Grand Blanc Processing Contracts Tenova Core for STC® Furnace

Tenova Core has recently been contracted to provide the turnkey supply of a STC® (Short Time Cycle) furnace at Grand Blanc’s wire processing facility located in Holly, Michigan. This installation will mark the second STC® furnace installation for the facility and start-up is expected to take place by the end of 2012.



The 26 metric ton batch STC® furnace will be used to spherodize anneal and stress relieve Grand Blanc’s high quality wire products. Tenova Core will also design and supply the complete control and automation package that will feature a Level 1 and Level 2 control system. The energy efficient STC® furnace provides low product variability and superior temperature uniformity.

   
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THREE WALKING BEAM FURNACES TO THE NEW TATA STEEL PLANT IN KALINGANAGAR

Tenova LOI Italimpianti and Tenova Hypertherm begin 2012 by supplying three 350 t/h walking beam furnaces to the new Tata Steel plant in Kalinganagar, in Orissa (India). Besides confirming Tenova LOI Italimpianti and Tenova Hypertherm’s leadership position on the local market, the project is a new milestone in the on-going cooperation between Tenova and the Indian customer.



For Tata Steel the new hot strip mill will be the most advanced installation in the area, which has been growing rapidly in the past two years. The products are intended for both the local and the export markets.



The plant will come at maximum production when will be in operation the second phase: in the initial phase, the first two furnaces will begin production in October 2013, the second phase will see the start-up of the third furnace in October 2014.



The reheating furnaces will be equipped with state-of-the-art combustion technology and slab handling control systems. The scope of supply will be on a turnkey basis, excluding the civil works.
   
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