Germany-based plantmaker SMS Group has announced that India-based Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has successfully commissioned its high-speed eight-strand billet caster at the Angul Odisha plant, the largest high-speed billet caster in India. The construction of the caster took 13 months to be completed.
According to SMS Group’s statement, the billet caster, which is designed to cast low and high carbon, will produce 2.3 million mt of billets per year, ranging from 130 x 130 millimeters to 200 x 200 millimeters.
Meanwhile, the producer of a wide range of iron and steel products including plates, parallel-flanged beams, medium sections, rails, rebars, wire rod and metal products, JSPL is currently operating two six-strand and three eight-strand billet casters from SMS Group and will benefit the new billet caster to lower operational costs.