Siemens VAI along with Siemens has received an order from Jindal Stainless for a 1.800 mm wide hot strip rolling mill at its steel project at Kalinganagar Durubi in Orissa.

The plant will be designed for an annual production of 1.6 million tpa in the first project phase and will produce austenitic and ferritic stainless steel strips including a minor quantity of plates. In the subsequent project phase, the plant can be upgraded to produce 3.2 million tpa by installing a second reheating furnace, a seventh mill stand and a second down coiler.

The scope of Siemens will be to equip the new mill with the latest state-of-the-art equipment such as hydraulic edger, HAGC in all mill stands, flatness control and Siemens' new laminar cooling model. It will also provide customer training, monitor installation of all the supplied components and systems as well as commission the installation, including fine adjustment of the technological models and control systems.

The project is scheduled for final commissioning by 2009.

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