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Product Range
Expansion
We provide facilities that enable the timely
manufacture and supply, at appropriate volume
and costs, of products that satisfy our customers’
diverse needs. In particular, we can propose
facilities that are characterized by their high
functionality and superior quality to finish high-
class, differentiated and competitive products in
various industrial fields.
• RH Degasser
• Section Rolling Mill
• Plate Leveler
• Continuous Annealing Line (CAL)
• Continuous Galvanizing Line (CGL)
• Annealing and Coating Line (ACL)
• Color Coating Line (CCL)
• Tension Leveler
SOLUTION 2
Product Quality
Enhancement
From the manufacturing of pig iron and steel
to casting, rolling and process lines, we offer a
coherent lineup of facilities that enables facility
designs with upstream and downstream processes
taken into consideration. We have been supporting
the technological development of the Japanese
steelmaking industry for about 70 years since
the time of the companies that joined hands to
establish Steel Plantech. We possess world-class
equipment technologies that will meet the needs
of our customers for high quality and high yield
steel manufacturing.
• Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ)
• KR Hot Metal Desulfurization System
• RH Degasser
• Continuous Bloom, Beam Blank and Billet Casters
• Roller Straightener
• Continuous Annealing Line (CAL)
• Continuous Galvanizing Line (CGL)
• Tension Leveler
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SOLUTION 3
Production
Volume Increase
We have an abundant track record in the delivery
SOLUTIONS OF STEEL PLANTECH
SOLUTION 4
Production
Cost Reduction
A reduction of plant operating costs is achieved
for upstream processes by such means as
increasing the use rate of low-grade raw
materials, energy conservation and automation.
We take a comprehensive look at equipment
prices and operating costs to propose better
facilities. For downstream processes, we have
various facilities on hand that will increase
yields and are simple and easy to operate and
maintain.
• Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ)
• Sinter Plant – Energy-saving Ignition Furnace
• Sinter Plant – Water-Sealed Circular Cooler
• Lime Kiln
• OG System
• Ecological and Economical Arc Furnace (ECOARC™)
• Next Generation Ecological and Economical Arc
Furnace (ECOARC light™)
• Quality Strip Production Process (QSP)
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SOLUTION 5
Customization
While responding to the different conditions
and needs of individual customers through
our experience and excellent personnel,
we ensure good communication with our
customers to propose optimum facilities for
customer’s site space factors, raw materials
and energy situation and product quality
requirements.
• Sinter Plant – Expansion Pallet Car
• Converter
• OG System
• Electric Arc Furnace
• Computer System for Steelmaking Facilities
• Continuous Slab Caster
• Plate Shear
SOLUTION 6
Environmental
Friendliness
Our globally top-level environmental and energy-saving
technologies have been developed in accordance with
Japan’s strict environmental regulations and energy-
saving requirements.With these technologies at the core,
we consistently respond to our customers, in ways that
range from having consultations for achieving energy-
efficient steelmaking plants to reducing carbon footprints
concurrent with the recovery and reuse of resources
and energy, proposing plans to realize environmental
improvements, carrying out feasibility studies, procuring
funds, and supplying designs for facilities.Our motto is,
“For the earth and the future of humankind.”
• Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ)
• Sinter Plant – Water-Sealed Circular Cooler
• Sinter Plant – Cooler Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS)
• OG System
• Ecological and Economical Arc Furnace (ECOARC™)
• Next Generation Ecological and Economical Arc Furnace
(ECOARC light™)
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transportation. It is an energy
saving system in which, during
quenching process, sensible heat
of the red hot coke is recovered
and utilized for power generation
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or as steam.
Technical Information
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coke carrying over phenomenon, can be increased
by 1.4 times or more of that of Single Flue. • Lower construction cost of the CDQ structure;
• As a result, circulating gas would be increased to • Less space needed — space was conventionally
1,400m3N/t-coke or more even in case of a large- allocated on the crane garter for maintenance
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Steel Plantech’s ironmaking • Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ) scale CDQ without any trouble. of the crane winch;
• Sinter Plant - Energy-saving Ignition Furnace • On the other hand, if the flow rate is the same • Easy and safe maintenance of the crane winch
equipment and facilities have the • Sinter Plant - Expansion Pallet Car as that of single flue, it is possible to decrease on near the ground level, not at a high place as
widespread backing of customers • Sinter Plant - Water-Sealed Circular Cooler abrasion of waste heat boiler, secondary dust conventional overhead cranes; and
• Sinter Plant - Cooler Waste Heat Recovery System collector and gas circulation blower. This results • Conventional overhead crane winch and
in Japan and overseas. The (WHRS) in remarkable extension of the life of whole electric equipment are used on CDQ top, in a
company’s extensive experience • Pulverized Coal Injection (PCI) System for Blast Furnaces facility. Furthermore, the Double Flue can reduce corrosive atmosphere, before. As our Rope-
• Blast Furnace Gas Cleaning System (RSW – Ring Slit the load on dust treatment equipment. trolly type installs the crane winch on near
and cutting-edge technologies are Washer) • By application of Double Flue to the CDQ, remarkable the ground level, operation and maintenance
highly recognized by many around efficiency can be achieved like stable operation, environment is much improved, and this leads
reducing maintenance cost and operation cost. to life extension of the crane winch.
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Solutions
Production Customization
Products
Cost Steel Plantech has developed “New coke handling
Reduction system (*1)” and “Rotary bucket new traverser
system (*1)”. Such technologies enable the layout
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flexibility of CDQ. Our large CDQ can be introduced
even in a narrow space where it is difficult to install
the conventional CDQ system. Our design meets
customer’s requirement. (*1:Patented)
Steel Plantech has technologies and experience to offer and
resolve the following problems which customers may face:
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• Have given up CDQ installation because of the narrow space
around coke oven batteries;
• Want to increase the CDQ operation ratio;
• Want to secure stable CDQ operation;
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• Want to extend the life of refractories;
• Want to resolve the trouble of Collision wall drop off in the Dust
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% %
catcher; and
kWh/t-coke
Blending ratio of non- or slightly-caking • Want to extend the life of equipment such as waste heat boilers
coal for coke oven material Annual operating ratio Electric power generation and gas circulation system.
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Feature of CDQ process are follows. • CDQ is one of the excellent countermeasure to global
warming. Recovered heat by CDQ is used to generate
• CDQ (Coke Dry Quenching) is a gradual coke quenching system, and steam or electric power, which leads to a reduction of
improves coke strength and coke size distribution. Consequently, fossil fuel usage at power plant. Thus, you can reduce
while the blending ratio of inexpensive non- or slightly-caking coal
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Sinter Plant –
Energy-saving Ignition Furnace
Products
This flame from the burner nozzle hits the raw material sent
to pallet cars by the feeder and ignites the fuel (coke) within
the raw material.
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burners developed for sinter
machine ignition furnaces, the
straight-directionality of the
Mcal/t-sinter or less
nozzles allow the flames to reach
(COG basis)
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Making the furnace compact enables the shortening of installation time and reduction
of facility costs. Furthermore, it makes it possible to significantly decrease the ignition Furnace Pressure An ignition furnace fuel consumption rate of 10Mcal/t-sinter or less
(on a COG basis) can be achieved with greater certainly through the
furnace’s fuel consumption rate. Although the addition of a furnace pressure regulator Regulator installation of a furnace pressure regulator to maintain an appropriate
would increase initial costs, it will further decrease the fuel consumption rate. furnace temperature.
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Sinter Plant – Technical Information
Expansion Pallet Car
Grate bar
Products
Pallet cars are one of the important components of
a sinter machine. Sinters are made by igniting the
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surface of the raw material fed into the pallet car while
suction from the underside forces air downward. Sinter
grate bars are used to make this possible. Because
technology to expand the width of the pallet cars has
been adopted, only minimal retrofitting is required to
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increase the production volume of the sintered ore.
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Solutions Adoption of a structure that allows the
placement of grate bars at the extension area
ensures that there will be no return fines, which
Production Volume Increase Customization occur in the area of competitor’s products,
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allowing for a maximum effect in production
volume increases.
Grate bars that take
permeability into
consideration are used Customization
at the extension points.
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cooling
A sinter plant takes fine ore and other
materials, and fuses them together to
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% or less % reduction
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Sinter Plant – Cooler Waste Heat Blast Furnace Gas Cleaning System
Recovery System (WHRS) (RSW – Ring Slit Washer)
Products
This is a system for recovering The Ring Slit Washer (RSW) wet
the sinter cooler’s high- gas scrubber is used widely with
temperature waste gas as steam, various dust collection devices,
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which can be used for power including its use for cleaning
generation. Furthermore, reuse the gas emitted by blast and
of the waste heat as the thermal converter furnaces.
source of sintered ore production
will improve the productivity of
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sinter machines.
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Environmental Friendliness Waste gas recirculating Production Cost Reduction The features of RSW
waste heat recovery flow In addition to a dust collection function, RSW The RSW jointly
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(Ring Slit Washer) has a function to control contains an
the top pressure of a blast furnace with a auxiliary spray
built-in RSE (Ring Slit Element). Therefore, tower-type
this system does not require septum valves, scrubber in its
and can realize facility cost reduction. upper part and a
Furthermore, combined with a TRT(top variable throat-type
pressure recovery turbine), this system can venturi scrubber
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hydraulic cylinder, and a liquid.
hydraulic oil room is installed In this way, this system realizes the dust
kW near the RSW. content at the outlet of the system of 5 mg/
kg-steam Advantages of a recirculating system:
If a customer requires only Nm3 or lower.
Power generated Steam flow per sinter 1 t During recovery of waste heat from cooler
the dust collection function,
per sinter 1 t (2.1 MPa-G/319 ℃ superheated steam) waste gas, a recirculating system returns
waste gas that has decreased in temperature
hydraulic oil room becomes Features
unnecessary by adopting • Compact, space-saving system.
in heat exchange to the cooler, then uses it
Introduction of this system will allow up to an electro-hydraulic hybrid • Achieved excellent dust collection
again as coolant gas for the sinter. This makes
about 60 % of the waste heat from the sinter system, and it can be performance with its low load differential
a recirculating-type system more efficient
cooler to be reused as steam or electricity. reduced a construction cost. pressure and liquid-gas ratio.
than a non-recirculating-type system.
Furthermore, in this system, the exhaust from The electro-hydraulic hybrid • The load differential pressure is 30 kPa, and
the waste heat boiler, which is at a temperature system is a system where the dust content at the outlet of the RSW is
of about 180 ℃ , is reused in the cooler rather a hydraulic cylinder is directly operated by 5 mg/Nm3 or lower.
than released into the atmosphere. adjusting the forward and reverse flow of • Realized excellent blast furnace top pressure
This increases the amount of heat recovered an inverter motor type hydraulic pump, and control performance.
in the boiler as well as decreases CO 2 and dust whole hydraulic power unit is stored in the • Adopted Steel Plantech’s unique large
emissions. lower part of a RSW main unit. diameter hollow cone spray nozzle.
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oxygen. The heavy oil was replaced by pulverized coal after the oil kg/pigiron-t
crisis. This made it possible to use cheap coal, such as non-coking PCI Ratio
production costs as well as extend the life cycle of coke ovens. a blast furnace instead of expensive coke, and
abundant injection of high PCI operation (200 kg/
pigiron-t more) is available.
Customization
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Technical Information
Products
The features of the As a related technology,
Pulverized Coal Injection Steel Plantech delivered
(PCI) System are as follows: the systems to inject waste
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plastic, as a reduction agent
• A Simple system conveying
for blast furnaces, from
pulverized coal from
tuyeres. The features of the
injection vessels to the
facility are as follows:
distributor through a single
pipe and distributing • Capacity 30,000 t/year;
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it to the tuyeres at the • Stable and constant
distributer; mechanical feeder (table
• Dense phase conveying feeder), which enables:
system (Solid-gas ratio - An easy adjustment of the
30 kg/kg or more) which injection amount and
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reduces conveying gas - High accuracy of the
consumption by 50% injection amount;
compared with a dilute • Adopted a branched
phase conveying system; system where a single
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• Conveying at low gas injection pipe can be
velocities (5 m/s or lower) divided to distribute to two
which requires no measures to be taken against the wear of expensive pipes; tuyeres, improving the heat
• Adopted an automatic purging system which provides for the immediate detection balance of a furnace;
of clogging in injection pipes; and • Adopted an automatic
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Converter
A steel manufacturing plant centered on converter systems is Steel
Products
Plantech’s core product, and more than 130 units have been delivered
to date since 1960. In addition to providing equipment that constitutes
a steel manufacturing plant, including KR hot metal desulfurization
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Surface Processing
• Converter
Steel Plantech offers converter furnaces and other BOF
• KR Hot Metal
steelmaking facilities and systems on the basis of its Desulfurization System
• RH Degasser
advanced technological competence and rich experience
• OG System
as a leading company in the field of steelmaking
engineering and facilities supply. In particular, Steel
Plantech’s OG System has a high reputation for its high
level of safety and energy-saving performance, while
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By making use of the know-how we gained through our Support Method
rich experience constructing steel manufacturing plants,
we will provide optimal layouts. Along with our optimized
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handling methods for materials and molten steel ladles,
we have introduced state-of-the-art technologies into
the steel making processes. Thus, we can improve your
productivity and reduce your basic operation costs. The
technologies backed with our rich experiences will work
extremely well, not only in green fields, but also in brown
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fields accompanied by the remodeling or renewal of an
existing plant.
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many different capacities, ranging from 60 to 330 t. A
two-point support method is adopted for the furnace
body, and necessary parts are cooled down. Moreover,
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the furnace bottom is replaceable, which can shorten
the period required for furnace repair. Combined with
auxiliary equipment, such as converter tilting devices,
lance and sub lance facilities, secondary dust collecting
• Simple structure where the furnace body is
facilities, alloy conveyance and charging facilities, ladle
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The OG system (Oxygen Converter Gas Recovery System) is Functions of the OG System
Products
suppressed type LD gas recovery system for the converters of steel The exhaust gas discharged from the converter furnace is the gas
makings shops. The OG system was jointly developed and improved of high temperature (1,450 ℃) containing high concentration of
CO (95%).
by both Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC/ now NSSC) and Kawasaki
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admitted not only as the safest process for recovering LD gas with ❸ Dust collector
❹ 3-way valve & Water sealed check valve
high efficiency but also as a synonym of the best solution for energy
❺ Clean gas emission form flare stack
saving and environmental control.
• The combustion of the CO gas generated by
the converter furnace is lowered to 10% or less by the hood pressure control system.
• The high temperature (1,450 ℃) CO gas is cooled down to approximately 600 ℃ to 1,000 ℃ by the
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cooling system.
• If the cooling system is changed to the boiler type, the sensible heat of the high temperature gas can
be recovered as steam..
• The steam recovery amount can be further increased by introducing the convection heat transfer area
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to boiler.
• The gas cooled by the cooling system is further cooled to approximately 70 ℃ by the wet dust
collector and 99.9% of the high concentration dust in the gas is removed.
• The high concentration (70 to 80%) CO gas which was cooled and treated for the dust removal is
stored in the gas holder and used as fuel, etc. The gas recovery rate is 70% to 90%.
OG Boiler System
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Solutions
Products
Ironmaking
BOF
EAF
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10 % or less 70~100 70~100 30~50
㎥N/t-steel
(at 2000kcal/㎥N)
kg/t-steel
mg/㎥N
(at flare stack outlet)
combustion rate at furnace throat Basic unit of recovered gas Basic unit of recovered steam Dust-collection performance
The Hood pressure contol system of OG can ensure to The compact facility of OG system featuring ❶ The venturi scrubber-type Ring Slit Washer (RSW),
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demands for steel become higher. This is especially true and degassed during the secondary refining process. The RH Vacuum
for sulfur content, and there is now a need to make strict Degasser is ideal for the swift degassing of large amounts of molten
adjustments to the amount contained in the manufactured steel. The RH Vacuum Degasser is also suitable for the mass production
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steel. This process of removing impurities from molten metal of high purity steel at integrated steelworks, realizing decarburization
in advance before charging it into a converter furnace is and heating by injecting pure oxygen gas into the vacuum vessel.
called hot metal preliminary processing. The KR Hot Metal Desulfurization Furthermore, it has extended refining functions, such as the
System developed by Steel Plantech will achieve high-level desulfurization acceleration of desulfurization and deoxidation through addition of flux
efficiency as well as contribute to a reduction of operating costs. while controlling the form of the impurities.
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Product Quality Product Quality Enhancement Product Range Expansion Ladle Hoisting Device
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System will achieve high-
level desulfurization %
efficiency, curb Improvement in
operating costs and Desulfurization
Efficiency
reduce processing
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Products
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EAF
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Electric furnaces are one of Steel
Plantech’s core products that were
succeeded from JFE Engineering
EAF
(formerly NKK). The company’s wealth
of experience as a user of such facilities
allows us to offer not only electric
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furnaces and ancillary facilities but
also a broad range of metallurgical and
operational technologies.
Plate Rolling
Surface Processing
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ECOARC™, the ecological and economical arc furnace developed independently by Steel Production Cost Reduction
Products
Plantech, is filled with innovative technology. It comes with advanced scrap preheating
technology that eliminates the white smoke and foul odors generated when melting scrap
metal, and addresses environmental requirements of the future. Furthermore, it is equipped
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with melting technology that achieves higher productivity than conventional electric arc
furnaces.
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kWh/t % kg/t
Reduction of power Improvement of metal A unit consumption of
consumption yield electrode of about
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Customer comments
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Technical Information
Products
Preheating scraps with high-temperature exhaust
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ng-TEQ/ gas is possible because the preheating shaft
% m3N % and melting chamber are directly and rigidly
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reduction of greenhouse Dioxin emission of not more reduction of dust emissions connected, so the scraps are continually present,
gasses than from the steel to preheating areas.
This enables high-temperature preheating of
Installation of the ECOARC™ will dramatically reduce
the scraps, resulting in a significant reduction of
the environmental impact.
power consumption.
❶ Reduction of greenhouse gasses The melting chamber is sealed off from outside
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❷ Dioxin emission of not more than 0.1ng-TEQ/m N
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air, to prevent the excess air inlet. it prevent
❸ 40% reduction of dust emissions over oxidation of scrap under high temperature
❹ 15dB reduction of noise under operation preheating.
❺ 40% reduction of flicker levels As the ECOARC™ keeps always flat bath operation,
❻ Elimination of white smoke and foul odor generated electrode consumption is significantly improved.
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during scrap preheating Furthermore, the electric facilities necessary to
meet power quality regulation can be drastically
reduced on it may not even unnecessary
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depending on required regulation.
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ECOARC light™, “the next generation ecological and economical arc furnace” has been
developed to dramatically improve your existing conventional type EAF, through converting
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the existing furnace. ECOARC light™ succeeds ECOARC™ keeping all of its merits. ECOARC
light™ saves initial cost and shortens the construction period, compared with ECOARC™ by
simplifying the scrap charging system and reusing your existing facilities.
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70~80 1.0~1.2
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kWh/t
1 %
kg/t
Reduction of power Improvement A unit consumption of
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structure of
furnace body and integral separated
shaft
structure of tilting
rigid flexible
platform
standard 1.0~1.5months
construction 2.5~3months (excluding
period preparatory work)
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Electric Arc Furnace Solutions
Steel Plantech’s electric furnaces for steelmaking are core products Production Volume Increase
Products
succeeded from JFE Engineering (formerly NKK).
Steel Plantech’s electric furnace equips large scale and high
Its abundant experience as a steelmaker (or in other words, a user) in powered technology to realize the highest
addition to technical know-how gleaned from experience in the design world class electric arc furnace provision.
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and engineering of electric furnaces for steelmaking, accumulated since
1968, enabled the provision not only of electric arc furnaces and auxiliary
equipment, but also a wide range of metallurgical and operational Production Cost Reduction
technology. Maintenance costs are dramatically reduced through the
provision of sturdy facilities that have a high degree of reliability
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and a long service life.
Customization
Steel Plantech can design and provide a wide range of facilities,
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from standard type electric furnaces and auxiliary equipment
that cater to customers’ needs.
We also provide fine-tuned services—from the diagnosis of
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existing equipment and operations to remodeling, updating and
after-sales service—according to the facility’s stage in its lifecycle.
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Casting
Steel Plantech’s continuous casting
EAF
facilities are the result of bringing
together 50 years of metallurgical
knowledge and technological know-
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how and experience in machinery and
control. We will continue developing
cutting-edge technologies in order
to meet our customer’s high-level
requirements.
Plate Rolling
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This is a facility for casting molten steel into semi-finished products(slabs) by continuously Product Quality Enhancement
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cooling, solidifying molten steel – which was melted and ingredients adjusted in a blast
furnace, electric arc furnace, direct reduction furnace, etc. – and cutting them into given
lengths. The casted semi-finished products are then transported to the next process at
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the rolling facility. The casted semi-finished products can be in various sizes. Those with a
thickness of between 120mm-600mm and a width of 700mm or more are called slabs. Final
products from slabs include thin plates, thick plates and pipes.
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Continuous Casting
High-Quality
Slabs
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Technical Information
Production Cost Reduction / Production Volume Increase Dynamic Secondary Spray Cooling
Products
Cost reductions can be realized through System (SP-DSSC) and Stepless Spray
adoption of a Steel Plantech continuous slab Width Control System
caster.
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Through a dynamic control
model original to Steel
❶ High-speed, stable casting at speeds of Plantech, this system
over 3.0m/minute allows production of automatically controls the
amount of spray in the
200,000 tons or more per month per strand,
secondary cooling zone
significantly reducing the number of strands after the mold, according
❷ A break-out prediction device (learning to the optimum thermal
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pattern for the steel
type) prevents break outs
grade and the operating
❸ The dynamic secondary cooling system conditions, such as casting
and stepless spray-width control system speed.
The secondary cooling spray nozzle, which is installed in each segment,
minimizes unsteady portions
3.0
has a hydraulic width adjuster. In addition to conventional fixed spray
❹ An improvement in operating rate by high nozzle cutoff valve type cooling system, we also offer a mobile spray
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m/min durability and advanced maintainability of nozzle type for which continuous adjustments to the spray width can be
carried out according to size or steel grade.
each equipment
high-speed casting
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Customization (SP-DSR): Continuous Slab Caster
Responding to customer’s requirements,
Soft reduction is one of Dynamic Soft Reduction System
we contribute to a superior positioning of methods to prevent the
Change in casting conditions
customers’ products, e.g.; center segregation of such as casting speed up ,etc.
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oscillating speed
blank, billet) of various sizes and shapes from various
on conventional
kinds of steel grades with cross-section smaller than mold oscillation
systems driven
slab semi-products.
by electric
In order to meet customers’ needs, Steel Plantech’s motor, only a
single wave form
casters highly excel in production efficiency and
(sinusoidal) of
energy saving and realize various kinds and small
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6.0
vibration.
production costs. for a wide variety of sizes and such as casting speed up ,etc.
segregation of
(Dynamic Secondary Spray Cooling System)
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Liquid Core Reduction
The QSP is a mini mill process for the continuous Technology
production of high-quality coils from thin or medium-
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thickness slab.
In the process, reheating furnace and quantity of
rolling mill-stands can be significantly reduced for
producing thin strips from molten steel.
Steel Plantech’s QSP is capable of producing the
highest-quality thin slab with superior casting speed
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compared to the other process of thin slab casters.
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Solutions
Hydraulic Oscillation System
Production Cost Reduction Product Quality Enhancement
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6 m/min
peritectic
quality
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rolling the billets, blooms, slab and beam blanks – extracted from the
reheating furnace – into the prescribed size and correcting any bending,
cutting them into given lengths, then piling or bundling as needed
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for shipment. The rolling mills offered by Steel Plantech, with its rich
track record of supplying steelmakers in Japan, can meet demanding
requirements in terms of production efficiency and product precision.
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Bar Steel Rolling
Plate Rolling
Steel Plantech has a track record of supplying high- • Section Rolling Mill
• Bar and Wire Rod Mill
quality, high-precision rolling mills of any range. • Shifting Reverse Mill
We will continue to provide, in all of the rolling • Roller Straightener
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Solutions Technical Information
Products
Enhancement & Production Technology Technology
Volume Increase
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Highly productive rolling can be carried out This is a rolling method in which two
by setting up as many rolling mills (2Hi mills or or three universal rolling mills and 2Hi
universal rolling mills) in a straight line as there rolling mills are combined to manufacture
are rolling passes for non-reversible rolling. It is the shaped steel. Although production
a method that is often applied for rolling small efficiency declines, it allows for efficient use
to medium-sized shaped steel.The predominant of space through the compact layout of the
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Steel Plantech has accumulated a rich style is the stand-exchanging method through production line.
which the roll is exchanged in its stand.
track record in all types of rolling mills.
Using this as a basis, we can design and Swing-open Yoke Device Stand Pass Line Adjuster
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propose flexible rolling mill lines that The precision of the measurements of
are suitable for various plant layouts. the shaped steel being manufactured
Furthermore, by carrying out can be enhanced through the
equipment diagnosis of your existing combination of a high-rigidity mill,
rolling mill, we can examine the various roll chock locking devices, roll
System that meet variety of customer needs. the Water Quenching System which helps in enhancing
For example, we provide solutions that meet customer the strength of bars, and Endless Bar Rolling System
needs such as the Slit Rolling System and the High (EBROS™) which significantly boosts yield.
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Speed Mill (40m/s) which increase productivity, the Moreover, we can suggest and provide a package
Hot Direct Rolling System which is directly connected solution by supplying integrated lines of electric arc
with a continuous caster, not via a reheating furnace, furnaces, continuous casting facility and rolling mills.
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EAF
10~75 increase
% 2 %
improve-
15 %
increase
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ment
depending on size mix in operation
in production volume of yield ratios rate
20~40
20m/s that was the limit of conventional rotating shears were adopted for the
m/s mills. Rolling using ultra-hard rolls HSDS system, enabling faster shearing
provides advantages such as precise speeds. This makes stable shearing
Speeding up of finishing speeds
measurements and enhanced surface possible at even faster rolling speeds.
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Technical Information Housingless Stand Slit Rolling
Products
Device
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Simple, highly sturdy construction Multislit rolling methods include 2-slit, 3-slit,
❶ Housingless and 4-slit rolling.2–slit rolling is currently the
→The weight has been trimmed, creating mainstream method, providing stable quality and
the possibility that a larger stand can be good measurement systems. Furthermore, even
adopted in the rolling mill yard where higher production efficiency can be achieved
there is a limit on the crane capacity. through speeding up technology.
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❷ The midsection of the rolling screw shaft 3-slit and 4-slit rolling allows production volume to
is secured on the pass line be increased even with a small number of rolling
→This results in a more balanced mills. Slit rolling is also suitable for revamping a low
The manufacturing of water-cooled construction than when the lower portion productivity 2-slit line mill to a high productivity
reinforced steel is possible through an of the rolling screw shaft is secured. mill with greater production volume while keeping
online heat treatment process in the rolling ❸ Buttress screw thread used at the rolling the number of rolling mills the same.
mill line. There is no need to add expensive screw shaft
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alloy elements vanadium and niobium. →The same position is securely maintained 4-Roll Sizing Mill
even if a strong rolling reaction force is
0
applied. High measurement control technology
Online Flaw Detection Wide area supporting the load as well as a
Simple configuration and high rigidity
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System chock self-aligning system
SPCL Chockless Stand
Reheating Furnace Fuel Costs ❶ Upper area of the chock supported at two
points -Ultra High Rigidity Stand
→The area on the bearing that receives the
HDR (Hot Direct Rolling) is a system pressure becomes wider, extending the
where the billet from a continuous life of the bearing.
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material (blooms and billets) is laterally moved The reverse rolling and material handling
utilizing a manipulator, sent into the next pass caliber (rotation) of blooms and billets are completely
automated.
and rolled. On the other hand, in the case of a shifting
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reverse mill, the material is kept at the same place Chance Free Rolling
while the rolling mill is shifted to the next pass caliber Horizontal/Vertical
position for rolling. This prevents the generation of Combination Rolling
flaws and twists on the material due to handling.
Furthermore, unlike conventional rolling mills that
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Production Volume Increase 2 or 4 passes with the H shifting reverse mill. Product Quality Enhancement
❷ It can contribute to chance-free rolling that By setting up the shifting stands for the
enables rolling at a number of sizes from a Horizontal and Vertical stands in an H-V
pair of rolls. sequence and rolling in reverse, it becomes
possible to carry out chance free rolling through
(3) Measures have been implemented optimal caliber placement.
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Products
any bending of rolled products. Machine
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Combinations of the following can be selected
according to needs.
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❶ Single-sided/Double-sided support
Solutions ❷ Fixed pitch/Variable pitch
❸ Variable roll width
❹ Hydraulic rolling/mechanical rolling
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Product Quality Enhancement Production Cost Reduction
Reduction by about
of the
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In the past, roller straighteners with single sided-support Adoption of the en-bloc roll exchange method enables
were the mainstream. However, because of the growth simplification of roll exchange operations. Additionally, the
in the size of the products, Steel Plantech provides roller shortening of roll exchange time improves productivity.
straighteners with double-sided support in order to Furthermore, use of variable width rolls will contribute to
suppress the effect of axial tilting, which is a weakness of the lowering of production costs.
roller straighteners with single-sided support. A variable
pitch roller straightener has been adopted in order to
reduce the amount of un-straightened sides during the
lengthwise straightening of products.We also have a track
record in the installation of roll width variable mechanisms,
and in the case of shaped steel, we can handle up to H1100.
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Solutions
We have provided not only the conventional 4-Hi and 6-Hi mills
Lineup which are produced based on our rich experience, but also state-of-
Bar Steel Rolling
We will suggest the optimal type of rolling mills as well as their layout.
❶ Continuous pickling and cold rolling line that is sequentially
connected with the pickling line
❷ 4-Hi reversible rolling mills that produce high-quality products
while cutting down the cost
Plate Rolling
❸ 6-Hi reversible rolling mills that are suitable for the rolling of
thin materials of various types
❹ Combination mills that have a skin pass function too
Steel Plantech, based on our advanced technological • Cold Mill (TCM,CRM) Technical Information SPEOS™ Crown
• Zoom-Mill™
strength backed by our rich experience, provides plate • Plate Leveler A technology for achieving an optimum strip crown and reducing edge drop was developed by
levelers, cold rolling mills and plate shears equipped • Plate Shear shifting the work roll given a special curve. This technology is being used in cold rolling mills (CRM)
as well as tandem cold mills (TCM) and contributing to the higher quality of products and improved
with our own innovative and unique technologies, yield in the sheet width direction.
thereby helping our customers realize cost reduction • A single roll crown has a wide crown range, from broad to narrow.
• When the roll shifts to the crown position in accordance with the strip width, the gap expanding
and the production of high quality products. transitional zone (GETZ) is automatically set around the strip edges, reducing edge drop.
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Zoom-Mill™ Technical Information
Steel Plantech can propose cold rolling mills (CRM) or Zoom-Mill™ (Zero Oriented
Products
state-of-the-art tandem cold mills (TCM) according to Off-gauge Minimization)
the customer’s needs. Furthermore, the ZOOM (zero
oriented off-gauge minimization) function developed The Zoom-Mill™ rolling method was
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by Steel Plantech can be added to improve yield developed by Steel Plantech with the
purpose of minimizing off-gauge sheets
ratios and reduce production costs as compared to
in reverse rolling by applying a leader
conventional CRMs.
strip and a spot welder.
Zoom-Mill™ rolling improves off-gauge
rolling ratios by 1% as compared to
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conventional rolling mills.
In the case of 6-pass rolling, the length
Solutions of the off-gauge portion of the coil
periphery will usually be more than 10
meters.
Production Customization
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However, the use of the Zoom-Mill™
Volume rolling method will enable a finish with
Increase/ the off-gauge at less than 2 meters.
Production
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Because tensile force can be added
Cost from the tip of the chord when rolling,
Reduction the Zoom-Mill™ rolling method is
superior to other methods for reducing
off-gauges during reverse rolling,
with better threading stability, plate
1.0~1.4 1 2 2
threading on the outside tension reel
enhancement
% 6 % %
improvement weeks years
while waiting for the rolled coil to go
offline, there is no need to wait to wind
in yield (as compared to conventional CRMs) Production increase effect Yield Shutdown period Investment cost recovery time (average) rolls, making it possible to decrease
processing time per coil even if the
By adopting the Zoom-Mill™ developed by Steel Plantech, An existing cold rolling mill (CRM) can be led into a Zoom- welding takes time.
you can reduce production costs (reduction in off-gauge Mill™. This allows increased productivity from an existing Therefore, you can expect improved
sheets), recover the investment quickly, and increase CRM while at the same time reducing production costs with productivity by adopting this method.
revenues. minimal investment. Furthermore, it leads to the saving of
Furthermore, it has been remodeled for use with the CRMs labor since it prevents the generation
❶ Removing the Pup Coil has done away with the Pup Coil
of other manufacturers. It is characterized by the fact that of off-gauge small coils (pup coils)
extraction process, realizing a reduction in required
renovation ends with short shutdowns, making it possible and does away with the need for tasks
processes.
to recover the investment for renovation in a short amount such as the extraction of small coils,
❷ Less time is required to exchange a coil as compared to
of time. strapping, discharging and disposal.
ordinary cold rolling mills, ensuring a high production
volume.
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shear all types of steel, regardless equipment to improve the flatness of steel plates (6 mm to 50 mm
of plate type, thickness, or width, thick) produced in plate mills. Warping generated in the leveler (surface
including high-tensile steel plates. preparation materials to increase horizontal precision) during correction
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❶ Mitigating shear deformation, rollover and A new double-sided shear has been
slip mark on shear plane by adopting optimal developed by Steel Plantech in order to
rolling cut motion realize a simpler assembly process and easier
❷ Realizing consistent and fine shear plane maintenance.
quality with the use of high-precision knife gap We have also reduced the size of its structure
adjustment equipment compared with the conventional triple-shaft,
❸ Providing plate shears with sufficient stiffness, triple-crank-type product, and hence it can
which are designed based on reliable analysis meet the need to renew a shear in a seasonal
simulation models plate shear line.
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Solutions Technical Information
Products
The SuPerLeveler™ utilizes the in accordance with the anticipated
“dynamic crowning method” to amount immediately before
control roll gap deviation throughout straightening begins). In particular,
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the entire steel plate, something that flatness is improved significantly within
was not possible with conventional a range of approximately 1.2 m from
“preset levelers” (a method in which the front and rear ends, compared to
the amount of lateral deflection is set preset levelers.
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Production Volume Increase
There are 3 types of deflection that occur in Because it is difficult for thin, rigid plates to feed
“High-load-capacity backup roll,” “bite levelers: lateral deflection, vertical deflection, the front edge of thick plates into the leveler,
correction control,” and other functions and compression deflection. Correction of each a control method called “bite correction” has
developed by JP Steel Plantech have through a hydraulic cylinder makes it possible to been implemented to apply a light intermeshing
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maintain a constant gap between leveling rolls. when the leading edge is guided in, then
significantly expanded the correctable With conventional levelers in particular, lateral apply the full intermeshing after that. In this
range compared to conventional levelers. deflection, for which the preset type prevented case as well, a constant, fixed roll gap can be
changes to correction amounts during maintained in the plate’s lateral direction, even
straightening, is measured with a deflection if the reactive force of the light reduction and
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sensor installed inside the lower frame, making the full reduction of the leading edge differ.
it possible to achieve accurate corrections with
the hydraulic cylinder installed between the
upper frame and the roll carriage.
maximum of a maximum
100 % of 50 %
laser sensors
Center of Leveler
The plate yield stress range The plate thickness range
Deflection Sensors
Plate width
Uniform correction of areas in which the Plate Out Plate In
Plate Edge
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Strip Processing Lines
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Steel Plantech leverages its world-class • Continuous Annealing Line (CAL) Continuous Annealing Line (CAL)
• Continuous Galvanizing Line (CGL)
technological capabilities and proven track • Annealing and Coating Line (ACL)
record to supply strip processing equipment • Color Coating Line (CCL) This line facility changes the crystal structure of steel sheet by heat
Products
recognized by our customers around the world. saving space and lowering costs. Steel Plantech’s CAL for high-quality
cold-rolled sheet for industries around the world including the automobile
and household appliance industries.
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Bar Steel Rolling
Plate Rolling
Surface Processing
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Solutions Technical Information
Products
High-quality cold-rolled sheet for automobiles can be of strip temperature by a multi-reflection type
produced because of systems for integrated tracking pyrometer.
control, uniform temperature profile (heating/cooling) For this reason, we have a track record of delivering
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in the width direction and accurate measurement our line to many customers around the world.
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makes it possible to produce a wide range of cold-rolled
sheet, from common sheet to deep drawing cold-rolled
sheet and ultra-high-tensile strength sheet.
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Rapid gas-jet cooling
Uniform strip temperature through a unique gas-jet nozzle
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shape
Strip temperature controlled through the adjustment of the
gas jet velocity in the strip’s width direction
Cooling capacity raised through a high concentration of
hydrogen
Roll quenching
Production Volume Increase
Water quenching
Makes the manufacturing of ultra-high strength steel for
automobiles possible by ultra-rapid quenching
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The purpose of the Continuous Galvanizing Line (CGL) is to apply a coat of zinc onto the surface Product Quality Enhancement
Products
of steel sheets in an effort to increase their corrosion resistance. There is a wide range of control
of zinc coat thickness, and the galvanized steel sheets are used for a broad range of purposes,
including construction materials, automobiles and electrical appliances. Steel Plantech’s CGLs
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possess unsurpassed functions that are highly evaluated by customers around the world.
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Technical Information
Products
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• Rapid gas-jet cooling
• Uniform strip temperature
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through a unique gas-jet
nozzle shape
• Strip temperature controlled
through the adjustment of
the air volume in the strip’s
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width direction
• Cooling capacity raised
through a high concentration
of hydrogen
❶ Single-pot/double-pot layout High speed stable operation allows for greater
❷ Hot-dip galvanized steel strips (GI) productivity enhancement as compared to
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Color Coating Line (CCL) Temper / Skin Pass Mills
Products
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The device uses skin pass rolling to improve the mechanical properties
This is a pre-coating line that forms coats through advance application and surface texture, and improve flatness, in order to form materials
and baking of coating materials onto strips produced by Continuous such as hot-rolled steel sheets, cold-rolled steel sheets, stainless steel
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Galvanizing Lines (CGL; to enhance corrosion resistance) and plates, and aluminum plates into final products. Since it conducted
Continuous Annealing Lines (CAL; to improve properties, such as tests with its own test equipment in 1965, Steel Plantech has continued
strength and elongation). It is an add-on for visual aspects of strips, to develop theories and deliver actual devices. As a result, the company
such as color and gloss, as well as for protective elements, such as has delivered 63 skin pass mills worldwide up to this point in time.
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weather and corrosion resistance.
Technical Information
Solutions Technical Information
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Combined skin pass mill and tension leveler technology
Product Quality Pre-coated Steel Sheets By combining the skin pass mill with the tension leveler, our greatest specialty,
the skin pass mill can fulfill the role of improving mechanical properties and
Enhancement improving surface texture, and the tension leveler can improve plate flatness,
thereby achieving an efficient division of roles. When the devices are combined,
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Tension levelers level and improve the flatness of materials such as hot rolled steel, cold rolled Product Quality Enhancement
Products
steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper and specialized materials, and finish them into a final
product. The range of the materials that can be used for leveling are those with a thickness of
between 0.05mm-8.0mm, a width of between 300m-2,300mm and a yield strength of between
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50MPa-1,500MPa. Tests of various materials using original testing equipment have been
carried out on Steel Plantech’s tension levelers since 1970. Theories have been constructed,
tested, and supply of tension levelers made, with this repeated many times over the years. 194
sets have been supplied around the world, practically making Steel Plantech a specialist in
tension levelers.
The tension leveler is equipped with an optimum roll
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300~
0.05~8.0 2300 50~1500
mm MPa
mm
thickness width yield strength
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Technical Information
Production Volume Increase Tension Leveler Roll Wet Leveling Technology Mechanical Drive
Products
Helper Drive technology of Tension Levelers for Technology for Bridle Rolls—
Stainless Materials Enabling High Elongation
Accuracy Control
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In the case of tension levelers for stainless
steel, aluminum and specialized materials,
In the past, we have supplied a tension wet leveling is sometimes adopted to prevent
leveler with a line speed of 1,340mpm, marks on the surface made from leveling force. The quality of the surface of the finished
However, if the materials are soft or if the product is particularly severe for stainless
among the fastest in the world. requirements for the quality of the surface are steel. Marks occurred by leveling force were Differential gear reducer is used in this drive
Furthermore, we have supplied 6 very severe, there is a need to drive the roll the biggest challenge in the case of tension unit. It provides elongation rate control of
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tension levelers with line speeds of that comes in contact with the board in order levelers for stainless steel. a precision that is 30 to 50 times greater to
to prevent roll slippage. Our technology for the resolution of each of two motors—the main motor and
more than 1,000mpm. Steel Plantech is the only company that this problem was jointly developed with elongation rate motor.
possesses the technology for driving the small Japanese users, resulting in this leveler. It This technology is used in ultra-fast lines
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diameter roll of a tension leveler. is currently the de facto standard in Asia of and lines that require high-grade surface
Because of roll placement technology, tension levelers for stainless steel. quality.
resulting from tests on various materials using
test facilities, and differential technologies,
such as the helper drive, Steel Plantech is the Tension Leveler with a Tension Leveler with
only company in Japan that currently makes
tension levelers.
Multi-roll Unit for Reduction Rotational Upper Frame
of Residual Stress and for Easy Maintenance
Steel Plantech has accumulated the world’s top-level environmental and energy-saving technologies. We are contributing to steel mills world wide by
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proposing solutions and supplying facilities for energy-saving, waste energyrecovery, CO2 reductionandenvironmental protection.
❶ Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ) ❹ OG System (BOF Off Gas Cleaning and
Recovery System) Coal Iron ore Coking coal Molten
steel
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Coke-oven gas/COG
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❷ Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) for Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ)
Sinter Plant (steam recovery, power generation)
❺ Mechanical Stirring Equipment Coke oven
(Desulfurization) Sintering machine
Long Products Rolling Flat Products Rolling Strip Processing Lines
Top-pressure Recovery
Sintered ore Coke Turbine (TRT) (power
generation)
❸ System for waste plastic pretreatment
and plastics utilization for BF and kiln fuel Waste Heat Recovery
System (WHRS) for
Sinter Plant Waste heat
(combustion air recovery from
preheating, steam hot blast stove
recovery, power (combustion air
generation)
2 preheating)
Blast furnace
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❼ Electric arc furnace waste heat Steel Plantech’s proprietary technology
recovery system General energy-saving technology
❻ ECOARC
TM
Ecological and
Economical Arc Furnace
Products
6 ECOARC TM Ecological and
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Economical Arc Furnace
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HDR (fuel reduction)
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Cold-rolled
products
Hot charge
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Molten rolling process/
steel HCR (fuel Cold rolling
reduction) Steel strip cold extraction
Annealing furnace
Heating furnace
OG System
8 Waste heat recovery from
Scrap,
4 Cleaning and
Recovery
Furnace casing reconstruction (improved heat transfer efficiency by extending furnace
length and using bridgewall)
Improvement in skid pipe thermal insulation Improvement in heat pattern (fuel reduction) 9 Biomass energy into
steelmaking fuel
System)
oxygen,
auxiliary
material
Support for the World’s Steel Mills in Saving Energy and Reducing CO2
5 Mechanical Stirring Equipment
(Desulfurization)
Steel Plantech supports the world’s steel mills’ energy savings and CO 2 reduction efforts with the following services:
❶ Examination of environmental and energy-saving situation for plants and proposal of solutions
❷ Support for steel mills in their efforts to reduce CO 2 emissions
1. Introduction and proposal of proper energy-saving measures
2. Formulation, feasibility studies and execution of a series of procedure for Japan's Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)
3. Consulting on verification and monitoring of CO 2 reduction after project implementation
Converter * CDM: Clean Development Mechanism, JI:Joint Implementation * PDD: Project Design Document
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Technical Service
Trust built by people and technologies and ties with customers
Products
Steel Plantech offers through its Technical Service diverse services including after-sales service and pre-sales service. This enables customers to maintain
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their plants and equipment at the highest level and use them safely and securely.
Technical Service
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Overhaul of rolling mill reduction gears Renewal of segments for round beam blank casting plant Renewal of tension reel head of ETL
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Products
Total Engineering
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Visiting service
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Delivery
Equipment diagnosis
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nc and consulting
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Technical Service
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Operation guidance
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chnical Serv
Parts supply,
Engineering inspection and repair
Equipment maintenance
and revamping
Planning and
designing
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