German plantmaker SMS Group has announced that it has received an order to supply a continuous hot dip galvanizing line for high-strength steel grades for the Chinese steelmaker Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
The new line will produce 360,000 metric tons of hot dip galvanized steel strip, including high-strength grades with tensile strengths of up to 1,350 MPa as of 2019. The hot dip galvanizing line will be designed to process strips up to 1,580 millimeters wide and between 0.6 millimeters and 3.0 millimeters thick. Strip speed during the galvanizing process will be a maximum 160 meters per minute, while in the entry and exit sections it may reach up to 220 meters per minute. In addition to soft steel grades, the product range will include high-strength grades.
