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Proceedings of the Seminar on Steelmaking, Casting and Non-Ferrous Metallurgy

ISSN 2594-5300

44º Seminário de Aciaria — vol. 44, num.44 (2013)

Title

OPERATIONAL RESULTS OF LATEST VACUUM PLANT START-UPS

OPERATIONAL RESULTS OF LATEST VACUUM PLANT START-UPS

Authorship

Pezza, Andrea; Abel, Markus; Hein, Michel

Pezza, Andrea
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Abel, Markus
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Hein, Michel
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DOI

10.5151/2594-5300-22782

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Abstract

As the request for quality steel and stainless steel is rising throughout the industry and as the added values through vacuum treated steels is increased, the number of installed and contracted vacuum plants for the improvement of the steel quality is getting higher and higher. Nowadays, vacuum treatment facilities are not only to be installed in integrated and stainless steel plants, but also approx. half of the so-called minimills are built worldwide with mostly tank degassers. In this paper, we would like to take a look on the design as well the operational results of our latest commissioned vacuum plants like the VTD’s at SSAB/US and Uralstal/Russia, the VOD’s at Dongbei Steel/China and TISCO/China, whereas the Tisco plant is the biggest VOD worldwide, and also the RH’s at CSA/Brasil and Tisco/China. An outlook will be given on the future of the vacuum treatment philosophy which is arising of the market trends.

 

As the request for quality steel and stainless steel is rising throughout the industry and as the added values through vacuum treated steels is increased, the number of installed and contracted vacuum plants for the improvement of the steel quality is getting higher and higher. Nowadays, vacuum treatment facilities are not only to be installed in integrated and stainless steel plants, but also approx. half of the so-called minimills are built worldwide with mostly tank degassers. In this paper, we would like to take a look on the design as well the operational results of our latest commissioned vacuum plants like the VTD’s at SSAB/US and Uralstal/Russia, the VOD’s at Dongbei Steel/China and TISCO/China, whereas the Tisco plant is the biggest VOD worldwide, and also the RH’s at CSA/Brasil and Tisco/China. An outlook will be given on the future of the vacuum treatment philosophy which is arising of the market trends.

Keywords

Vacuum technology; VTD; VOD; RH; Quality; Productivity.

Vacuum technology; VTD; VOD; RH; Quality; Productivity.

How to refer

Pezza, Andrea; Abel, Markus; Hein, Michel. OPERATIONAL RESULTS OF LATEST VACUUM PLANT START-UPS , p. 282-294. In: 44º Seminário de Aciaria, São Paulo, 2013.
ISSN: 2594-5300 , DOI 10.5151/2594-5300-22782