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Tata Steel Blows in C Blast Furnace in an All-New Avatar

09/24/2009 - Tata Steel has blown in its upgraded C Blast Furnace at Jamshedpur, which has been increased from 400,000 to 700,000 tonnes per year.

Tata Steel has blown in its upgraded C Blast Furnace at Jamshedpur.
 
The upgraded C Blast Furnace incorporates GIMBAL technology, a technology developed by Siemens to provide total flexibility in material distribution while enabling customers to make significant cost savings and benefit from improvements in blast furnace operations and maintenance. Tata Steel is the first steel company in the world to incorporate Siemens’ GIMBAL technology in a blast furnace.
 
The newly inaugurated C Blast Furnace also holds special significance for the task force of Jamshedpur, as it represents the first time that the entire project — from building to commissioning of the upgraded unit — has been designed and implemented internally by the Jamshedpur Works team.
 
The blowing in ceremony was attended by H M Nerurkar, Executive Director (India & South East Asia), Tata Steel as the chief guest.
 
"The re-modeled C Blast Furnace compliments the technical know-how and dedication of both the Siemens as well as Tata Steel teams,” said Nerurkar, addressing the gathering. “I am sure that our operations at C Blast Furnace and production as a whole will now greatly be enhanced with the implementation of the GIMBAL technology. In this journey of restructuring and capacity enhancement, we have learnt quite a few lessons ourselves which will help us understand our work processes and perform even better."
 
The upgraded C Blast Furnace is part of the Jamshedpur Steel works’ A-F Blast Furnace chain. Structured on the lines of Tata Steel’s expansion plans, the capacity of the C Blast furnace has been increased from 400,000 to 700,000 tonnes per year.
 
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group is among the top-ten global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of over 28 million tonnes per annum. It is now the world's second-most geographically-diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50 countries. With a turnover of US$ 29 billion in FY '09, Tata Steel Group has over 80,000 employees across five continents and is a Fortune 500 company.
 
The Group’s vision is to be the world’s steel industry benchmark in “Value Creation” and “Corporate Citizenship” through the excellence of its people, its innovative approach and overall conduct. Underpinning this vision is a performance culture committed to aspiration targets, safety and social responsibility, continuous improvement, openness and transparency. In 2008, Tata Steel India became the first integrated steel plant in the world, outside Japan, to be awarded the Deming Application Prize 2008 for excellence in Total Quality Management.