Broadening the Steel Markets by Direct Application of High Quality ESP Strips

• Published in: BHM. Berg- und hüttenmännische Monatshefte Vol. 163; no. 3; pp. 96 - 101
• Main Authors: Linzer, Bernd, Lengauer, Thomas, Grosseiber, Simon, Yao, Yu, Linlei, Qi, Qingqiang, Sun, Qikai, Liang, Weibin, Ji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Batch processes; Batch processing; Cold-rolled steel; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Galvanizing; Hot rolling; Mineral Resources; Originalarbeit; Raw materials; Steel industry; Steel products; ESP material for direct applications; ESP; ESP Produkte; Steel grades ESP; Endless hot rolling; Endloswalzen; ESP product examples; ESP für die direkte Anwendung; Cold strip substitute; Ersatz von Kaltbändern
• ISSN: 0005-8912; 1613-7531
• DOI: 10.1007/s00501-018-0717-9

The flat steel feed stock for the final fabrication of steel products is mainly covered by cold rolled and final annealed or galvanized strips. Depending on the thickness and surface demands, also conventional hot-rolled batch processes can serve a certain but truly very limited ratio. The Arvedi ESP Technology is giving new impulses to this market. With this game changing technology, it is suddenly possible to serve feed stock for numerous applications which cannot be directly produced by hot rolling until now. Thinner and at the same time wider steel strips can be produced and replace a high number of cold rolled steel strips. Joint development efforts by Rizhao Steel and Primetals at recently started up ESP lines are setting new standards to cover also even more critical products for higher applications. The paper gives an overview of results and products developed for direct applications.