In a statement, Danieli said the project took the meltshop’s capacity from 700,000 short tons annually to 1.2 million short tons through replacement of an electric arc furnace. 

The new furnace, a Danieli UHP FastArc furnace, has a nominal tap weight of 137 short tons and features a 6,500-mm-diameter lower shell.

The furnace is equipped with a system that reduced electrode consumption, an automatic tap sander, leakage detection system for shell panels, wireless RTD temperature transmitters, and a Motank automatic slag door cleaning ram.