UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that in mid-September this year a new LD (BOF) converter supplied by Primetals Technologies was started up at the steel melt shop No. 2 in Vijayanagar, Toranagallu of Indian steelmaker Jindal South West Steel Ltd. (JSW Steel). It is part of an order received in September 2014 under which Primetals Technologies will exchange a total of four LD (BOF) converters.
JSW Steel has an installed capacity of 14.3 million metric tons of steel per year. Of this total, ten million metric tons are produced alone the Vijayanagar steel works alone, located in the state of Karnataka.
The converters are made of high-temperature creep-resistant steel. In conjunction with a combined air and water cooling system, this will ensure a long service life. The new converters will have a larger interior volume than the previously used models. This will reduce slopping. The remaining converters will be replaced in succession by spring 2016.