Siemens to increase caster capacity and product range at NTMK

摘要

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies received an order from the Russian steel producer Nizhny Tagil Iron & Steel Works (NTMK) to increase the casting capability of the existing two-strand beam-blank/bloom combi-caster CCM3. The project scope includes the supply of engineering, equipment and systems, installation work and all required modification activities to enable the caster to cast up to four bloom strands in total to meet an increased demand for rail steel. In the bloom-casting mode, machine capacity will be increased from 700,000 t/a to 1,000,000 t/a. The order value is just under 30 million euros. Start-up of the modified caster is scheduled for November 2010.