Digitalization Construction Work Begins at thyssenkrupp Steel in Duisburg thyssenkrupp Steel recently held a cornerstone ceremony marking the pre-assembly work for continuous caster No. 4 and hot-strip mill No. 4 at its Bruckhausen site in Duisburg, Germany. 11.12.2023
Continuous Casting Premiere of the World's First 3-Strand Slab Caster in China The world’s first 3-strand continuous slab caster has been implemented at Chinese steel producer Tangshan Donghua Iron and Steel Enterprise Group’s site in Tangshan, Hebei province, China. 08.11.2023
Continuous Casting TCT Torch-Cutting Technologies expand the portfolio of Primetals Technologies Primetals Technologies acquired the torch-cutting technology assets from Spanish company TCT Torch-Cutting Technologies. 05.09.2023
Continuous Casting Advancing Automated Casting – voestalpine Donawitz and Primetals Technologies CC4 at voestalpine Donawitz developed with Primetals Technologies has pushed the boundaries of digitalization to advance automated casting. ISSUE METEC (JUN 23) 15.06.2023
Continuous Casting Chinese Steel Producer Starts Up Combined Billet and Beam-blank Caster Chinese steel producer Maanshan Iron and Steel, also known as Masteel, recently started a 6-strand combined billet and beam-blank caster supplied by Primetals Technologies. 11.05.2023
Continuous Casting JSW Dolvi Signs Maintenance Contract to Boost Equipment Lifetime JSW Dolvi orders comprehensive maintenance services from Primetals Technologies, including spare parts supply, for its new continuous casters at the steel plant in Dolvi, Maharashtra province, India. 20.10.2022
Digitalization voestalpine Stahl Donawitz expands integrated quality control system voestalpine Stahl Donawitz will expand its Through-Process Quality Control (TPQC) system to evaluate long-term data automatically and seamlessly from the meltshop. 14.10.2022
Digitalization Unparalleled Level Control: Anti-Bulging Technology Primetals Technologies has developed anti-bulging technology combining its LevCon and Smart Bender solutions to use casting gap variation for the first time to keep the mold level consistent and... 08.07.2022
Green Steel Pioneers Talk #8: The Cutting Edge Of Continuous Casting What makes a great continuous casting machine? And what does it take to ensure that a “tried-and-tested” technological solution remains top-notch? Sit down with Paul Pennerstorfer and find out... 23.06.2022
Digitalization Outokumpu Invests in New Casting Technology: Mold Expert Fiber Finnish stainless steel producer Outokumpu ordered two new slab casting molds and Mold Expert Fiber systems. Using the expertise of specialists at Primetals Technologies, Outokumpu wants to further... 28.06.2022
Digitalization FAC Granted for the First Subscription-Based Process Optimization Solution Using a new subscription-based model, steel producers can now implement an operational expenditure-based license model for new automation systems, the first three systems... 25.05.2022
Continuous Casting What if ...? Andreas Viehboeck on Endless Casting and More In this special interview format, we ask an expert from Primetals Technologies to use their imagination. ISSUE #11 (MAY 22) 24.05.2022
Digitalization Clean Continuous Casting: Fully Automated Bloom Casting Replacing a two-strand continuous caster, CC2, CC4 is the most modern continuous caster in the world, capable of producing 950,000 metric tons of high-quality blooms per year in a fully automated... 23.05.2022
Continuous Casting Tosyali Orders Second Slab Caster Turkish-based Tosyali Holding recently ordered a new slab caster to expand the Algerian market, implementing the slab caster with a new hot-strip mill in Bethioua. 11.05.2022
Continuous Casting Chinese Steel Producer Orders Unique 3-Strand Continuous Caster Chinese steel producer Tangshan Donghua placed an order with Primetals Technologies to supply a unique 3-strand continuous slab caster. 20.04.2022
Continuous Casting Two Revamped Slab Casters Commence Operation at Angang Recently, two continuous slab casters modernized by Primetals Technologies commenced operation at Chinese steel producer Angang Iron & Steel Group Co. (Angang) in its steelworks No. 2 in Anshan ... 14.12.2021
Continuous Casting JSW Starts Up Two 2-Strand Slab Casters in Dolvi, India In October 2021, Indian steel producer JSW Steel Ltd. started up two continuous slab casters at its Dolvi plant in Maharashtra. Together, the two two-strand casters have an initial annual capacity ... 09.12.2021
Digitalization First Installation of New Mold-Level Control System for Arvedi ESP Lines Primetals Technologies has obtained the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for a new type of continuous casting control on an Arvedi ESP casting and rolling line. The "LevCon Bender Anti-Bulging" ... 27.10.2021
Continuous Casting Çolakoğlu issues FAC for First Part of Slab Caster Modernization In December 2020, the Turkish steel producer Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. (Çolakoğlu) issued the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for the first part of the modernization of a two-strand slab caster. 05.08.2021
Steelmaking Primetals Technologies to Extend JSL Converter Meltshop Primetals Technologies has received an order from Indian steelmaker Jindal Stainless Ltd. (JSL) to extend the company's meltshop in Jajpur, Odisha with a new production line. 29.07.2021
Continuous Casting Tangshan Heavy Plate Issues FACs for Three Mold Expert Systems In March 2021, Tangshan Heavy Plate issued Primetals Technologies with the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for three Mold Expert systems for the continuous casters at the Laoting plant in the ... 17.06.2021
Steelmaking Tosyali, Turkey: Second EAF Quantum and Slab Caster Capacity Expansion Turkish steel producer Tosyali has placed an additional order with Primetals Technologies to supply an additional, second EAF Quantum electric arc furnace and a slab caster expansion. 08.04.2021
Steelmaking AM/NS Calvert Selects Primetals Technologies to Supply RH Degasser and CCM Primetals Technologies will supply an RH degasser, continuous slab casting machine, and material handling equipment to AM/NS Calvert for their new steel meltshop. A 50/50 joint venture between Arcelor 30.03.2021
Digitalization Making the Caster Mold Transparent Mold Expert, the innovative sticker-detection system from Primetals Technologies, has now been installed over 300 times in melt shops all around the world. ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Steelmaking Tosyali Orders EAF Quantum, Secondary Metallurgy, and Continuous Slab Caster Turkish steel producer Tosyali Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. has placed an order with Primetals Technologies to supply an EAF Quantum electric arc furnace, a twin vacuum-degassing plant with oxygen blowing 03.12.2020
Digitalization Inching Toward Fully Automated Casting The continuous-casting process involves discontinuous operations that are critical for the quality of the cast product and that have to be performed dangerously close to the liquid steel. Luckily, rec ISSUE #09 (JAN 20) 01.01.2020
Continuous Casting A new strategy for secondary cooling in continuous casting Today, secondary cooling of continuous casting machines is typically equipped with air-mist nozzles to achieve a wide turn-down ratio, which is the highest-to-lowest water flow, without jeopardizing t ISSUE #08 (MAY 19) 01.05.2019
Continuous Casting Mind the gap—20 Years of Dynagap Soft Reduction Two Decades ago in Raahe, Finland, Primetals Technologies ushered in a new era of quality in continuous casting with the first installation of Dynagap Soft Reduction—now active in 300 casting strands ISSUE #07 (OCT 18) 01.10.2018
Digitalization Quality Expert Quality Expert is a computer-aided quality-control system for all types of continuous casters. It is designed to determine the definitions necessary for quality-related process parameters, to ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Speed Expert Selecting the proper casting speed in continuous casting is critically important for the productivity of a caster and the quality it produces. Many factors and requirements have to be considered ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Mold Expert Fiber Sticker-related breakouts are one of the major reasons for high repair costs and production losses. Product defects can mostly be traced back to processes in the mold, but conventional detection ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Obtaining Measurements the Intuitive Way Nicole Oberschmidleitner is Head of Mechatronic Products at Primetals Technologies, and has been with the company for 16 years. ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Taper Checker Wireless The Taper Checker Wireless is a taper-measuring system designed to check and adjust the mold within the required tolerances before casting begins. The taper of the lateral mold surfaces ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Automatic Thermocouple Checker The Automatic Thermocouple Checker is a computer-aided tool designed to test the quality of a thermocouple installation. The test involves heating the copper plate in the same position and with ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization OsciChecker Wireless OsciChecker Wireless is designed to analyze the behavior of oscillators on continuous casting machines and accordingly optimizes maintenance time, reduces downtime, minimizes strand breakouts, and ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization DynaGap 3D DynaGap Soft Reduction 3D (DynaGap 3D) is a sophisticated process model that allows for dynamic roll-gap changes in slab and bloom casters. Working in combination with remote adjustable segment ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Dynacs 3D Thanks to continuous improvements in computer performance, it is now possible to calculate the temperature at any point within a continuously cast strand in real time. Using this information, the ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization DynaPhase Calculation of the 3D temperature profile of the strand requires accurate knowledge of the thermodynamic properties of steel, which includes enthalpy, solid fraction, density, and conductivity ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Pioneering the Future of Continuous Casting As one of the pioneers of continuous casting technology—a legacy extending back to the 1960s—Primetals Technologies has always been the leader in the development and implementation of ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Maintenance and Simulation System for Testing Process Changes in Casting The steel industry is well on its way toward fully automated continuous casting, which is going to minimize the risk of human error and increase workplace safety considerably. Meanwhile, tried and ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Nozzle Expert The Nozzle Expert helps to detect clogged nozzles and broken hoses in all types of continuous casting machines, and ensures that the strand is uniformly cooled during the continuous casting ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Equipment Expert The Equipment Expert is designed to monitor the installed equipment of the caster and provide operators with valuable feedback about any maintenance work required. Equipment could include, for ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Intermix Expert for Continuous Casting The Intermix Expert for all types of continuous casting machines calculates the mixed-steel area and incompatible strand portions along the entire strand. The information gathered allows the ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Yield Expert The aim of the Yield Expert is to minimize scrap and to optimize yield. It considers scrap portions, quality defects, weight restrictions, sample cuts, and width changes while producing the ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Continuous Casting Automation for Casting: Cast to Perfection Advanced automation packages are decisive for casting products that meet the highest quality demands at maximum levels of productivity and yield. New challenges that arise from ever-increasing ... ISSUE #04 (FEB 17) 01.02.2017
Continuous Casting Eminent Quality for Automotive Applications Primetals Technologies supplied Hyundai's Dangjin steelmaking plant with a new 4-strand bloom caster designed to facilitate the production of a vast array of automotive parts. The plant serves ... ISSUE #04 (FEB 17) 01.02.2021
Continuous Casting ESTAD: End-to-End Excellence Across the Metals Value Chain of Continuous Casting Continuous Casting papers will be presented by Primetals Technologies specialists at the ESTAD Congress covering the topics of slab, billet and bloom casting in addition to automation, logistics ... ISSUE #01 (MAY 15) 01.05.2015
