German plantmaker SMS group has announced that it will supply a new 100-ton-per-hour walking beam furnace to be installed in the existing plate mill, which was supplied by SMS group too, of NLMK DanSteel A/S located in Frederiksvaerk near Copenhagen.
The new walking beam furnace will be able to reheat a wide spectrum of slabs in the weight range from 3.1 tons up to a massive 62 tons for use in structural, shipbuilding, boiler and pressure vessel applications.
Plant commissioning and start-up are scheduled for the beginning of 2021.