Groupe IMCG wins ARCELORMITTAL Eisenhüttenstadt's tender for the grinding of steel slabs

01.04.22 10:37 AM Kommentar(e) Von CPO

April 2022

In French-speaking countries, Groupe IMCG has already been established for many years as a reliable service provider for the conditioning of various semi-finished steel products such as slabs, ingots, blooms, billets, etc., and as a developer and manufacturer of innovative, high-quality machines and systems such as e. g. high-pressure grinding machines or high-performance band saws. Together with ONEMET, IMCG has now succeeded in winning a tender in Germany for the first time.

At ARCELORMITTAL in Eisenhüttenstadt, continuously cast steel slabs are manufactured as a starting product for downstream rolling processes. Main customer for these rolled products is the automotive industry. In order to further improve the already high quality of the products, some of the slabs shall be subjected to a surface treatment for removing any surface defects such as e. g. cracks. The high-pressure grinding process selected is the most efficient and qualitywise best technology for this purpose; it is also extremely environmental-friendly (no utilization of fossile fuels, CO₂-neutral) and the chips and dusts resulting from the grinding process can be fully recycled.

As part of the contract concluded with ARCELORMITTAL, IMCG will supply all process equipment with the high-pressure grinding machine manufactured by IMCG being the heart piece. This state-of-the-art machine has a stationary grinding unit equipped with 2 grinding heads – one for grinding the horizontal rolling surfaces of the slabs with a motor power of 400 kW and one for grinding the vertical side surfaces with a motor power of 200 kW. For grinding, the slabs are moved longitudinally by means of a special grinding table. Turning the slabs by 180 ° after grinding one horizontal and one vertical surface is carried-out using a slab turning device fixed onto the foundation. A new 30 t bridge crane with magnet attachment (also supplied by IMCG) is used for transporting the slabs to and from the grinding plant, replacing an existing bridge crane in this area.

In addition to supplying the equipment, IMCG will also carry-out the slab treatment as a service for a period of 10 years from the commissioning of the grinding plant. IMCG will not only be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the equipment, but also for the grinding result, i. e. for achieving the required throughput capacity and the desired product quality. To achieve these goals, IMCG can count on the user know-how acquired over the years; this offers ARCELORMITTAL the advantage of reliable, top-quality slab conditioning at optimal cost and lowest risk.

ONEMET represents Groupe IMCG in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia. For more information, please contact office@onemet.net

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