TPT November 2013

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Annealing line furnace equipment for Zhanjiang project

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.”

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

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.

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