December 02, 2008

POSCO orders electrical systems and automation for CR SS line

Siemens Metals Technologies announced that it has received an order POSCO to supply special equipment, drives and the automation system for a cold strip annealing, pickling and finishing line at the company's Pohang plant. The new equipment is intended for the processing of stainless steel strips and is scheduled to start production in the middle of 2009.

POSCO operates two integrated production facilities in Pohang and Gwangyang. The production of stainless steel is concentrated at the Pohang location. In the course of expanding its production capacities, POSCO is building a cold strip annealing, pickling and finishing line, designed for the annual processing of around 400,000 tonnes of austenitic and ferritic steel grades. The new line will be able to process cold strip with widths of between 600 and 1350 millimeters and thicknesses of 0.3 to three millimeters. The process speed will be up to 150 meters per minute.

For the new processing line, Siemens is designing and engineering special equipment, including the skin-pass mill, the tension leveler and the side-trim shears, which will be manufactured at the Montbrison facility in France. The scope of supply also includes 270 speed controlled AC drives, the automation as well as the operator control and visualization system.