September 08, 2008

Tenova to build a pusher type furnace in France

It is reported that the GTS Industries France has awarded Techint Italimpianti Deutschland GmbH, Düsseldorf a company of Tenova LOI Italimpianti the contract for engineering, supply, erection and commissioning of one Pusher Type Furnace for plate mill in Dunkerque. The complete equipment will be started up in June 2009.

The furnace is designed for a capacity of 200 tonnes per hour to heat up slabs with different qualities up to 1,250 °C. The furnace fulfils the highest conditions about homogeneity of temperature, scale losses, efficiency and emitted values.

The new furnace will be connected in series to the existing furnaces with the purpose to increase the mill load capacity. The order includes a turnkey plant of a bilateral heated Pusher Type Furnace equipped with Tenova LOI Italimpianti FlexyTech®–LO-NOx high speed and roof radiant burners firing natural gas.