electrical equipment
The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) will provide Pudong Iron & Steel Group of Shanghai-based
Baosteel Group with the electrical equipment for a new
plate production line that is to be set up in Luojing.
The order includes the automation, power-supply and drive systems for the rolling mill and downstream
plate treatment stations. The installation will cost around €39 million and will be completed in the beginning of 2008.
Baosteel is moving its facilities from Shanghai to Luojing. The new 1.6 million-ton annual capacity
plate mill is designed to produce 5 to 200 mm thick
plate with a maximum width of 4'200 mm. The plant will produce materials for gas and oil pipelines, pressurized containers, bridge
construction and the
shipbuilding industry. The rolling mill will include two heating furnaces, two
plate rolling stands, an edger, a rapid-cooling system and a hot
plate leveler.