Recently, with the prudent signing on the completion report by SNPEC, Dongfang boiler supervision personnel, the nuclear steel contract was successfully completed, involving two nuclear power projects with key material. Within thirteen days from the startup examination to product delivery, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd created the shortest delivery cycle record of nuclear power steel, showing the fast response and the high synergy ability of itself.
Due to the special use of nuclear power, it has a strict quality assurance system for its research and development, manufacture, and application, even each steel plate requiring a strict manufacturing and process control. Usually, one month should be increased on nuclear power steel delivery cycle than common heavy plates.
Due to the earlier delivery for nuclear power equipment required by the end customer, as the equipment supplier, Dongfang Boiler asked for help from Baosteel, hoping to get the plates within the required time. Upon receiving the order, each relevant units of the heavy plate department responded at once. The manufacturing management department with flexible technology used the secret normalized steel strength prediction model of Baosteel, selecting the most suitable materials in the shortest time so as to save the time for steel making and continuous casting. At the same time, they carefully planned the manufacture organization scheme with scientific and accurate arrangement of on site witness plan; lean production and swift collaboration was made by the heavy plate department, heavy plate sales department, Baosteel technology test center to ensure the technology 100 percent in accordance with requirements for one time passing the contract. By the cooperation with each department and SNPEC as well as Dongfang boiler supervision personnel, Baosteel 's speed was shown by the completion within 13 days and the satisfaction of each technology index as per the contract requirements.
