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July 2006 — Siderurgica Zuliana (Sizuca), Venezuela, recently commissioned a new 50-tonne electric arc furnace, 50-tonne ladle furnace, and new Fe-alloy and additive automatic feeding system at the existing steelmaking plant in Ciudad Ojeda.

Startup of new facilities, supplied by Danieli Centro Met, was the company’s latest meltshop modernization step, aimed at increasing production capacity and reducing transformation costs.

The new 50-ton Danarc EAF is served by a 40-MVA transformer. The EAF is equipped with Module carbon and oxygen injectors, and a HiReg Plus electrode and foaming slag control system.

Danieli Automation supplied the electricals and automation systems, including new Level 2 for controlling the entire meltshop.

A 3-strand Danieli billet caster (provided for future completion with a 4th strand) has operated at the same meltshop since the late 1990s.

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