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Primetals Technologies’ Revamp of AOD Converter Shop Ensures Productivity Improvements
Upgrade of 40-ton AOD converter shop results in increased productivity, improved product quality, and increased lifetime Startup scheduled for beginning of 2025 Italian special stainless steel producer ASONEXT has tasked Primetals Technologies with the revamp of its 40-ton argon-oxygen decarburization (AOD) converter shop at its facilities in Brescia, Italy. Primetals Technologies previously executed a comprehensive study for ASONEXT on the existing AOD process. The study provided the steel producer with certain pieces of advice that are already resulting in a significant improvement to the production process. As part of the study, Primetals Technologies proposed the revamp of ASONEXT’s AOD converter, which is now about to be realized. Well-established AOD expertise As…
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New Eco Slide Discs at hot-strip mill in South Korea reduce wear and maintenance-related costs
Eco Slide Discs implemented for down coiler No. 2 at Hyundai Steel Lifetime of up to several months instead of a few days Significantly reduced maintenance expenditures South Korean steel producer Hyundai Steel has recently implemented Eco Slide Discs from Primetals Technologies at its steel plant in the city of Dangjin, located in the Western part of South Korea. In 2019, Hyundai Steel installed Eco Slide Discs at the hot strip mill’s down coiler No. 1. Two years later, having experienced the advantages of the new equipment, they tasked Primetals Technologies with the implementation of Eco Slide Discs for down coiler No. 2, as well. Significant cost reduction Primetals Technologies supplied…
