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Electric steel plant modernisation, US

26th October 2018

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Electric steel plant modernisation.

Location
Monroe, Michigan, in the US.

Client
Gerdau Special Steel North America.

Project Description
The project entails modernising Gerdau’s existing electric arc furnace.

The electric steel plant will include a new twin-ladle furnace and a new material handling system.

The aim is to increase the plant’s production capacity by 160 000 t/y of rolled end-products.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
The ladle furnace and materials handling system are scheduled to come into operation at the end of 2019, and the modernised electric arc furnace in mid-2020.

Latest Developments
Primetals Technologies has been awarded the contract to modernise the steel plant.

The company will be responsible for engineering and supplying the process equipment for the electric arc furnace, the 110 t twin ladle furnace, the materials handling system and the structural steelwork, and will also supervise the construction and commissioning of all the installations.

The scope of delivery includes the associated electrical installations and automation, the power supply – including transformers – and the complete, end-to-end process automation. Three LiquiRob systems will handle potentially dangerous tasks such as taking temperatures and samples.

Solutions such as the automatic sand refilling, a weighing system and the automated tap hole manipulator will optimise operation of the electric arc furnace.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Primetals Technologies (steel plant modernisation).

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
Gerdau Special Steel North America communications and public affairs, ​​Lindsey Edwards, tel +1 517960 2165 or email lindsey.edwards@gerdau.com​.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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