Basics of Steelplant Operation

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A BASIC OVERVIEW

OF

STEEL PLANT OPERATION


What is Steelmaking?
 A group of processes by which iron
ore from the earths’ crust is converted
into usable form of steel, i.e. in form
of coil, plate & other forms of size &
shape.
Inputs for Steelmaking
 Iron Ore
 Coal
 Limestone
 Quartzite
 Manganese
 Dolomite
 Ferroalloys
 Water
 Oxygen
 Nitrogen
 Electricity
PROCESS CHART
Basic Process
Iron Ore Sinter Plant Sinter

Metallurgical
Coal Coke Ovens
Coke

Limestone Lime Calcination Calcined Lime


Plant & Dolo

RAW MATERIAL HANDLING YARD INPUTS FOR IRONMAKING


HOT METAL FOR STEELMAKING

BLAST FURNACE
Sinter

Metallurgical
Coke

Limestone

CEMENT PLANT SLAG


Hot Torpedo Ladle
Pit Pouring De-
Car Sulphurised

Metal Hot metal

Calcium For
Carbide Hot Metal
From OR Desulphurisation Basic
Unit
Magnesium Oxygen
Furnace
Blast or

Electric
Furnace Open Top
Ladle Hot Metal Mixer Arc
Furnace

PIG CASTING M/C PIGS


SCRAP

HOT
METAL

FLUX

SLAG IN
POTS TO STEEL FORMATION IN STEEL LADLE
SLAG YARD
Argon
Rinsing
Unit
Continuous
Casting
Ladle
Furnace

Obsolete
Technology
Vacuum
Degassing
Open

Top
RH – OB
Plant
Pouring
SLAB CASTER SLABS

FLAT STRIP CASTER HRC


PRODUCTS

THIN SLAB THIN SLABS


CASTER

BILLET CASTER BILLETS

ROUND CASTER ROUNDS


LONG
PRODUCTS BLOOMS
BLOOM CASTER

BEAM BLANK BEAM BLANK


CASTER
FLAT PRODUCTS Plate Mill Hot Leveling

PUSHER Accelerated
FURNACES Cooling

SLABS
Hot Leveling

Normalising
PLATES Furnace
WALKING BEAM
FURNACES

HOT STRIP MILL


Lamellar
Cooling

Hot Rolled Coil

Downcoiler
Roughening Strands : 5 Nos. Finishing Strand
LONG PRODUCTS

Wires

BILLET Billet / Merchant


Rods
Mill/ Section Mill /
Structural Mill
Sections
BLOOM

Pipes

ROUNDS Pipe Mill


Tubes

BEAM Rail Mill / Rails


BLANKS Structural Mill
H Sections
Long Product Mill
BILLET or BLOOM CASTER
TUBE ROLLING MILL
LADLE FURNACE
CAST SLABS
COILS FOR DESPATCH
HOT METAL DESULPHURISATION
SINTER PLANT
LIME CALCINATION PLANT
COKEOVENS
TANK DEGASSER
SLAGPOT ON SLAG POT TRANSFER CAR
THANK YOU

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