A leading Ohio steel producer recently advanced an expansion project by ordering heat treating equipment to increase its supply of hot-rolled coils for end-use in the automotive sector, as well as construction, agriculture, and general manufacturing applications.
North Star Bluescope Steel Limited, based in Delta, Ohio, recently placed an order with international technology group ANDRITZ for a tunnel furnace along with two shuttle furnaces to convey slabs from casters to the company’s two-stand roughing mill.
Besides the furnace equipment, ANDRITZ will supply Level 1 and Level 2 automation systems. The shuttle furnaces will be installed during the fourth quarter of 2020. The tunnel furnace is scheduled to start production by the end of 2021.
North Star BlueScope also plans on adding a third electric arc furnace and a second continuous caster. The expansion will increase the annual capacity by 800,000 to 900,000 metric tons.
Main photo credit: North Star Bluescope Steel
