On August 9, Indian steelmaker Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) commissioned a new 70,000 mt per annum tension leveling line at its Salem steel plant (SSP). Installed at a cost of Rupees 394 million as part of SSP's modernization and expansion plan, the tension levelling line, supplied by Redex, France, is a value-addition process which will enhance flatness in stainless steel coils.
The tension leveling line imparts a combination of tensions and flexions under controlled elongation, which enables flatness of coils/strips by achieving homogenous lengths of internal fibers, practically removing internal strip tensions.
The major new facilities coming up at SSP include an electric arc furnace, ladle furnace, AOD convertor, slab caster and a new Sendzimir mill. These will help to add 0.18 million mt of high-value stainless/alloy steel products to the SAIL product-mix basket.