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Danieli will supply a 180-tonne electric arc furnace, two twin-ladle furnaces, one vacuum degasser and a bloom conticaster, plus a fume-treatment plant as part of the contract

Melt shop and bloom caster contract

OMK (United Metallurgical Company) has contracted Danieli Centro Met to supply a new EAF melt shop and seven-strand bloom caster, to be installed at Vyksa (in the Russian federation). Of its annual steel production, 800,000 tons per year will be cast in blooms for pipes and springs, mainly for the Russian market. Danieli will supply a 180-tonne electric arc furnace, two twin-ladle furnaces, one vacuum degasser and a bloom conticaster, plus a fume-treatment plant. The new EAF will be controlled by the Q-Melt artificial intelligence package for automatic melting process management, as well as a full suite of Danieli automatic

tapping tools including EAF tilting, EBT filling and EBT unclogging and cleaning.

A 15m nominal radius caster will produce billets and blooms, with diameters between 170mm and 455mm. Ancillary equipment includes a FastCast Cube oscillator with Hy-Power Drive, Q-EMS dynamic stirring technology, and Q-Cool air-mist cooling. All equipment will be accompanied by Danieli Automation advanced control systems. The new Vyksa facility will be located near an existing Danieli QSP minimill producing API grades including Arctic steel. Plant startup is scheduled for 2023.

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