Romania/Ispat Sidex to upgrade slab caster

摘要

Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI) has been awarded a contract for the modernization of the two-strand slab caster No. 1 at Ispat Sidex in Galati. The total foreign investment amounts to Euro 30.6 million. VAI's scope of supplies and services comprises the modification of the ladle turret, the increase of the tundish capacity from 18 to 40 t as well as renewal of the complete strand guiding system, including the replacement of the curved mould by a straight mould, hydraulic oscillator, ASTC/Smart system for automatic casting thickness adjustment and dynamic soft reduction of the strand in the straightening zone as well as in the horizontal part of the machine and upgrading of the automation system of the machine.