Siemens Metals Technologies, a division of the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group, has received an order worth 80 million euros (Rs.464 crore) orders from Steel Authority of India (SAIL) for the supply of two 6-strand billet casters and one 4-strand bloom/beam-blank combi-caster which will be installed at the company's IISCO steel plant at Burnpur in West Bengal.

The casters will include advanced design features such as ladle support by means of butterfly ladle turrets, cantilever-type tundish cars, nozzle-changing devices for open stream casting and stopper rods for submerged casting, maintenance-free Dynaflex hydraulic oscillators, diamold high-speed tube molds, advanced electromagnetic mold-stirring systems and Level 1 and Level 2 automation systems.

The caster will also be equipped with advanced casting equipment such as Dynaflex, electromagnetic mold stirring and air-mist cooling. In addition to engineering, the supply of equipment and the installation of electrics, Siemens Metals Technologies will also provide advisory services for erection, commissioning and training for all three casters.

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