A bright market ahead for CISDI’s combined caster

◆         Package supply of combined caster to Xinye Special Steel

CISDI has won an order for a new 3-strand round and square bloom caster which will transform a Chinese steel specialist’s production.

It will be supplied to Xinye Special Steel in China’s Hubei Province, enabling it to become the only producer in China able to create both round and square blooms - a highly-complicated technical process.

The caster is being designed with a projected production capacity of 600,000 tonnes of die, bearing and spring steels a year. The strand’s cross section will range from Φ300~Φ800mm for rounds and 420mm×530mm and 380mm×800mm for squares.

CISDI will apply the following specialised tech and equipment:

ü  Soft and heavy reductions

ü  Mould’s electromagnetic stirrer

ü  Secondary cooling end’s EMS

ü  Mould wire-feeding.

◆         Heavy slab caster to be built for Shenglong Metallurgy Co.

Two new 2-strand slab casters will be built by CISDI for Shenglong Metallurgy Co. in China’s Guangxi Province to an EPC mode.

The casters will produce seven million tonnes of slabs a year, with specifications ranges of 250mm×(1,000-2,150)mm.

CISDI will provide design, supply and technical assistance services.

◆         New slab caster for Dachang Metal Materials Co.

A new 2-strand slab caster will be built for Dachang Metal Materials Co. The project is a co-investment by the Shougang Group and the Anhui Dachang Mine Industry.

The caster’s projected production capacity is 3 million tonnes a year, and its maximum specification is 2,300mm.

CISDI will provide the caster proper equipment and its utilities and technical assistance services, on an EPC basis.