Marubeni Corporation, jointly with Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, will supply a slab sizing press for a hot strip mill belonging to JSW Steel, a steel company in the private sector in India. Marubeni will be the prime contractor and Mitsubishi-Hitachi will design and supply the mechanical equipment. The slab sizing press is planned for commissioning by December 2015.
‘Slab sizing’ is a preparation process that pre-processes slabs (semi-finished product) before they are loaded to a hot strip mill. The process increases the production of hot rolled coils by preventing yield losses. The slab sizing press will be located in front of the hot strip mill.
Previously, Marubeni and Mitsubishi-Hitachi successfully completed the execution of the hot strip mill, which has an annual capacity of 3.5 million tons during Phase I, and the expansion project that increased production capacity by 1.5 million tons during Phase II.