The world’s largest beam blank ever produced
Masteel, in Anhui province, China, was the first steelmaker to produce the BB7 beam-blank section, 1,300 mm wide, with 510 mm tall flanges and 140 mm web, weighing almost 2.7 ton/m.
Following its December start-up, and after a two-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the caster reached the maximum productivity of 97 tons/h per strand during the first cast.
This successful achievement was made possible thanks to very close cooperation between Masteel and Danieli.
Plant startup was efficiently supported by Danieli personnel operating on site and from Danieli technological offices, using remote connections and advanced tools such as Q-SPACE.
The new, two-strand 12-m-radius continuous casting machine also can produce BB5 beam blanks measuring 900x510x130 mm; 1,030x440x130-mm BB6 beam blanks, and a small slab 550x280 mm in twin-mould configuration.
The twin-mould configuration permits production of a lighter mini-slab section without loss of productivity, casting four slabs simultaneously on two strands, which maintains a compact machine design reducing CapEx and OpEx.
Several steel grades already have been produced, including microalloyed and fine-grain steels, obtaining good product quality and meeting the strict dimensional design tolerances since the first heat.
The new MaSteel continuous caster is equipped with advanced Danieli technological packages, such as the Q-INMO oscillator guarantying excellent mould guidance thanks to bearings or springs-free design utilizing “rolling element”, with twin cylinders to support the huge oscillating mass. Danieli Automation Liquid Pool Control System controls the air-mist cooling to ensure accurate and balanced secondary cooling.
source: Danieli
Top News
Glencore in talks to sell Philippine copper smelting unit
Rasul Khalife Soltani, Secretary of the Iranian Steel Producers Association on the sidelines of the 1403 Steel Symposium:
Mobarakeh steel is producing green steel through scrap recycling
Norilsk Nickel plans to sell all it produces in 2025
Volkswagen buys 9.9% of Patriot Battery Metals for $48 million
India’s record gold import said to be due to calculation error
Sibanye raises $500m via metals streaming deal with Franco-Nevada
Norge Mining acquires Europe’s largest natural graphite producer
Aluminum price falls to one-month low in wider commodity slump
Skeena advances Eskay Creek permitting, unlocks Orion funding
Lure of Anglo’s copper mines could test BHP’s spending resolve
Copper giant Peru foresees another production plateau in 2025
Iron ore price weakens as Australia flags return to sub-$100 prices
Nickel price hits 4-year low as gloom offsets potential Indonesia cuts
Mercuria partners with Zambia on metals trading venture
Sibanye raises $500m via metals streaming deal with Franco-Nevada
Triple Flag to acquire royalty on Tres Quebradas lithium project
Volkswagen buys 9.9% of Patriot Battery Metals for $48 million
Aluminum price falls to one-month low in wider commodity slump
India’s record gold import said to be due to calculation error
Lure of Anglo’s copper mines could test BHP’s spending resolve
Iron ore price weakens as Australia flags return to sub-$100 prices
Nickel price hits 4-year low as gloom offsets potential Indonesia cuts
Sibanye raises $500m via metals streaming deal with Franco-Nevada
Triple Flag to acquire royalty on Tres Quebradas lithium project
Volkswagen buys 9.9% of Patriot Battery Metals for $48 million
Aluminum price falls to one-month low in wider commodity slump
India’s record gold import said to be due to calculation error
Glencore in talks to sell Philippine copper smelting unit
