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June 2006 — Usha Martin Ltd recently contracted Danieli Centro Met to supply a new FastCast^TM bloom caster at its new meltshop in Adityapur (Jamshedpur) in the State of Jharkand, India.

The twin-strand, 12-meter radius FastCast conticaster will produce up to 500,000 tonnes/year of 150x150- to 300x360-mm special steel blooms in spring, bearing, CHQ and alloyed steel grades. The new caster will help to boost the existing works’ capacity from its current 350,000 tonnes/year to over 850,000 tonnes/year.

The new state-of-the-art machine will incorporate all the latest technology available in conticasting of special steels, including electromechanical stopper rods, Danieli Rotelec mould EMS, hydraulic oscillators, air-mist secondary cooling, and three unbending points as well as sampling and marking facilities. The machine is designed for future installation of a soft reduction system, which will make it possible to produce ball bearing steels and super clean steels such as SAE 9254.

The machine will be served by an advanced Level 1 and 2 automation system that will include the tundish steel mixing model, which allows real-time heat tracking to perform mixed steel control. The automation package will also include mPMD (mould Powder Measuring Device), ELTM (dynamic spray control based on Element Lifetime Model) and QUART (Quality Assessment in Real Time).

Startup of the new caster is planned for the end of October 2007.

Usha Martin is a world leader in production of high-quality alloy and special steels for the automobile industry, for the fastener industry and for wire and wire ropes production.

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