IISCO Steel Plant, a SAIL group company, India, and SMS group have successfully commissioned an X-Melt® converter shop for the production of quality steel grades at the Burnpur location in the Indian federal state of West Bengal. The new steelworks is rated for an annual production of 2.6 million tons of liquid steel. The steelworks comprises three converters each with a tapping weight of 150 tons, three stirring stations, two ladle furnaces, an RH-TOP vacuum circulation degassing plant, primary and secondary gas cleaning systems and a converter off-gas recovery system.
The SMS group scope of supply comprise the complete basic and detailed engineering of the mechanical core components and the complete X-Pact® electrical and automation systems. Delivery, erection, commissioning, commissioning supervision as well as training of the operating personnel were also part of the contract. The supply scope further includes the oxygen blowing lance system, the additives handling system, ladle lining repair facilities and the railbound ladle transfer vehicles.
The X-Pact® electrical and automation system has been specifically adapted to the mechanical components of the plant and, in addition to the technological control systems (level 1), it includes the metallurgical process models (level 2), ensuring economical production and a high steel quality.
