Small section mill 250-4 is part of the section rolling shop No. 2, located on the territory of the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih. The total investment in the reconstruction of the Small section mill 250-4 amounted to $ 55 million. This is the largest reconstruction in the rental department over the past 20 years.
Draft mill stands in work
The main volumes of reconstruction performed by the construction company “Olvia”:
- Construction of a new furnace at the site of dismantled furnace No. 1
- Installation of equipment in the area after the furnace
- Installation of a new heat-strengthening line
- Installation of a mechanized packaging line for rolled products
- Implementation of an automation system
- Installation of a rolling mill production line in riots
The general designer was the equipment supplier, Danieli.
The heating furnace of the mill MS 250 - 4
- An important feature of the project is that the reconstruction of the workshop was carried out in the conditions of the existing production.
Heat Treatment Area
Comments of the Deputy Director for Technical Issues:
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To build a new heating furnace, it was necessary to dismantle the old furnace inside the workshop to the level of -9 meters. In the process of performing the work, an unexpected flow of groundwater and process water was formed, which was not provided for by the project.
- There was a need to carry out a full-fledged project and installation of water reduction, to install 3 lines of shots from a pipe f900mm between the sheet piling. All work was accompanied by daily monitoring by the geodetic service of the status of existing plant structures.
Installation work on the heating furnace
- With the existing equipment, it was necessary to make a concrete tunnel 20 meters long under the new production line at -6 meters. These works were accompanied by the pumping of process water and the strengthening of existing foundations
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In this project, about 12,000 m3 of monolithic concrete was accepted for the technological structure, and 3,000 tons of technological equipment were installed.
- The design of the stove base slab required a continuous intake of 1,500 m3 of monolithic concrete.
Flue with recuperator on a heating furnace
Specialists of the construction company “Olvia” demonstrated great experience and technical skill in the implementation of a complex, multi-layer project for lining the furnace and gas ducts using modern technologies, which entails:
- Increase furnace life
- Improving the performance of its work
- Reduced energy use by more than 30% due to reduced heat loss.