Krakatau Steel places order for hot strip mill with SMS group
Friday, August 19 2016 - 01:47 AM WIB
Germany?s SMS Group GmbH said that IDX-listed steel maker PT Krakatau Steel Tbk has placed a turnkey order for the supply of a high-performance hot strip mill.
SMS said in a statement obtained Friday that the order comprises the entire process equipment, ranging from the slab yard to the coil yard, the electrical and automation systems, the auxiliary facilities such as water management, roll shop and crane systems, and the construction of the pertaining infrastructure and bays. Planning and execution of building construction and civil engineering is carried out by the Indonesian consortium member, PT Krakatau Engineering.
The statement said the hot strip mill is scheduled for commissioning in early 2019 in Cilegon on the Indonesian island of Java. This is where PT Krakatau Steel (PTKS) operates an integrated steel plant for which SMS group had supplied a hot strip mill, among other equipment, in the 1980s.
The new hot strip mill designed for strips with a maximum width of 1,650 millimeters will have a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year in its first expansion stage. Key components are a reheating furnace, a four-high reversing roughing stand with edger, the six-stand finishing mill, a laminar strip cooling section, a universal coiler and the coil transfer system. At a later stage, the annual production can be increased to up to 4.0 million tons per year.
The hot strip mill is equipped with numerous technology packages and Ecoplants components required for the economic manufacture of high-quality hot strip. Thanks to the utilization of low-emission burners, the walking beam furnace achieves low pollutant values, which are monitored constantly via an online system. The four-high reversing roughing stand operates with the technology for camber-free rolling, which enables the avoidance of strip camber due to temperature or thickness rundowns. The temperature losses in the transfer bar are reduced by newly developed and highly efficient heat retention hoods between the roughing stand and the crop shear.
?The new hot rolling mill will be one of the most modern facilities of this type worldwide, enabling PTKS to fulfill highest demands regarding quality, productivity, and production cost. As such, it will be the backbone for their further expansion and success in a fast-growing market,? SMS Group said in the statement.
Editing by Reiner Simajuntak