Title

NEW MICRO-MILL CONCEPTS WITH BELT CASTING TECHNOLOGY (BCT®)

Authorship

Lindemann, Ernst; Wans, Jochen; Geerkens, Christian; Austermann, Dirk; Cremers, Hermann

Lindemann, Ernst

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Wans, Jochen

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Geerkens, Christian

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Austermann, Dirk

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Cremers, Hermann

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DOI

10.5151/1982-9345-27684

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Abstract

Steel suppliers are required to deliver sheets with particular qualities and with lightweight-potential to the automotive industry. New types of steel call for new production processes. SMS group has developed a new micro-mill-concept, the core of which is the belt caster. This was first built on an industrial scale and has been put into operation and developed together with Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH. The robustness in industrial-scale operation could be verified. The full use of the belt casting technology, mainly related to energy efficiency and CO2 reduction, is realized with the micro-mill-concept. This is an in-line-process, casting and rolling in one line.

Keywords

Micro-mill, Near-net-shape, Belt casting technology, High-alloy steel grades

High-alloy steel grades