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Primetals Technologies to modernize continuous slab caster for Baosteel

Thursday, 02 March 2017 16:27:55 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       
UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will modernize the continuous slab caster No. 3 of the Chinese steelmaker Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Baosteel) located in the company's steel works No. 1 in Shanghai. The modernized casting plant is scheduled to come into operation in the first quarter of 2018.

According to Primetals Technologies, in the context of the modernization, the machine head and the complete strand-guiding system of the caster will be replaced and the goal of the modernization is to produce high-quality slabs. The modernization will also increase the maximum slab thickness to 357 mm. 

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