Austrian plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that in the last quarter of 2013 three continuous slab casters were put into operation at Chinese steel producer Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group Corp (TISCO). Two of the casters were installed in TISCO's carbon and special-steel works in Taiyuan and the third in the company's stainless steel works at the same location.
Each of the continuous casters is designed to produce one million mt of slabs per year. The new casters increase TISCO's capacity for manufacturing high-quality carbon, silicon and stainless steels.
The continuous casters which were put into operation at the steelmaker's carbon and special-steel works are able to produce slabs ranging from 200 to 230 mm in thickness and from 830 to 1,630 mmt in width. The third continuous caster at the company's stainless steel works produces slabs varying between 180 and 250 mm in thickness and from 1,000 to 2,150 mm in width.
