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Industry News
10 May 2015
Fives selected for automotive
steel projects
FIVES, an international engineering
group that designs and supplies process
technologies to various industries, has
been awarded five new processing
line contracts for the automotive steel
market.
Three continuous galvanising lines
(CGL), one continuous annealing line
(CAL), and one vertical furnace for
another CGL were awarded to Fives in
2014, all dedicated to the production
of a wide range of high value-added
automotive steels, including advanced
high strength steels.
Two CGLs with an annual capacity
of 840,000 tons in total will be built by
Fives for Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel
Union Co, a China-based iron and
steel manufacturing company. Two
other CGLs, with an annual capacity of
870,000 tons in total, will be installed
for Guangxi Iron & Steel Group Co, part
of WISCO group, for its new integrated
plant in Fangchenggang, located in the
fast-growing southern coastal region of
China.
Another important contract was
signed by Fives for the supply of a full
new continuous annealing line with an
annual capacity of 930,000 tons, also to
be installed in the Fangchenggang plant
of Guangxi Iron & Steel.
The contract for the CAL, as well as
a cooperation agreement between Fives
and WISCO to set up a production joint
venture in Wuhan, China, were part
of the contracts signed at the Elysée
Palace during the official visit to France
of the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The above contracts include Fives
advanced technologies and process
know-how, such as Stein Digiflex®
vertical annealing furnaces, DMS Skin-
pass 4Hi or 6Hi, pre-oxidation and
Flash Cooling® technologies, allowing
for the production of AHSS with lean
compositions including the highest
grades of DP and TRIP steels, based on
KEODS process expertise.
The latest generation of AdvanTek ®
WRT 2.0 combustion systems reduce
fuel consumption and NOx emissions,
while operating with different available
fuels on-site (natural gas, coke oven
gas or mixed gas), especially in dual fuel
mode with an automatic switchover from
one gas to another.
Fives – France
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Production of high value-added
automotive steel
Building a push/pull pickling line
in Indiana
NELSON Steel’s Consulting &
TechnologyGroup andButechBliss have
been awarded a large-scale equipment
upgrade at the Steel Dynamics (SDI)
facility in Butler, Indiana, USA. The
existing hot band finishing line at the
facility will be upgraded.
The upgrade will enable the line to
convert hot band to hot-rolled pickled
and oiled coils in thicknesses up to 3/8"
by widths up to 64" at speeds up to 600
fpm.
The line will also maintain its current
capability to level and side trim hot band
coils when required, by bypassing the
pickling section.
Nelson Steel’s Consulting &
Technology Group will provide the
design and on-site supervision of the
processing sections of the line. Butech
Bliss will provide the exit end terminal
equipment.
John Mrkonjic, corporate VP of
engineering at Nelson Steel, stated,
“This is an exciting collaboration for our
companies. To work together on this
massive project for one of America’s
largest steel companies will be an
incredible achievement. Our Nelson
Steel Consulting & Technology Group/
Butech Bliss team will ensure that SDI’s
capabilities are more efficient in the
future.”
Engineering of the project commenced
in January, and operation of the line is
scheduled to be in start-up in late 2015.
Nelson Steel has provided steel
pickling services to the metals industry
for over 43 years. Its Consulting &
Technology Group designs and builds
pickling line process sections for push/
pull, semi-continuous and continuous
systems, and also specialises in
revamping existing pickling lines. Nelson
Steel is a division of Samuel, Son & Co,
Ltd, a family-owned metals distribution
and processing company.
Butech Bliss provides engineering,
manufacturing and field services to the
metals industries from its 400,000ft 2
technology centre in Salem, Ohio, USA.
Nelson Steel – Canada
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Butech Bliss – USA
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