DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A SERIES OF MEASURES TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION AND QUALITY OF STEEL MADE IN OXYGEN-CONVERTER SHOPS

摘要

The modern converter shops at the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine (MMK) and the company Severstal' are large industrial complexes equipped with 400-ton converters and high-productivity continuous casters, units for desulfurizing pig iron and treating steel outside the furnace, and systems that automatically control production operations. With respect to their technical sophistication and production capabilities, they rank among the best converter shops in the world.The restructuring that the economy underwent at the beginning of the 1990s was accompanied by a reduction in the consumption of metal products, which in turn led to a decrease in the output of steel and rolled products. The search for new sales markets - including foreign markets - for finished rolled products required a continual improvement in the quality and variety of such products at minimal additional cost.