UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will supply a new billet caster for the plant of Czech steelmaker Třinecké železárny (TŽ) in Třinec in the Czech Republic for the production of bar steel with round and square cross-sections. With the new equipment, besides increasing product quality, operations will also become more flexible and maintenance will be easier. Commissioning is scheduled for November 2017.
The new billet stand will produce low and medium-carbon steels, as well as special steels, including stainless, tool, bearing and spring steels, and alloy, ledeburitic and manganese steels.