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Tenova Core Installs Walking Beam Reheat Furnaces at Hyundai Steel
Mar. 8, 2010 Tenova Core has recently completed the successful start-up of two 235-tonnes/hour walking beam furnaces for reheating slabs for a new plate mill at Hyundai Steel’s Dangjin, South Korea, plant.
The new fuel-efficient furnaces are equipped with Tenova’s Flexytech® low NOx burners. Tenova Core also designed and supplied the complete control and automation package that features an advanced thermal model-based Level 2 control system.
The furnaces started operation in December and are currently operating at capacities that match the customer’s scheduled ramp-up production plan. Tenova says that the furnaces will enable Hyundai Steel to efficiently reheat slabs for the production of consistent quality plate products.
Tenova Core also is currently erecting three more walking beam furnaces at Hyundai’s Danjin plant for a new hot strip mill project. The three furnaces are planned to begin operation in September 2010.
Tenova Core is a leader for the design and supply of reheating, heat treating, specialty, and carbon processing furnaces as well as melt shop equipment, technical services, and automation systems. Tenova designs and supplies advanced technologies, products, and services for the metals and mining industries through a network of 33 companies based on five continents.