Steel making

STEEL MAKING SECTION

Established to cater the needs of consultancy, design and engineering of steel making, secondary metallurgy, continuous casting and ferro-alloys shop.

Technology

With an exclusive steel making division backed by multi -disciplinary team of engineers, MECON is rendering its services in all spheres of activities in steel making.

Steel Making Route:

Primary Steel Melting - Secondary Metallurgy - Continuous Casting - Ferro-Alloys

A.  Primary Steel Making

• Hot metal pre treatment
• Basic oxygen furnace (BOF)
• Hybrid furnace
• Electric arc furnace (EAF)
• Induction furnace (IF)
• Energy optimization furnace (EOF)

B.  Secondary Metallurgy

• Argon rinsing station (ARS)
• Ladle furnace (LHF)
• Chemical heating
• Vacuum degassing .
• Argon oxygen decarburization

C.  Continuous Casting

• Conventional Slab caster
• Thin Slab caster
• Billet caster
• Bloom caster
• Combi caster
• Near net shape caster

D.  Ferro Alloys

• Submerged arc furnace

E.  Other facilities

• Slag processing

 

Field of expertise

MECON provides consultancy and engineering services from concept to commissioning for steel melting, continuous casting  and ferro-alloys shop for setting up of  green-field projects as well as revamping , modernization and expansion jobs.

I.  Consultancy

• Feasibility report and detailed project report .
• Consultancy for setting up green field steel melting shop, continuous casting plant and ferro alloys shop
• Consultancy for modernization, revamping and expansion of existing plants / brown-field projects.
• Project  planning and monitoring
• Optimization and health study
• Asset evaluation and technical evaluation
• Energy audit and environmental studies
• Lender Independent engineering services
• Preparation of project concept note
• Safety audit of steel melt shop
• HAZOP study report
• Techno Economic Viability report
• Third Party inspection services
• Augmentation, Modification & Replacement (AMR) report of existing plants.
• EBDITA report

II.  Detail Engineering

• Engineering review of main technological facilities
• Auxiliary steel melting shop equipments
• Shop electrics, automation & controls
• Complete services and utilities
• Material handling facilities
• Civil and structural work
• Gas cleaning and fume extraction system
• Secondary emission control systems
• Re-location of plant and equipment including refurbishing / up-gradation

III.  Supply and site services

• Turnkey supply of steel melting  shop, continuous casting plant and ferro -alloys plant.
• Supervision of construction, erection, testing and commissioning and post commissioning support , plant stabilisation/trouble shooting support etc.
• Project management services at site.
• Site inspection services.

 

Major projects undertaken

MECON is  providing consultancy and detail engineering services, including PMC services for Integrated steel plants at ISP & NMDC, Nagarnar for steel melting shops and continuous casting plants.

Major new steel plants in India where MECON is involved in  modernization and expansion in recent years are as follows :

A.  NINL, Duburi –

I.  1x110t BOF, 1x 110 t Ladle furnace, 1 x 6 strand Billet Caster with future provisions.

Date of Commissioning : 31.03.2013 Annual Production Capacity: 1 Mt/yr



II.  1x 110 t  Ladle furnace



III.  1 x 6 strand Billet Caster

 

B.  IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur-

I.  3 x 150t Basic Oxygen Furnace -

Annual production capacity 2.5 MT/yr

Date of Commissioning : 08.09.2014



II.  Basic Oxygen Furnace

 

C.  Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela

Annual production capacity: 4.2 MTPA

Date of Commissioning: 14/10/2013



I.  1 x 1 strand slab caster

Widest slab caster of India

Slab width to be cast : 1200 – 2500 mm

Machine radius : 9.5m

Design slab thickness : 220 – 300 ;

Thickness to be cast : 220,250,300

II.  3rd Converter – Capacity 150t

Date of commissioning: 06.06.2014



Basic Oxygen Furnace

D.  Durgapur Steel Plant, Durgapur

 Date of Commissioning : 20.03.2014
 Annual Production capacity: 1.22 Mt/ yr

  

I.  1x 130t Ladle Furnace

          E.  Jindal Steel & Power Limited, Angul

         Date of Commissioning of EAF –: August.2013

        Annual production capacity –: 1 .5Mt/ yr

               

             Electric Arc Furnace of 250t Capacity

           F.  JSPL, Angul

            Commissioned on 04.12.2014



            CCP shop complex.

 

             G.  3 MTPA Plant at NMDC, Nagarnar

 Annual Production capacity: 3 Mt/ yr

              Status: Under completion

 

               Arial View of SMS Shop at NMDC Plant, Nagarnar



              2 x 175t Basic Oxygen Furnace

 

              Arial View of NMDC Nagarnar SMS shop

 

             MECON- LEADING in STEEL MAKING:

             First in India:

1.  Integrated shop with CONARC & BOF 1 X 180t CONARC & 2 X 180t BOF at Bhushan Steel Limited
2.  Ultra high capacity Electric Arc Furnace 1 X 250t EAF at JSPL, Angul
3.  Widest Slab Caster - 1 X 1 Strand 220-300 X 1200-2500 at RSP, Rourkela
4.  Widest Bloom cum Beam Blank Caster , Size - 686X 350X 90
5.  1 X 4 Strand Bloom cum Beam Blank caster at ISP, Burnpur
6.  1 X 8 Strand Billet caster at JSW Tornagallu & JSPL, Angul