UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will revamp Chinese steel producer Nanjing Iron & Steel United Co., Ltd’s (NISCO) continuous bloom caster No. 8 at its Steel Plant No. 3 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
The caster, supplied by Primetals Technologies, was originally designed as a five-strand machine and was set up and operated as a three-strand caster since 2008. The current revamp will encompass the installation of a fourth strand, enabling the production of an additional bloom format with a rectangular cross section of 320 mm x420 mm. Currently, the caster casts blooms with a rectangular cross section of 320 mm x480 mm. The revamped caster is scheduled to come on stream in June this year.
According to Primetals, bloom caster No. 8 is located in NISCO´s Steel Plant No. 3, an electric steelmaking facility with a production capacity of 1.5 million metric tons per year. The caster itself may produce 600,000 metric tons per year with three strands and it processes steel