A 536.7 tonne delivery arrived safely at Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant in the UK this April.

The shipment of seven CISDI teeming ladles comprised of five ladles each weighing 76.9 tonnes and two at 76.1 tonnes apiece.

It represented the fourth time CISDI has successfully designed, supplied and shipped its large metallurgical ladles to the UK market and signifies a growing recognition from overseas customers for the company’s core tech and equipment.

Tata Steel’s plant at Port Talbot has a 100-year history and is Britain’s largest steelworks, producing around 3.50 million tonnes of crude steel a year.

The new ladles will replace models which have been in service for 30 years and will further upgrade the plant. CISDI has already supplied Tata Steel Port Talbot with five 315-tonne hot metal ladles, all of which are operating successfully.

CISDI’s strict quality and schedule control of the ladle design process, its high standard of manufacturing supervision and its meticulously-planned logistics ensured Tata Steel’s exacting requirements for appearance and flaw detection were fulfilled.

The project is a showcase for CISDI’s world-class strengths in large metallurgical equipment supply.

The teeming ladle being lifted at the Port before shipment

A CISDI-supplied teeming ladle in service at Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant