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Certificate No. AJA10/14232

Steel Plantech strives to produce the best possible results and achieve satisfaction together with the customer the companys best partner.

Rising to the Challenge of Constructing a Sustainable Future

Best partner

JP Steel Plantech Co. (Steel Plantech) innovates creatively as it combines its highest-level iron and steel engineering capabilities with advanced plant technologies accumulated over many years. Steel Plantech is determined to continue offering diverse values to customers as it contributes to the further development of the worlds steel industry and local communities and to the preservation of the global environment.

This is the mission Steel Plantech has undertaken.

Global operations

Challenge-ready

Steel Plantech operates globally, drawing on the unique creativity produced by the synergy of its human resources and various technologies.

Steel Plantech always maintains respect for knowledge and energy to take on challenges, and it steadily rises to these challenges as it demonstrates the best of its abilities.

Mission

Product Lineup/Contents

Steel Plantech has many years of experience offering a wide range of plants and equipment for integrated steelworks and for all steel product lines. We supply not only steel mill equipment on a unit basis, but also total production processes on an integrated basis. Our services include everything from feasibility studies to equipment introduction to after-sales service.

Ironmaking

Steelmaking / Continuous Casting

Rolling

Leveling

Strip Processing

Solution

Ironmaking
P5 - 8

Strip Processing Lines

P23 - 26

Contributing to The Environment

P27 - 28

BOF Steel Making Plant

P9 - 10

Basic Oxygen Furnace Process

Continuous Casting
P13 - 14

Rolling Mills/Flat Products

P19 - 20

Processing Equipment
P21 - 22

Technical Service
P29

Mini Mills Steelmaking by EAF Process

P11 - 12

P17 - 18 P15 - 16

Rolling Mills/Long Products

Technology Development
P30

Product Lineup/Contents

Ironmaking
Innovative materials and processes for superior results

Steel Plantechs ironmaking equipment and products have been praised by many customers in Japan and overseas. Our many years of experience and most-advanced technologies are well spoken of.

Steel Plantech supplies a variety of plants, equipment and engineering services for ironmaking. These include equipment related to blast furnaces (pulverized coal injection system, BF gas dry cleaners, BF gas wet cleaners), equipment related to coke ovens (coke dry quenching, advanced gunning machines to extend coke-oven life), sinter plant and equipment, waste heat recovery system for sinter plant and Lime Kiln.

Sinter Plant
Abundant experience and technology embodied in 67 plants around the world. Steel Plantech's share of sinter plants in Japan: over 95%. Features
SSW (Segregating Slit Wire)

Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ)

Utilization of sensible heat of red-hot coke to produce steam for electric power generation Leading to significant reduction in BF fuel consumption Features
Rope-trolley crane for easy maintenance and improved availability Charging device with special bell for uniform size distribution to cool coke efficiently Double flue system to improve heat efficiency compared to single flue system by preventing coke from blowing up. Continuous feeding system for stable operation High-efficiency and robust waste heat recovery boiler

Reduces coke ratio Improved sinter plant productivity and product yield Increased segregation and high wear resistance by the use of special wire and cleaning mechanism

Water-sealed cooler

Reduction of cooling air volume to two-thirds compared to a conventional system Less air leakage Optimum sealing for a clean environment

PRESSURE CIRCULAR TYPE COOLER -SECTIONAL DRAWINGHOOD SEAL SEAL INSIDE TROUGH SIDE ROLLER COOLING AIR DUCT SEAL WATER SEAL HOT AIR SINTERED ORE HOOD SIDEWALL LOUVER PLATE

AIR CHAMBER ALTERNATIVE COOLING AIR

TROUGH

Revamping to Increase Production

Pallet width expansion
Use of grate bars at expansion area enables complete sintering Possible to expand only the pallet block at both ends, and to use the existing central part Pallet expansion share of Steel Plantech in Japan: 80%

Elongation of Sinter Machine

Applicable to the charging and/or discharging end of any existing sinter machine

Sinter Plant Waste Gas Circulation System

Reduces waste gas and increases sinter production

Elongation of Sinter Machine

Improved quality
SIDE WALL

SPCO-type expansion
INSULATION PIECE

SIDE WALL WIDTH EXTENSION GRATE BAR INSULATION PIECE

WIDTH EXTENSION GRATE BAR

Improved durability

AIR SEAL PALLET CENTER PART PALLET END CASTING

AIR SEAL PALLET PALLET EXTENSION PART

Primary Pre-extension work Pre-extension Secondary work Shut-down extension work

Energy-Saving Equipment
Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) for Sinter Plant

60% waste heat recovery from sinter cooler Applicable to both straight-type and annular-type coolers Electricity generating system from waste heat recovery

(Market share and other performance data shown above are as of June 2008).

Ironmaking

Ironmaking

Pulverized Coal Injection (PCI) System for Blast Furnace

Reduces BF coke ratio Features
Dense phase injection with a high solid/gas ratio and low coal conveying speed under a low injection pressure of less than 1 MPa Low pipe wear Able to inject reasonable and highly flammable high-HGI coal Anti-clogging system with special detector and automatic purging system High flammability due to eccentric double lance Long-distance conveyance without intermediate station 1,500m conveyance from integrated pulverization station to each BF

Lime Kiln
Features
High heat efficiency by means of switching multiple shaft kilns Provides the lowest heat consumption of all modern kilns available today Highly stable and simple structure Minimized lining types to be used Power saving with fully automatic operation Use of a wide variety of fuels (gas, liquid or pulverized solid) Handles a range of limestone grain sizes from 10mm to 100mm Enable to be acquired the suitable quality between hard burned and soft burned

Waste Plastic Injection System

Lime Kiln may be subject to sales area restriction in accordance with provisions of the license agreement

Waste plastic to be recycled as reducing material or BF fuel

Advanced Gunning Machine for Coke Oven

Features
Mechanical discharging device realizing constant flow rate Branching system enabling injection into two tuyeres per pipe

Features
Gunning almost all areas of oven walls Monitoring oven walls by remote control for improved work conditions Minimal impact on operation by evacuating to space between coke batteries or outside of tracks from pusher, guide car and/or coal charging car Installable on the pusher side, guide car side, or furnace top

BF Gas Cleaning System

Gas Wet Cleaner Ring Slit Washer (RSW) Features Features
Simple and space-saving construction Superior dust collection efficiency Minimum erosion and wear due to rational gas flow Excellent controllability of blast furnace top pressure Septum valves no longer necessary, and noise reduce Special large spray nozzle without occlusion Lower investment cost for construction

Side Guide CarSystem

Before repair

After repair
Side Pusher CarSystem

Gas Dry Cleaner BFG Dry Cleaner (BDC) Features

Combination of BDC and TRT (dry type top pressure recovery turbine) for higher power efficiency Higher efficiency for collecting dust in dry condition
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Manual Repair

Automated Repair

Mount Coal Charging CarSystem

Ironmaking

Basic Oxygen Furnace Process

Steel making technology for quality and ecology

BOF Steel Making Plant

Steel Plantech, based on advanced steelmaking technologies through long years experience, is a leading company in the field of engineering and supply of total BOF steel making plants and each equipment. The OG System, in particular, has been receiving high reputation with its high level of safety and energy saving with less environmental impact.

Converter
More than 126 BOFs delivered since 1960
Converter tilting equipment

OG System (BOF Off Gas Cleaning and Recovery System)

The OG (Oxygen converter Gas recovery) system recovers waste CO gas generated during the BOF blowing process. It is possible to reuse approximately 80% of waste gas energy. Since the start of development in 1962, more than 180 units have been built around the world. Innovation for saving energy and maintenance as well as system downsizing has continued since then. Features
Efficient pollution control Safe, reliable and compact system Flexible layout High energy-saving efficiency and a large amount of CO2 reduction (recovery of CO gas and sensible heat with the boiler)

OG layout
Converter

Total energy: 1253MJ/ton-steel

Dust contents: <30mg/Nm3 Recovery gas: 70 100Nm3/t-steel

Capacity

60 - 330 tons Detachable bottom for minimum relining stoppage Patented two-point support Air- cooled / water cooled Through trunnion shaft with rotary joint Converter tilting device, Lance / sub-lance Converter relining system, Secondary de-dusting, Sub-material transfer & addition Secondary refining systems, Ladle maintenance station Ladle transfer car

Features
Consulting capability of total BOF steel making plant layout Optimum layout design for both material flow and product flow High productivity and low operation cost through most innovative steelmaking technology

Converter vessel Vessel support Cooling system Piping to vessel

CO gas recovery 63.6%

Auxiliary systems

Heat loss 20.2%

Boiler steam recovery 16.2%

KR Hot Metal Desulfurization System

RH Degasser

Features Features
High de-[S] capability through strong mechanical stirring Low operation cost; no CaC2 nor Mg necessary Short processing time and high productivity Minimum dust generation
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High productivity with unique layout High vacuum degree achievable Ultra-low carbon production

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Basic Oxygen Furnace Process

Energy recovery amount of 300t/ch OG system

Recovery steam: 70 100kg/t-steel

Innovation for reduced costs and a cleaner environment

Steelmaking by EAF Process

In one of Steel Plantechs main business fields, based on our complete melt-shop design experience, and backed by long years of production experience as a steelmaker, we provide not only EAF equipment and all auxiliaries, but also comprehensive metallurgical and operation technologies.

ECOARCTM Ecological and Economical Arc Furnace

Cost reduction is an ongoing theme for all mills, while environmental issues are becoming more important. To address these two conflicting issues at the same time, Steel Plantech developed the ECOARCTM, an innovative, new-generation ecological and economical arc furnace.

DC Electric Arc Furnace (DC-EAF)

With one long arc at its center, the DC-EAF furnace can be called the ultimate long-arc AC-EAF with zero electrode PCD. Together with the merits of the long arc, the well-known turn coil system enables molten steel agitation and perfect arc deflection control. Additionally, the maintenance-free long-life bottom electrode (2,000-4,000 heats) ensures high availability of the DC furnace.

Configuration of Scrap Charging Facilities

Stationary scrap hopper

Largest High-Power DC-EAF

Intermediate car Skip car*
Heat size: 230 metric tons (tapped steel) Electrode: 32 in. Tap to tap: 55 minutes Raw material: 100% scrap Input power: 130 MW Transformer: 184 MVA

LF Single-Mast Furnace (SMF)

*Auto crane available

Configuration of Off Gas System

Spray Over 900C 150200C
Dilution air

70-90C Ignition Bag filter burner Post combustion Spray cooling chamber chamber
DXN decomposition Prevent DXN re-composition

A conventional ladle furnace (LF) has three individual masts with electrode arms for constant impedance control. However, ladle furnace operations involving the flat bath and submerged arc do not require individual electrode regulators. Based on this idea, Steel Plantech developed the Single-Mast Furnace (SMF), a three-electrode simultaneous-control ladle furnace.

Features
Minimized PCD of the graphite electrode Well-balanced impedance among phases and high power Easy maintenance Simple mechanical configuration and prefabrication Simple mechanism, minimal moving parts and insulation

Computer System for Steelmaking Facilities

Steel Plantech developed AUTO-ARC for arc furnaces and AUTO-LF for ladle furnaces. These are computer systems with versatile functions that enable both high reliability and low cost and thus contribute to stable operation at steel mills. AUTO-ARC and AUTO-LF Features
Production management and heat tracking Heat profile calculation and power input control Comprehensive operator guidance Data acquisition and storage of 10,000 charges Data acquisition, report generation and statistics analysis

Dust Treatment System

Complete recovery of valuable iron and zinc Almost zero leaching of toxic heavy metals in the slag Thermal decomposition of dioxins in waste gas

AC Electric Arc Furnace (AC-EAF)

Steel Plantechs totally balanced design, improved water-cooled panels and slag foaming technology have brought the high-power, high-impedance long-arc AC-EAF to fruition. One of our newest results: design parameters optimized to handle the power consumption of high-ratio DRI melting and to minimize power consumption. Satisfactory operating results, through a long arc for flat bath operation, attest to the Steel Plantech EAF technology.

AUTO-ARC Features
Power demand control Three-phase imbalance simulator for AC-EAF Slag foaming guidance Monitoring heat loss and dynamic control

ESRF Process (Electric Smelting Reduction Furnance process)

Coke EAF dust EAF dust hopper Coke hopper Mixing dust

Coke+EAF dust

Off gas Refined dust Recycle dust

Stack Fan

Bag filter Mixer Pelletizer Hopper Transformer Cyclone

DRI Base 160t UHP AC-EAF at EZDK (Former ASDK)

Heat size: Electrode: Voltage: Others: 160 metric tons (tapped steel) Tap to tap: 28in. 1,090 V 65 minutes Raw material: 90%DRI Furnace type: 7.6m single-shell, EBT Transformer: 152/182 MVA Ampere: 96.4kA

AUTO-LF Features
Metallurgical and thermal model calculation Bottom bubbling gas control Alloy/flux calculation and addition control
EAF dust treatment tuenace Slag Metal

Refined dust hopper

Conductive electrode arm, argon bottom bubbling, door and side wall oxygen lances and other required auxiliary equipment

Bottom bubbling

Refined dust

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Continuous Casting
On-going challenges for higher-quality casting

Steel Plantechs continuous casters and equipment are the result of proven metallurgical knowledge and technological know-how in continuous casting that we have accumulated for the past half century. We continue to rise to every challenge and develop the most up-to-date technologies to meet each customers specific requirements.

Slab Caster
Steel Plantech is one of the worlds leading suppliers of continuous slab casters. We have developed slab casting technologies for the highest quality and productivity.

Bloom/Round Bloom/Beam Blank and Billet Caster

Steel Plantech supplies casters of various sizes and shapes of blooms, round blooms, beam blanks and billets. With excellent energy-saving capability, all of our companys casters improve productivity and maintainability and contribute to the production of high-quality products. Being well-suited to small-lot production, the caster can meet customers diverse requirements.

Features
Energy-saving through automated and serialized operational procedures and equipment monitoring system Improved capacity utilization and enhanced productivity due to high-speed casting Easy access to major equipment segments and ensured maintainability with the use of maintenance equipment and a failure diagnosis system Highest quality achieved with mold-level control and optimal secondary cooling capabilities

Features
High-speed casting (Vc=3.0m/min.) Hydraulic width-adjustable mold Electro-hydraulic oscillator H infinity mold level control system On-line thickness change system Stepless spray width control system Dynamic secondary cooling system Dynamic soft reduction system Break-out prediction Mold visualization system

QSP (Quality Strip Production Process)

QSP is a mini mill process for the uniform and continuous production of coils from thin or medium-thickness slab. Steel Plantechs QSP medium-thickness slab caster is capable of producing the highest-quality thin slab in the world and has the same productivity as the conventional slab caster. The highest casting speed is 6.0m/min., but even 8m/min. has been achieved at a test plant. Steel Plantech supplies slab/twin-bloom or slab/triple-bloom casters that can be used as both slab caster and bloom caster.

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Continuous Casting

Rich experience and tradition behind world-renowned technology

Rolling Mills/ Long Products

Steel Plantech offers a varied line-up high-quality and high-precision equipment for rolling mills satisfy the markets demands. Providing both the most advanced and highest technologies and price competitiveness.

Universal Rolling Mill

Shifting Reverse Mill

Steel Plantech designs all the equipment it manufactures using its own proprietary technologies, to the benefit of the customer. To meet customer requirements, we bring to bear our rich experience in the supply of diverse rolling mill plants such as H-beams.

Steel Plantechs advanced technology for high-precision and flexible reversing mills enables chance-free rolling for large SBQ products.

Rolling Mill
Rolling Mills/Long Products

Vertical-type straightener
A Steel Plantech rolling mill is simple to operate and easy to maintain and so is a minimum-cost investment.

Horizontal-type straightener

Roller Straightener
Steel Plantech supplies straighteners that combine the worlds top-level straightening technologies for large and small sections, rails and bars in order to satisfy the markets demands for high-precision products.

Rod Mill Outlet

Steel Plantechs rod mill outlet can produce rod products at a very high speed of over 100m/s. At the same time, it has superior technology to control the accuracy and thermo-mechanism that enables customers to produce high-quality products efficiently.
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Mini Mills
Energy savings and higher productivity based on accumulated technologies

Customers requirements are diverse, and include environment-friendly production plants and equipment, energy savings, enhanced productivity for each facility segment with an optimal layout, and cost reductions.

How to promote environmental responsiveness, energy savings and cost reduction is an ongoing theme for all mini mills. Steel Plantech supplies all-in-one mini mills to meet these goals with its unique and innovative technologies.

For Continuous Casting Process

Continuous Caster Discharge Roller Table for HDR*
Continuous caster can produce high-temperature and high-quality products which are fed directly to the rolling mill. This leads to more energy saving.
*HDR: Hot Direct Rolling

For Electric Arc Furnace Process

ECOARCTM (Ecological and Economical Arc Furnace)

Continuous Caster

Rolling Mill

ECOARCTM is a state-of-the-art electric arc furnace that meets cost reduction and environmental protection needs at the same time, while realizing high productivity.

Ladle Furnace (LF) For Rolling Process

Rolling Line

Scrap Charging Facilities

Ladle Furnaces (LFs) EBROSTM (Endless Bar ROlling System)

Through the optimization of continuous casting and rolling processes, HDR and HDC processes are also streamlined significantly and even higher energy savings are achieved. A compact mill enables the smallest possible distance between stands to contribute to higher power savings, too. With the use of a high-speed block mill and controlled rolling process, high-quality products can be materialized.

Electric Arc Furnace

Steel Plantechs fully automated scrap charging facilities achieve high productivity and save labor.

Steel Plantech has rich experience in supplying conventional ladle furnaces (LFs). We also developed a three-electrode simultaneous-control ladle furnace and named it the Single-Mast Furnace (SMF). With a simple mechanical configuration, the SMF enables short arc operation with a high power factor.

EBROSTM is a billet welding system with deburring machine to improve productivity by minimizing mis-rolling with less top biting and by reducing crop disposal, while rolling without billet gaps.

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Mini Mill

The only technology to realize excellent economic efficiency and high quality

Rolling Mills/ Flat Products

Based on our superb technological capabilities and innovation, Steel Plantech supplies rolling mills for flat products and heavy plate shearing lines. Steel Plantech has unique technologies SPEOSTM, Zoom-MillTM to produce high-quality products while reducing the customers manufacturing costs.

Cold Rolling Mill SPEOSTM Crown Rolls

Tandem Cold Mills

A high-performance tandem cold mill with SPEOSTM rolls installed on every stand will produce high-quality products. A tandem cold mill can produce not only ordinary steel but also high-end steel products such as HSLA, HSS, DP, TRIP and magnetic steel sheets.

Carrousel tension reel

For a broad range of steel strips, from the widest to narrowest, Steel Plantech has newly-developed roll crown technology that can properly correct a strip crown and reduce the edge drop at the same time. This technology is most effective when applied to a 4-Hi mill.

5 stand 6-Hi tandem cold mill

Heavy Plate Shearing Line

Reverse Cold Mill

Zoom-MillTM Rolling Method

Zoom-MillTM is a new rolling method developed to minimize off gauge in reverse rolling by applying a leader strip and a spot welder. Higher yields can be achieved, along with improved productivity and reduced labor. Zoom MillTM can be installed in existing reverse rolling mills.
Dividing shear

4-Hi reverse cold mill

The reverse cold mill has enjoyed an outstanding reputation as a cold rolling mill that offers excellent cost-performance and satisfies high dimensional accuracy and flatness requirements. As SPEOSTM crown rolling is available as a standard feature, a reverse cold mill can be used as a Zoom-MillTM.
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A wide range of proposals and supplies are available to assist customers with transportation, cooling, shearing, inspection and piling of heavy plates. Our heavy plate shearing line is capable of cutting plates up to 50mm thick and 5500mm wide.
Double side shear

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Rolling Mills/Flat Products

Carrousel tension reel to ensure quick coil replacement during continuous rolling.

Processing Equipment
Globally renowned performance from Japans top supplier of metal leveling equipment

For various kinds of metals, metal sizes and running speeds, Steel Plantech offers the world's latest and highest-technology leveling equipment. Our leading technology is built on a foundation of advanced leveling technology and theory and many successful installations. Our leveling equipment features high reliability and user-friendly maintenance to facilitate the manufacture of high-quality products.

Plate Levelers

Dynamic Crowning-Type Cold Leveler (4th generation: SuPer LevelerTM)

Automatic Roll Gap Control (ARGC) and Dynamic Crowning Control (DCC) compensate for any deflection and compression of frames and rolls, resulting in extremely precise leveling conditions. This leveling minimizes the shape irregularity caused by plate cutting to enable easy handling of plate pieces.
Before leveling Leveling After leveling

Hydraulic crowning Main cylinder

Crowning cylinder

No use of DCC

After slitting

Use of DCC

Gap sensor

Cold Plate leveler

Hot Plate leveler

Tension Levelers

For stainless steel

For continuous galvanizing line

For hot strip

Combined Skin Pass Mill and Tension Leveler

Wet type for stainless steel For hard-gauge stainless steel Wet type for continuous galvanizing line

The in-line combination of Skin Pass Mill and Tension Leveler produces high-quality surface conditions and excellent flatness in annealing and pickling lines, bright annealing lines, continuous galvanizing lines, etc.

Wet Leveling System

Easy Maintenance
The upper frame can be rotated 180 degrees and the lower frame can be pulled out to the operator side. This unique work roll support mechanism enables quick work roll changes.

Easy Operation and Quick Roll Changes

The work rolls can be changed automatically in less than two minutes.

This special wet leveling system produces stainless steel with a high-grade surfaced quality. The system was developed based on extensive experience in the leveling of stainless steel strip.
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6Hi Skin Pass Mill for continuous annealing line

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Processing Equipment

Temper/Skin Pass Mills

Superior technology built on decades of experience to realize high quality

Strip Processing Lines

Strip processing lines supplied by Steel Plantech satisfy customers diverse needs by using both the hardware design and construction know-how. These processing lines are highly evaluated in countries around the world for excellent reliability. Products processed using our companys lines are greatly appreciated for their high quality in the market.

Continuous Annealing Line (CAL)

Steel Plantech is the leading supplier of CALs. Our CALs are provided to customers around the world, who produce the highest quality strips. Features
Integrating the conventionally separated five processes (cleansing, heating, cooling, temper rolling and refining) into a single line, and achieving space and power savings, lower cost, shorter time to delivery and improved yield ratio and quality Capability to produce high-quality cold-rolled steel strip: commercial quality to extra deep drawing quality or ultra high-strength steel Two types of heating systems: Direct Fired Furnace and All-Radiant Tube Furnace Three types of rapid cooling systems: Roll Quenching (RQ), Rapid Gas Jet Cooling (RGJC) and Water Quenching (WQ), and combinations these cooling systems. Less strip moving and heat buckling and uniform temperature profile in the width direction Accurate strip temperature control by multi-reflection type pyrometer

CPU Control System

Dynamic strip temperature control

Furnace
Optimum roll shape and surface roughness Proper steering roll arrangement Heating Section Uniform heating Cooling Section Uniform strip temperature distribution GJ cooling section Rapid cooling section Fast cooling section

Roll quenching RQ

Dry quenching system Low operation cost

Rapid gas jet cooling RGJC Dry quenching system High-speed cooling 50-200/sec Great Operation flexibility

Coil data tracking

Data communication with host computer Data gathering and logging

High-speed cooling 100-400/sec

Radiant tube furnace RTF Direct-fired furnace DFF Quick thermal response No strip lateral moving Low NOx emissions

Multi-reflection type pyrometer

Accurate strip temperature measurement

Preheating section Entry looper

Radianttube heating section

Radianttube soaking section

Temper Rolling Mill

Gas jet cooling section Rapid cooling section Overaging section Fast cooling section Delivery looper

Dry or wet rolling

Excellent surface quality Four-high dual work roll, six-high mill, etc. Automatic shape control system Excellent strip shape

Welder
Fully automatic welding system Welding monitoring system
Cleaning section Welder Temper rolling mill

Oiler

Tension reel

Side trimmer Pay-off reel

Rapid Cooling System

Water quenching WQ Extremely high-speed cooling rate 1,000-2,000/sec Alloy element saving for high-strength steel

Finishing Function
Side trimmer Oiler Thickness and width gauge

For producing high-strength steel up to 1,470 MPa grade

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Strip Processing Lines

Rapid Cooling System

Automatic data presetting

Strip Processing Lines

Continuous Galvanizing Line (CGL)
CGLs supplied by Steel Plantech feature sophisticated technologies for the production of galvanized steel for diverse industries. The steel products processed using our CGLs are highly evaluated by customers around the world. Features
Three types of heating systems: Direct Fired Furnace, NOF, and All-Radiant Tube Furnace Less strip moving and heat buckling and uniform temperature profile in the width direction Dross removal by Snout Dross Remover and dross reduction by tandem pot and/or pre-melt pot Precise zinc coating control with air knife and coating weight gauge Induction heating galvanneal furnace for high-quality automotive steel strip Multi-reflection type pyrometer for accurate strip temperature measurement In-line coater for value-added products
Cooling tube zone Fast jet Slow jet cooling zone cooling zone

Annealing and Coating Line (ACL)

The ACL incorporates a horizontal pass system for the high-temperature annealing of thin sheet under low strip tension with an advanced line control system. Steel Plantechs ACL is equipped with an in-line coater, continuous core loss meter and coating thickness gauge.

Heating section

Soaking section

Air cooler

Tension reel

Thickness gauge

Water-cooled rolls

Cooler

Oven Entry looper Cleaning section Welder Pay-off reel Thickness gauge & shear Inspection table Core loss meter Delivery looper

Coater

Cooling zone

Electrolytic Galvanizing Line (EGL)

The EGL process has excellent features and advantages in commercial production of corrosion-resistant zinc-coated steel sheet for use in automotive parts, electrical appliances, prefabricated building components and other items, for improved durability of final products.

Zinc pot

Annealing furnace

Coating section Entry section Entry looper Alkali cleaning WQ Zinc pot Furnace section Chemical treatment section Delivery section

Delivery looper

Welder Pay-off reel Notcher

Tension leveller Skin pass mill Chemical treatment

Shear

Tension reel

Electrolytic Tinning Line (ETL) Tin Free Steel Line (TFS)

Tin plate produced by the electrolytic tinning line is widely used in various applications such as sanitary containers, beverage cans, oil cans, general-use cans, dry battery shells, pails and toys. Steel Plantech can supply ETLs based on either the Ferrostan (PSA) process or the Halogen process. We are also the leading supplier of high-speed HCD-ECL in-line units and independent lines. Recently, the demand for tin-free steel lines has increased. Tin-free steel produced by the electrolytic chromium plating process has been taking the place of tin plate in a number of fields.
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Entry section

Furnace section

Coating section

Chemical treatment section

Delivery section

WQ

Chemical treatment

Shear

Pay-off reel

Welder

Entry looper

Zinc pot

Skin pass Tension mill leveller

Delivery looper

Tension reel

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Strip Processing Lines

Focusing on extensive CO2 reduction and energy savings

Contributing to The Environment

Steel Plantech has accumulated the worlds top-level environmental and energy-saving technologies. We are contributing to steel mills world wide by proposing solutions and supplying facilities for energy-saving, waste energy recovery, CO2 reduction and environmental protection.

Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ)

Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) for Sinter Plant

Waste Heat Recovery System

ECOARCTM Ecological and Economical Arc Furnace

Electric arc furnace dust treatment system

Coke EAF dust Mixing dust EAF dust hopper Coke hopper Bag filter Mixer Pelletizer Hopper Transformer Cyclone

Coke+EAF dust

Electric arc furnace waste heat recovery system

Stack Fan

Offgas Refined dust Recycle dust

Coal

Iron ore

Coking coal

Molten steel

ECOARCTM Ecological and Economical Arc Furnace Electric arc furnace dust treatment system Electric arc furnace waste heat recovery system

EAF dust treatment tuenace Slag Metal Bottom bubbling

Refined dust hopper

Refined dust

Hot direct rolling/HDR (fuel reduction) Hot rolling

Waste heat recovery (combustion air and fuel preheating)

Hot-rolled products

Electric arc furnace Coke-oven gas/COG (sensible heat recovery, fuel preheating, etc.)

Continuous casting

Sintering machine Coke oven

Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ) (steam recovery, power generation)

Molten steel

Hot charge rolling process/HCR (fuel reduction)

Cold-rolled products Cold rolling Annealing furnace

Coke Blast furnace gas Top-pressure Recovery Turbine (TRT) (power generation) Iron scrap, oxygen, auxiliary material Waste heat recovery from hot blast stove (combustion air preheating) Hot metal OG System (BOF Off Gas Cleaning and Recovery System)

Steel strip cold extraction Heating furnace

Regenerative burner Furnace casing reconstruction (improved heat transfer efficiency by extending furnace length and using bridgewall) Improvement in skid pipe thermal insulation Improvement in heat pattern fuel reduction

Sintered ore

Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) for Sinter Plant (combustion air preheating, steam recovery, power generation)

Waste heat recovery from reduced iron producing kiln Biomass energy into steelmaking fuel

Mechanical Stirring Equipment (Desulfurization)

General energy-saving technology

Steel Plantechs proprietary technology

System for waste plastic pretreatment and plastics utilization for BF and kiln fuel

Hot blast stove

Support for the Worlds Steel Mills in Saving Energy and Reducing CO2
Blast furnace Converter

Steel Plantech supports the worlds steel mills energy savings and CO2 reduction efforts with the following services:
(1) Examination of environmental and energy-saving situation for plants and proposal of solutions (2) Support for steel mills in their efforts to reduce CO2 emissions 1. Introduction and proposal of proper energy-saving measures 2. Formulation and feasibility studies for a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)/Joint Implementation (JI) 3. Execution of a series of procedures from Project Design Document (PDD) preparation to acquisition of relevant authorities approval and to registration at the United Nations 4. Consulting on verification and monitoring of CO2 reduction after project implementation
Impeller

System for waste plastic pretreatment and plastics utilization for BF and kiln fuel

OG System (BOF Off Gas Cleaning and Recovery System)

Gas cooler Saturator Hood Skirt Converter Stack

Mechanical Stirring Equipment (Desulfurization)

Service hopper Storage hopper Hoisting wire Carriage Lift tank Stirring device Lock unit

Hoisting device

Ring slit washer Mist separator

Flow meter Induced draft fan Bypass duct Gas holder

Flux-charging chute Dust-collecting hood

Hot metal ladle

Water sealed check valve

Three-way valve

* CDM: Clean Development Mechanism, JI:Joint Implementation* PDD: Project Design Document

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Contributing to The Environment

Technical Service/ Technology Development

Trust built by people and technologies and ties with customers

Steel Plantech, devoting its energy to research and development to leverage the worlds most advanced technologies, offers through its Technical Service Center diverse services including after-sales service and pre-sales service,. This enables customers to maintain their plants and equipment at the highest level and use them safely and securely.

Technical Service Center

In order to enable customers to use Steel Plantechs plants and equipment safely and securely, we offer after-sales service for delivered plants and equipment in a prompt and responsible manner. We also offer pre-sales service for a range of products. We supply to customers up-to-date and sophisticated plants and equipment through collaboration among all relevant operational units of the company including units for sale, planning and special projects.

Technology Development Center

Steel Plantech has a world-leading level of engineering capability and plant technologies thanks to the know-how and experience accumulated by four leading companies in the integrated iron and steel plant building industry. In order to increase the benefit to our customers, we have been working in research and development in every pertinent field including engineering, manufacturing technologies, and environmental and energy-saving measures with the market-in approach.

Research and Development

Environmental Consideration
Technical Service / Technology Development

Furnace shell revamping work

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Visiting service
Delivery

Lime shaft kiln refractory reconstruction

Innovative Technologies

Customers

Energy Saving

Customer Value

Labor Saving

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Operation guidance

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Equipment diagnosis and consulting

Technical Service
Parts supply, inspection and repair

Solutions

Engineering
Manufacturing and construction

Planning and designing

Overhaul of rolling mill reduction gears

Renewal of segments for round beam blank casting plant

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Equipment maintenance and revamping

Technologies

Technology Development Center

Renewal of tension reel head of ETL

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