SteelNews.com Article
Tenova Core to Supply Furnaces for V&M Star Youngstown Expansion
Jul. 29, 2010 V&M Star has contracted Tenova Core to design and supply two pipe heat treating furnaces for the company’s Youngstown, Ohio, facility.
The furnaces will be installed as part of a major plant expansion project at the Youngstown plant, which supplies the booming domestic shale gas market. The facility will use the hydraulically actuated walking beam furnaces for hardening and tempering heat treatment applications. The furnaces will have a maximum hourly output of 54 tons.
The furnaces will feature state-of-the-art combustion systems and advanced process control systems. The combustion system boasts a reduced carbon footprint thanks to low-NOx burners and the ability to use preheated air. The process control system will be designed to ensure product uniformity.
Installation is scheduled to take place in 2011.
V&M Star is a company of the Vallourec Group, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, with leading positions in the United States mainly dedicated to oil and gas applications.
Tenova Core is a leader for the design and supply of reheating, heat treating, specialty and carbon processing furnaces as well as meltshop equipment, technical services and automation systems.
Tenova designs and supplies advanced technologies, products and services for the metals and mining industries. Tenova operates close to its customers through a network of 33 companies based on the 5 continents.