Mr CS Verma chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd commissioned a new 70,000 tonnes per annum tension leveling line at SAIL’s Salem Steel Plant.

Installed at a cost of INR 39.4 crore as part of SSP’s modernization & expansion plan, the tension leveling line, supplied by Redex of France, is a value addition process which will enhance flatness in stainless steel coils.

The tension leveling line imparts a combination of tensions and flexions under controlled elongation, which enables flatness of coils/strips by achieving homogenous lengths of internal fibers, practically removing internal strip tensions. Flatness achievable is 3i units.

Mr Verma was presently on his maiden visit to SSP for an appraisal of the facilities that have come up under the plant’s modernization & expansion plan.

The major new facilities coming up at SSP include Electric Arc Furnace, Ladle Furnace, AOD Convertor, Slab Caster and a new Sendzimir Mill. These will help to add 0.18 million tonnes of stainless steel products in the SAIL product mix basket.