UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will supply a new continuous billet/bloom caster for Indian steel producer Star Wire Ltd’s steel plant in Ballabgarh, Haryana State. The caster will be designed for the production of 30,000 mt to 60,000 mt per year, depending on the steel grades cast. With the new continuous billet/bloom caster, Star Wire aims to further improve the quality of cast products as well as the yield of the production process from liquid steel to ready-to-roll products. The casting process will be fully automated. The billet/bloom caster is scheduled to start production in late 2018.
According to Primetals Technologies, the new equipment will produce square billets with dimensions of 145 mm x 145 mm and 195 mm x 195 mm, with provisions being made for the future production of larger cross sections up to 350 mm x 350 mm. It will cast a wide variety of steel grades, including austenitic and martensitic heat-resistant steels, tool and die steels, ferritic, martensitic and austenitic stainless steels, and other special steels.