Baosteel Shanghai No 5: the latest meltshop for special and stainless steels in China

A new meltshop for special and stainless steels started up in October 2003 as part of the new Buosteel Shanghai No5 Minimill, in Baoshan-Shanshai province, China. The plant is composed of a meltshop with a 60 tonnes electric arc furnace (EAF), and 60 tonnes ladle furnace (LF), twin-tank VOD station,...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inSteel times international Vol. 28; no. 2; p. 20
Main Authors Tosini, R, Salvador, G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Redhill Quartz Business Media Ltd 01.02.2004
Subjects
Alloy systems
Carbon
China
Continuous casting
Cooling
Electric arc furnaces
Heat
Iron and steel plants
Ladle metallurgy
Ladles
Nitrogen
Process controls
Stainless steel
Stainless steels
Steel industry
Steel production
Tapping
Wire
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:A new meltshop for special and stainless steels started up in October 2003 as part of the new Buosteel Shanghai No5 Minimill, in Baoshan-Shanshai province, China. The plant is composed of a meltshop with a 60 tonnes electric arc furnace (EAF), and 60 tonnes ladle furnace (LF), twin-tank VOD station, AOD converter, alloy addition system, 3-strand continuous casting machine plus auxiliary services including a fume treatment plant and automation system. Electric Arc Furnace operation is based on two separate shells; one provided with the EBT device for slag free tapping for non stainless steels, and the other with a tapping spout for stainless steels, which is also suitable for pouring slag into the ladle, thus clearing the EAF-shell for the next heat. The Ladle Furnace is equipped with a specially designed 'Inert roof, allowing a small positive pressure to be kept inside the ladle above the steel level, but sealed to prevent any emissions of fume from the ladle to the outside environment.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-1
content type line 23
ISSN:0143-7798