The last day of January ushered in the successful first hot commissioning of a rebuilt 2-strand slab caster at the meltshop of Yangzhou Hengrun Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.

Seven heats of strands were cast sequentially for producing the Q235-grade slabs in a cross section of 230mmx1,400mm and at a casting speed of 0.8m/min.

The slabs are required to reach multiple specifications (200mm, 230mm and 250mm x 1,000mm, 1,100mm, 1,250mm and 1,400mm) and an annual target capacity of 2.50 million tonnes.

CISDI’s project team, in charge of the package supply and installation, completed refined design, installation and commissioning within a year.

A spokesperson for Yangzhou Hengrun expressing the company’s gratitude to CISDI for the high quality of the hot-commissioned products being produced, and commented, “CISDI’s dedication, and united efforts from the sub-suppliers and construction company, have ensured hot commissioning went to schedule and that guaranteed figures were achieved.”

Slab glows red-hot as it is cast