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stock, the company is usually able to finish production within one to two weeks. Orders for lengths other than standard 6,000mm are also welcome. For different steel grades, the company would need a minimum order of around 3 tons (per dimension) in order to start production (daily production is around 15-20 tons). The company calculates prices according to the actual weight of material delivered, rather than based on the measured thickness of the products. Tüzün Çelik Boru ve Profil San ve Tic AS – Turkey

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Concast supplies a minimill to Vallourec & Sumitomo do Brasil

Vallourec & Sumitomo do Brasil, Brazil, has placed an order with Concast, Switzerland, for the supply of a steelworks plant and equipment for a secondary metallurgy centre, and a continuous caster for the manufacture of seamless tubes. The plant is scheduled to go into production in February 2011. The company is a joint venture between Vallourec, France, and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Japan. The new works is to be built in Jeceaba, Brazil, and will comprise an electric steel plant with ladle furnace, a vacuum degassing facility and a continuous caster. The works will produce liquid steel with an annual output of 1.1 million tonnes. The order for the seamless-tube rolling mill went to SMS Meer, likewise a company within the SMS group. The ladle furnace, equipped with a transformer of 26 MVA + 10 per cent, will achieve a heating rate of approximately 5 ° C/min. The vacuum degassing facility is of twin-tank design and is equipped with a mechanical pump. The emptying time for the system is less than seven minutes, with support for a rapid-casting cycle. With five strands and a casting radius of around 12m, the continuous caster produces round blooms in the diameters 270mm, 340mm and 406mm. The casting machine is equipped with electro-mechanical tundish stoppers, electro- magnetic stirrers, and a compact hydraulic mold oscillator. In addition, there is a deburrer and an automatic marking machine to which is linked a visual product recognition system. The Concast supply scope includes the complete supply of mechanical and electrical equipment, together with the automation (levels 1 and 2), supervision of erection and

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