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SMS Demag to Supply X-Melt Ladle Furnace, Stirring Station for Corus Staal
11/08/2007 - SMS Demag will supply an X-Melt 330-tonne twin ladle furnace and stirring station for Corus Staal BV’s IJmuiden plant in North Holland.
Corus Staal BV, the Netherlands, has awarded an order to SMS Demag to supply an X-Melt 330-tonne twin ladle furnace and stirring station for the IJmuiden iron and steel plant in North Holland.
With this comprehensive modernization project, Corus Staal intends to expand its range of quality grades.
In addition to the ladle furnace and stirring station, SMS Demag’s supply scope also includes such ancillary equipment as the dust-collecting facility, alloy-addition system, and cooling-water system. The order comprises the supply and installation of the mechanical, X-Pact electrical and automation systems, including the technological process models (Level 2).
SMS Demag will erect the ladle furnace and stirring station in Corus Staal’s existing oxygen steelworks while production is taking place.
Commissioning of the complete secondary steelmaking unit is scheduled for summer 2009.
SMS group is, under the holding SMS GmbH, a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. It consists of the two Business Areas SMS Demag and SMS Meer, which jointly form SMS metallurgy. In 2006, some 9000 employees worldwide generated a turnover of about EUR 2.8 billion.
