Two-stand temper and double reduction mill at Dongbu Steel, Asan Bay Works

Abstract

A new 400,000 ton/year 2-stand temper and double reduction mill has started production in April 1999 at Dongbu Steel Asan Bay Works in Korea. This facility produces skin-passed and double reduced tin mill black plates. The line incorporates state of the art technologies including AC motor driven 4-high CVC mills and computer integrated automation systems. The line has the capability of producing products 600 mm to 1,250 mm wide and in gauges from 0.15 mm to 1.0 mm for skin-passed products and from 0.15 mm to 0.36 mm for double-reduced products. An outline and the features of the line as well as the quality characteristics of the products are presented.