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SMS Siemag Starts up X-Melt Steelworks, X-Cast Caster for Maghreb Steel
12/16/2011 - SMS Siemag successfully put into operation an X-Melt® electric steelmaking plant and an X-Cast® slab caster at Maghreb Steel in Morocco. The facilities are designed for an annual production of 1 million tonnes of steel and will supply the Steckel rolling mill and the heavy-plate mill with input stock.
SMS Siemag successfully put into operation an X-Melt® electric steelmaking plant and an X-Cast® slab caster at Maghreb Steel in Morocco.
As part of the integrated plant concept, the flow of production splits up downstream of the caster. The slabs can either be processed into steel strip in the Steckel rolling mill or into plates in the heavy-plate mill. The Steckel mill has been in operation since 2010, and the heavy-plate mill was started up in October 2011.
The facilities are designed for an annual production of 1 million tonnes of steel and will supply the Steckel rolling mill and the heavy-plate mill with input stock. Production comprises low- and medium-carbon as well as high-strength low-alloy steels to cover the company's own demand and for export.
SMS Siemag supplied a 120-tonne electric arc furnace with modern ARCCESS® technology, a 120-tonne ladle furnace, a gas cleaning plant, the materials handling system for alloying agents, and a single-strand slab caster.
The continuous caster produces slabs in widths from 900 to 2150 mm and with a gauge of 200 mm. The caster equipment includes several ISC® modules (Intelligent Slab Casting) for high-quality products and production. Among these are the hydraulically actuated resonance oscillation system and the position-controlled CYBERLINK segments to perform Dynamic Soft Reduction®.
The scope of supply comprised the detail engineering, mechanical and hydraulic equipment, as well as the complete X-Pact® electrical and automation package including the process models.
Maghreb Steel is one of the largest manufacturers of cold-rolled products in the North African region. In the past, Maghreb Steel bought the slabs and plates processed in the company's existing rolling mills from external sources.
SMS Siemag AG is a company of the SMS group which, under the roof of the SMS Holding GmbH, consists of a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. With about 10,600 employees, the group generates sales of over EUR 3 billion.
