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Industry News
18 November 2013
Annealing line furnace
equipment for Zhanjiang project
FIVES Stein, a designer of high
technology furnaces and thermal
equipment for steel and glass, has been
awarded a major contract to design
and supply a continuous annealing line
vertical furnace for Baosteel’s Zhanjiang
project.
Through this contract, Fives Stein
will supply equipment for the 2030 cold
rolling mill, one of the plant’s key units,
which will mainly produce automotive
exposed panels and sheets and other
high-end appliance products, with a
designed annual production capacity
of 2.2 million tons. With the Zhanjiang
project, Baosteel will bring new steel
capacities in the Guangdong province
(southern China), a region opening to
the dynamic Southeast Asian market.
The vertical annealing furnace that
will be supplied by Fives Stein for the
Zhanjiang plant will be composed of ten
different heating and cooling sections,
including the patented FlashCooling ®
technology, and will process the strip
thermal cycles over 95 vertical passes
with a total strip length inside the
furnace of 2.5km.
The equipment integrates advanced
combustion and cooling technologies
with the design and operation
experience of the last eight vertical
annealing furnaces ordered by
Baosteel from Fives Stein since 2005.
This continuous annealing line will
have an annual production capacity of
825,000 metric tons.
Thanks to Fives’ most advanced
technologies, the Zhanjiang facility will
have an improved environmental track
record. The furnace will also integrate
the latest generation of efficient
AdvantTek® combustion system, which
has a claimed recuperative energy
efficiency of 20 per cent better than
other combustion systems, combined
with low NOx emissions.
Mrs Shan Xiaoyang, CEO of
Fives in China, commented on the
excellent relationship between the two
companies: “We have much more than
a simple supplier-client relationship.
Our extensive level of cooperation,
which encompasses the development
of new products and design of new
process technologies over the years,
greatly contributes to the international
development of both Baosteel and
Fives in a sustainable and competitive
way.”
Mr Sheng Genghong, general
manager of Zhanjiang Steel Co, stated,
“For many years, Baosteel and Fives
Stein have carried out extensive and
smooth cooperation, and today both
parties will cooperate with each other
again for Zhanjiang Steel project, which
will deepen further our friendship.”
Fives – France
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