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PT. Gunung Orders Slab Caster from SMS Siemag

10/28/2011 - SMS Siemag has been contracted to supply a single-strand slab caster to PT. Gunung for operation at its Bekasi works in the Indonesian province of West Java.

PT. Gunung, Indonesia, has awarded an order to SMS Siemag for the supply of a single-strand slab caster for operation at its Bekasi works in the Indonesian province of West Java.
 
The new caster will enable PT Gunung to achieve both higher added value and better quality by producing high-quality slabs for further processing in its own Steckel and heavy-plate mill. In the past, slabs were bought out.
 
The caster will be equipped with modules from SMS Siemag’s Intelligent Slab Casting (ISC®) package, which will ensure optimal plant productivity and slab quality. These modules will include the hydraulically powered resonance oscillator, the mold with remote-adjustable narrow faces for changing the slab width during casting, as well as the Mold Monitoring System.
 
The horizontal part of the strand guide system will use position-controlled CYBERLINK segments. Dynamic Soft Reduction and the Dynamic Solidification Control (DSC) metallurgical process module will help to control secondary cooling for the production of segregation-free slabs.
 
SMS Siemag's scope of supply includes the engineering, mechanical equipment and hydraulics plus the X-Pact® electrical and automation system which will be commissioned according to the proven "Plug & Work" concept.
 
The caster will have an annual capacity of 1.2 million tonnes of slabs that are 220 and 250 mm thick and ranging from 800 and 2,100 mm wide. The range of grades will comprise structural steels as well as pipe and heavy-plate grades.
 
Commissioning of the caster is scheduled for the middle of 2013.
 
At its Bekasi works, PT. Gunung operates a long-product line for the production of sections and wire rods, as well as a flat-product line for the production of heavy plates and pipes. All major production lines were supplied by companies of the SMS group.
 
SMS Siemag AG is a company of the SMS group which, under SMS Holding GmbH, comprises a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. With some 10,800 employees, the group generates sales of over EUR 3 billion.