TPT January 2012

I ndustry N ews Slab caster order from Indonesia PT Gunung, Indonesia, has awarded SMS Siemag, Germany, an order for the supply of a single-strand slab caster for operation at its Bekasi works in the Indonesian province of West Java. The caster, with an annual capacity of 1.2 million t of slabs, will produce 220 and 250mm thick slabs that are between 800 and 2,100mm wide. The range of grades will comprise structural steels as well as pipe and heavy-plate grades. PT Gunung’s new caster will produce high-quality slabs for further processing in its own Steckel and heavy-plate mill. In the past, slabs were bought out. Now a higher added value accompanied by a better quality will be achieved. The caster will be equipped with modules

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from the Intelligent Slab Casting (ISC ® ) package, which will ensure optimal plant productivity and slab quality. These modules will include a hydraulically powered resonance oscillator, a mould with remote-adjustable narrow faces for changing the slab width during casting, as well as a mould monitoring system. The horizontal part of the strand guide system will use position controlled Cyberlink segments. Dynamic soft reduction in combination with the metallurgical process module dynamic solidification control (DSC) to control secondary cooling will allow the production of segregation-free slabs. SMS Siemag’s scope of supply includes the engineering, mechanical equipment and hydraulics plus the X-Pact ® electrical and automation system, which will be commissioned according to the ‘Plug&Work’ concept. Commissioning of the caster is scheduled for the middle of 2013.

TECHNIP has been awarded by Valiant Causeway Limited a lump sum contract, worth approximately €33mn, for the Causeway field development. This field is located about 450km northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland, at a water depth of 150m. The contract covers engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of rigid and flexible pipelines, subsea equipment as well as umbilicals, which will be manufactured by Technip’s wholly owned subsidiary DUCO under a separate contract. Technip’s operating centre in Aberdeen will execute the contract. Rigid pipelines will be welded at Technip’s spoolbase in Scotland, while the flexible pipelines will be manufactured in France. Technip – France Website: www.technip.com

SMS Siemag AG – Germany Website: www.sms-siemag.com

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