Steel production at Global Steel Wire S.A. (GSW) is focused on wire rod in special steel grades for the automotive and special engineering industries. Currently, the existing caster produces roughly 900,000 t of steel per year in 180 mm square sections. The aim is to increase the production flexibility by broadening the range of cast formats by the addition of 200 to 240 mm square sections, increasing the casting speeds, and consequently enhancing the productivity and the quality of the cast products.
The order includes the installation of Condrive mold oscillation drive systems on all strands. Condrive has already been tested and has been successfully running on one strand at Global Steel Wire since October 2018. Also the powerful electromagnetic mold stirrers, Constir-Mems are part of the supply in order to achieve the required quality standards. As an additional feature of the stirring system, Constir-Mws (Modulated Wave Stirring) will allow the energy consumption of the stirrers to be reduced by up to 30 %.
Taking another step towards Industrie 4.0, the Consafe thermal mold mapping technology will be implemented in order to help analyze and improve the process conditions to achieve best quality.
_{(Source: SMS group)}