In order to extend the range of steel grades and increase strip production capacity, Nucor Steel Gallatin had contracted with Danieli to upgrade its hot-strip plant in Ghent in Kentucky in US. On 24 June the upgraded plant produced the first quality coil. It was an 18 mm thick strip which is a new product for the plant, obtained thanks to the installation of the new Danieli downcoilers. The new plant configuration,-from compact thin-slab casting and rolling plant into ultra-moder-Quality Strip Production plant, will allow Nucor Steel Gallatin to expand the production of AHSS, API line pipe and a number of other added-value grades, in widths up to 1,870mm.The complete production will be delivered by a new, patented, single-strand vertical curved Dysencaster having a total capacity of up to 3.0 million short tons per year. A new tunnel furnace connects the caster to the revamped mill, which now operates in 2+6 mill stand configuration, featuring new roughing stands, advanced combined intensive and laminar cooling, and down coilers.The revamped plant also includes a new, high-performance DC EAF featuring Q-Melt package and a twin ladle furnace, with future provision for a vacuum degasser. The plant is handled by a complete Danieli Automation process control, from melting to finished hot-rolled coils, ready for Industry 4.0.
In order to extend the range of steel grades and increase strip production capacity, Nucor Steel Gallatin had contracted with Danieli to upgrade its hot-strip plant in Ghent in Kentucky in US. On 24 June the upgraded plant produced the first quality coil. It was an 18 mm thick strip which is a new product for the plant, obtained thanks to the installation of the new Danieli downcoilers. The new plant configuration,-from compact thin-slab casting and rolling plant into ultra-moder-Quality Strip Production plant, will allow Nucor Steel Gallatin to expand the production of AHSS, API line pipe and a number of other added-value grades, in widths up to 1,870mm.The complete production will be delivered by a new, patented, single-strand vertical curved Dysencaster having a total capacity of up to 3.0 million short tons per year. A new tunnel furnace connects the caster to the revamped mill, which now operates in 2+6 mill stand configuration, featuring new roughing stands, advanced combined intensive and laminar cooling, and down coilers.The revamped plant also includes a new, high-performance DC EAF featuring Q-Melt package and a twin ladle furnace, with future provision for a vacuum degasser. The plant is handled by a complete Danieli Automation process control, from melting to finished hot-rolled coils, ready for Industry 4.0.
