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Danieli MIDA ECR ®

Third rolling plant on order

CMC has ordered its third Danieli MIDA ECR ® endless casting rolling plant, named Triple M. Once installed it will produce an estimated nominal 500,000 tons of long products—350,000tonsof rebarand150,000 tons of small merchant sections—per year. Hybrid-ready, it will melt local scrap with the Danieli Digimelter solution (Q-One, Zero-bucket, Q-Melt) to produce clean and sustainable steel. Among the relevant technologies to be installed in the new MIDA ECR minimill are the Q-One solution for EAF and LF power management, to handle irregular power loads with high flexibility and reliability with control capabilities provided by power semiconductor devices. The patent-pending Triple M layout has been specifically developed to fully match the needs of merchant products in terms of high plant uptime and optimum

yield. Danieli will supply technological equipment consisting of the Digimelter steelmaking system, featuring continuous scrap chargingwith theDanieli preheating system ECS ® , a 60-ton side-charge EAF and a ladle treatment furnace. The core of the endless casting and rolling section includes a single- strand, high speed continuous casting machine, featuring the latest design of PowerMould and FastCast Cube oscillator, directly connected to the rolling mill for uninterrupted production cycles. The rolling mill, directly connected to the caster through insulated conveyors and induction heater for billet temperature equalization, comprises 20 housingless stands. The finishing facility consists of the DRB-Direct rolling and bundling system, and a finishing area dedicated to merchant bar.

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